February 8, 2012
BURLINGTON — Police are still looking for a second man wanted for his involvement in the shooting death of a woman Saturday night.
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February 2, 2012
BURLINGTON — A local woman faces 22 counts of obtaining property by false pretense after allegedly defrauding people of $1.6 million over three years.Angela Dawn Campbell, 39, of North Church Street was arrested Monday at a family member’s hom...
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January 15, 2012
BURLINGTON — A man wanted by Pennsylvania authorities for allegedly sexually assaulting minors was caught in Burlington this week.
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January 14, 2012
BURLINGTON — Burlington police are no longer looking for the driver of an SUV who last week was suspected of taking a teacup poodle and purposely running it over on Rainey Street.
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BURLINGTON — The Alamance County Health Department continued on Friday to investigate a suspected case of pertussis at Western Alamance Middle School.
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January 10, 2012
BURLINGTON — One of the first electric vehicle charging stations at a North Carolina rest area has been placed at the rest area on northbound Interstate 40/85 on the Alamance/Guilford county line.State officials will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony a...
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January 9, 2012
GRAHAM (MCT) — A Reidsville woman charged with driving while impaired and killing the passenger in her car in a December 2009 wreck pleaded guilty in Alamance County Superior Court last week.
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January 8, 2012
BURLINGTON — Yadira Arzola just wants to know why someone would want to take her dog and kill it.She said that's what happened last week, and she's hoping that Burlington police can do something about it.
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BURLINGTON — The man wanted for his alleged role in a shooting and chase that started in the parking lot of Family Fare on Maple Avenue on Tuesday night turned himself in to police Friday afternoon.
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January 7, 2012
Lenovo is expanding its Whitsett distribution center to keep up with growing demand for its computers.
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January 4, 2012
BURLINGTON (MCT) — A house was destroyed and a family pet killed in a house fire on Bland Boulevard early Tuesday.The Burlington Fire Department was called to 328 Bland Blvd. about 1:16 a.m. Tuesday. Deputy Fire Chief Michael Willets said heavy fire...
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January 2, 2012
A woman charged in July with hitting and killing a woman on N.C. 100 in Elon near a license checkpoint had three different drugs in addition to alcohol in her system at the time of the incident, according to a toxicology report.
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January 1, 2012
BURLINGTON — A Burlington teen was reported as a runaway on Saturday to the Burlington Police Department.
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December 31, 2011
GIBSONVILLE — A man wanted by Gibsonville police for allegedly stabbing his brother on Christmas night surrendered to authorities Thursday.
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December 24, 2011
GRAHAM -- The N.C. Board of Funeral Service decided to uphold an administrative law judge's recommendation to revoke a Burlington funeral home director's license. The board voted on the matter Dec. 14 and an order was prepared, but it hasn't been official...
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BURLINGTON -- Natalia Gonzalez was left shaking with surprise on Thursday when she first set eyes on her new car. She was selected to receive a silver 2003 Buick Lesabre from Westcott Automotive Group as part of the third annual Wheels for Work program, w...
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December 17, 2011
GRAHAM -- A Mebane man pleaded guilty Thursday to binding a woman at knifepoint, kidnapping her and forcing her to withdraw money from several ATMs in order to avoid federal charges.
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BURLINGTON — A Burlington man is in jail after police say he assaulted a woman at a motel late Thursday afternoon.According to a Burlington police press release, at around 5:30 p.m. Thursday, a woman came to the police department to report an assaul...
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December 9, 2011
BURLINGTON (MCT ) — A Burlington woman, Elon police and an animal hospital did their best Thursday to help a pet pig that had been hit by a car. Kim Strickland saw the pig while on the way to drop off her daughter at Elon Elementary School. She and...
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December 1, 2011
ASHEBORO (MCT) — Former Elon University quarterback Scott Riddle was arrested in Asheboro recently and charged with assault on a government official and resisting a public officer after an altercation that involved police using pepper spray.
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MEBANE -- Woody Durham, "The Voice of the Tar Heels" is humbled to be selected as the Grand Marshal for Friday's Mebane Christmas Parade. Most people automatically associate Durham with Chapel Hill, but he was born in Mebane and lived there unti...
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BURLINGTON -- After a three month suspension of activities on Lake Cammack, the water level is back up, and the lake will reopen for regular use Saturday.
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November 29, 2011
BURLINGTON (MCT) — A Burlington woman was killed Sunday in a wreck while serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay.Emily Balog, who had been serving in the Peace Corps since June 2010, was 26. She is the daughter of the retired Superior Co...
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November 27, 2011
GRAHAM — The cause of a Graham apartment fire appears to be an electrical short, the Alamance County Fire Marshal's office said Friday morning.The fire was reported at 7:05 p.m. Thursday night at an apartment complex on 517 W. Market St., near the i...
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November 24, 2011
ELON — An Elon police officer used a stun gun to subdue the son of the chief of Elon University Campus Police during a drug arrest Tuesday night.Clint William Gantos, 42, of Durham Street Extension, Burlington, was stopped in a 2005 Chevro...
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