December 18, 2007
HIGH POINT The City Council voted to offer more than $3 million to two sister biotech companies, hoping to entice them to expand in High Point. Don't corporations have enough money of their own? Join the discussion at the Debatables blog.
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December 17, 2007
GREENSBORO — A UNCG student has been arrested in last week's vandalism of the nativity scene at Greensboro College. Kevin Michael Feeley, 19, was charged with injury to personal property on Friday in connection with the destruction of a life-size n...
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GREENSBORO In a scene fit for the North Pole, hundreds of toys left a packed warehouse on Sunday, headed to kids all across Guilford County. Volunteers loaded bicycles, baby dolls and board games into the cars of foster parents, who formed a long convoy...
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December 15, 2007
GREENSBORO — More than 400 prisoners convicted for crack cocaine in and around the Triad could soon see their sentences reduced, and law enforcement officials say that could put them back in the drug trade. Recently, federal sentencing guidelines we...
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December 12, 2007
HIGH POINT — A teenager charged in a hit-and-run that hospitalized a 6-year-old girl was given until Monday to turn herself in, police said. When she did not, police began searching for her and offering $2,000 for information that leads to her arres...
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December 8, 2007
HIGH POINT — Two sister biotech companies may get as much as $3 million in incentives to stay in High Point, according to city officials. The City Council will meet Dec. 17 to consider a combined incentive package of up to $3.05 million for Transte...
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December 7, 2007
HIGH POINT — Police have charged two teenage girls in the hit and run of a 6-year-old girl as she left her school bus. The driver was intoxicated, police said. Warrants have been obtained for Rachel Denise Jones, 16, of 1308 Leonard Ave. for felony...
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HIGH POINT — Nearly four thousand people entered. Ten finalists were selected in a drawing, but only one key started the brand-new car at the United Way/Vann York Car Giveaway on Thursday night. "I just about died when I heard the engine turn o...
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HIGH POINT — Come for the furniture, stay for the drinking water.What makes High Point's water taste good?
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December 6, 2007
HIGH POINT — Police have found a car they suspect hit an 8-year-old girl as she got off a school bus. Police said Wednesday night they are questioning suspects in the hit and run. Witnesses told police that Mariah Rogers, 8, was leaving her school...
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December 4, 2007
HIGH POINT — Two companies announced Monday intentions to relocate or expand in High Point, creating more than 60 jobs . Bindagraphics will purchase a new building to expand its High Point presence, and Wentworth Furniture will be relocating from Po...
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December 3, 2007
GREENSBORO — The Greensboro Jewish Federation kicked off its 2008 fundraising campaign in a uniquely sweet way Sunday night — an ice cream social headlined by Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield. "I've only been here a day,"...
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December 2, 2007
Sgt. Mike Richey leads the Criminal Intelligence Squad — a group that until recently was tasked with dealing with Greensboro’s gang problem. Richey joined the police department in 1994 and was assigned to east and southeast Greensboro, where g...
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December 1, 2007
HIGH POINT — Police know there are 27 gangs and more than 700 known and suspected gang members in High Point. That's twice as many gangs and gang members as Greensboro police have confirmed. Such a statistic might worry the average person on the s...
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August 3, 2007
GREENSBORO - A federal civil rights office notified several black police officers Thursday that it had found evidence the city of Greensboro had discriminated against them at work, according to a lawyer representing the officers. Attorney Ken Free said 32...
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November 14, 2006
GREENSBORO - The meetings were promoted as a way for residents to offer input as the city hunts for a new police chief. But two Monday events also involved exchanges over why the old chief quit. City Manager Mitchell Johnson during the afternoon session d...
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