August 23, 2009
A couple stung by grief, six years after learning their son was among the first casualties of the war in Iraq. A soldier who lost three buddies and four years of his life. A young mother recently widowed, still in shock. All stories of loss here at home f...
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August 21, 2009
School supplies or supper? It’s a difficult decision for lots of parents, fifth-grade teacher Debra Hufschmitt said. But for many families at Sedgefield Elementary, that struggle eased Thursday when $1,300 in donated supplies showed up in the school...
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August 19, 2009
OAK RIDGE — Last Christmas was a quiet but pleasant holiday for Cathy Nodine, spent at home in Oak Ridge with her husband and her dog. She wished she could have been with her kids, but Nodine, 60, knew they’d all be together in a few weeks for...
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August 12, 2009
GREENSBORO — When Dave Sheets sent his son to Chicago in the summer of 1968, he thought Marty would have a good time and meet some new people, participating in a small competition they were calling the Special Olympics. Just a nice weekend trip, he...
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August 8, 2009
GIBSONVILLE — The Marines sent a Gibsonville man’s body home to his mother, but she probably won’t be getting his belongings. They’ll instead go to his biological father, a man who was practically a stranger to him, his mother said...
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August 6, 2009
Perry Calhoun is preparing — and hoping — for a mob this weekend. Tax-free holidays at his West Market Street shoe store are always chaotic. But this year, Calhoun’s raising the ante, covering the sales tax on everything he sells. &ldquo...
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July 31, 2009
GREENSBORO — Rob Cushing notices things while driving, things that other people wouldn’t pick up. A white number on a white house. The first and last addresses of each block. “When I’m in the car with my wife, I’ll say, 'Oh......
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July 30, 2009
GREENSBORO — When Trip Durham put his picture on a billboard outside Greensboro, he wanted to get a message out. He hoped it would resonate with someone driving down Interstate 40.But when NHK, a Japanese public broadcasting station, caught onto his...
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July 28, 2009
GREENSBORO — Nearly 30 of them dart around the room in a growing frenzy, running into each other, the walls and any legs that get in their way. “Now, just go in there, sit down, and see who comes up to you,” Brian Manley says, ushering i...
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July 24, 2009
GREENSBORO — Debate turned heated Thursday night at a meeting of Organizing for America, the Democratic National Committee’s grass-roots project, as participants shifted the discussion to health care reform. David Moore, a health insurance pro...
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July 23, 2009
GREENSBORO — With high ceilings and natural light, patchwork quilts on the beds and oil paintings over the oxygen valves, Hospice of Rockingham County is built to feel like a home, not a hospital. Nothing can change that, says Rhonda Lucas, the cent...
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July 18, 2009
WINSTON-SALEM — There’s nothing like staying in bed on a Saturday morning with a fresh cup of Colombian roast and listening to the soothing sound of — static? That’s what most will hear if they tune into 88.5 WFDD, the Triad&rsquo......
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July 17, 2009
GREENSBORO — Just 24 hours after learning that part of her son’s Eagle Scout project had been stolen, Laura Mincher already has enough donations to fix the damage. “People have been stopping and saying, 'I’m so sorry about that. Wh...
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July 16, 2009
GREENSBORO — More than a decade in the making, the International Civil Rights Center and Museum will officially open Feb. 1 — 50 years after the historic sit-ins that made the site famous.
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July 15, 2009
GREENSBORO — On warm afternoons, the cedar swing offered a retreat, two or three settling in and rocking in the shade. But on Sunday night, the swing — part of Thomas Mincher’s Eagle Scout project — was sawed apart and stolen from...
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July 13, 2009
Brian Lester, 34: Brian Thomas Lester is wanted by Greensboro police on multiple charges of breaking and entering and larceny. Officers say Lester is a suspect in four cases. On May 21, a television was stolen from Coffee Coop at 602 Hickory Ridge Road, a...
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July 12, 2009
The taxi driver steered with his left arm — the right just a stub, cut off at the elbow. Rad Kivette looked out the front window as they drove, taking in his first images of Vietnam. As the driver’s eyes caught his own in the rearview mirror...
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July 10, 2009
GIBSONVILLE — Elaine Hager woke early June 23 to a phone call.“Whatcha doin?” the voice on the other end asked.“Sleeping,” she said, laughing.It was hard to match schedules between Gibsonville and Afghanistan, but she welcome...
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July 9, 2009
GREENSBORO — With two more sightings yesterday, it’s becoming clear a black bear has moved into Greensboro, roaming backyards and boulevards — and apparently enjoying his stay. “He has a nice-size pond full of fish, water and a woo...
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July 1, 2009
COLFAX — He starts off sidesaddle, steadying his burly frame on the horse’s back. It takes a few tries, but Jeff Weathers has the motion down, swinging his leg over the horse’s head and getting comfortable in the saddle. A few years ago......
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June 14, 2009
GREENSBORO - Three baby birds with matted feathers and open mouths sit in the palm of Melissa Coe’s hand, eating formula off the tip of a coffee stick. A few days ago, feeding would have been mom’s job, but today, Coe stepped in.
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GREENSBORO - Three baby birds with matted feathers and open mouths sit in the palm of Melissa Coe’s hand, eating formula off the tip of a coffee stick. A few days ago, feeding would have been mom’s job, but today, Coe stepped in.She’s a...
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June 13, 2009
GREENSBORO — They grew up in a simpler Greensboro — dancing to Big Band records before the 8:30 bell, eating ice cream at the corner store and playing touch football with the streetlights as goal posts. But the Greensboro High School Class of...
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June 7, 2009
GREENSBORO — With each stride, Thad McLaurin empties his thoughts onto the trail. His mind drifts — to the kids, the training, and sometimes, to a clear and thoughtless nowhere. Every so often, the sound of his footsteps brings McLaurin his be...
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June 4, 2009
GREENSBORO — The number of hate groups in America is growing rapidly — jumping 50 percent since 2000. In just the past year, more than three dozen groups have joined the list. Those numbers, from a 2009 Southern Poverty Law Center report, were...
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