November 22, 2011
Update, 11:53 a.m. Tuesday: The Guiford County Sheriff's Office said Zachary "Zack" Lee Smith died at 7:45 p.m. Monday. Smith, 14, was the younger son of Mary Ann Holder. GREENSBORO — This much is clear: Mary Ann Holder and Randy Lamb had...
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July 22, 2011
GREENSBORO — Hli Nie told a judge earlier this month that ex-boyfriend Hoanh Rcom shot a wall and a pet — and threatened to kill her and himself. “He has threatened to kill me and my minor children all the time,” Nie wrote in a Jul...
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March 25, 2010
GREENSBORO — Two men from Charlotte face a host of charges after state troopers and local police went on a chase that reached speeds of 110 mph and lasted about 45 minutes Thursday morning.The chase involved a Nissan Pathfinder reported stolen in Ch...
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February 3, 2010
GREENSBORO — Police said they have found the four men responsible for one of the largest heists in the city’s history.Greensboro police said the men face charges in the September break-in at the Diamond Gallery at 2811 Battleground Ave. that n...
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GREENSBORO — A deputy fatally shot a 17-year-old after the teen approached him with a knife, Sheriff BJ Barnes said Tuesday.Christian Rook was armed with a kitchen knife when he advanced toward Deputy Barry Glossan, Barnes said.Glossan shot Rook on...
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April 15, 2009
PLEASANT GARDEN — A police chase sent the driver of a stolen minivan to the hospital Wednesday and gave two local women a remarkable story to tell.Nicholas Sabatino, 19, of Pleasant Garden faces several charges in the incident, including possession...
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April 2, 2009
GREENSBORO — A man working at a south Greensboro jewelry store was shot during a robbery attempt Wednesday, but police said he is expected to survive.
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March 3, 2009
The National Weather Service's winter weather advisory for the Triad expired at 9 a.m. today with no major problems reported on area roads. Temperatures are not expected to get above freezing until sometime this afternoon. Tuesday's classes were called of...
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February 13, 2009
GREENSBORO — A fire at a local chemical plant did $300,000 in damages Thursday afternoon. The Greensboro Fire Department said today that the blaze on the roof of the Sherwin-Williams Chemical Coatings plant was most likely started accidentally by a roo...
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November 25, 2008
GREENSBORO - As flames shot through the front door and window of a home near South Holden Road on Monday, two Greensboro firefighters repelled the blaze just enough to rush inside and pull out a 4-year-old girl trapped in a back bedroom. But the child, ta...
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November 12, 2008
GREENSBORO — A boy playing along a creek suffered critical injuries when he was struck by a van driven by a man who has been charged with DWI. About 2:40 p.m. Tuesday, a black Chevrolet van driven by Michael Charles Parks was heading north on South Lind...
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October 30, 2008
GREENSBORO — It looked as though a local convenience store would be robbed for the third time in 10 days. But Tuesday night, an armed security guard foiled a robbery attempt at the C and C Market at 2820 Lawndale Drive. It was the guard’s first night...
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October 17, 2008
If you went to vote Thursday, you might have sweated in the sun, wondered at the slow-moving lines and blown your lunch hour — and possibly beyond. But for the more than 1,500 voters who went out on the first day of Guilford County early voting, nearly...
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August 21, 2008
GREENSBORO - The few folks who came to the Greensboro Farmers' Curb Market on Wednesday expected to find homegrown tomatoes and okra and fresh-baked breads and muffins. They weren't expecting Sen. Barack Obama, who made an unannounced visit. The Democrati...
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August 20, 2008
GREENSBORO — The few folks who came to the Greensboro Farmers' Curb Market today expected to find homegrown tomatoes and okra and fresh-baked breads and muffins.They weren't expecting Sen. Barack Obama, who made an unannounced visit to Greensboro this m...
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August 19, 2008
GREENSBORO - Police are investigating what caused a driver to crash a pickup truck into a garage this morning.Timothy Chad Efrid, 29, of Greensboro, was taken to Moses Cone Hospital after the crash at about 8:45 a.m, according to police.No one was inside...
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August 14, 2008
SAXAPAHAW — Fridays in Saxapahaw are pretty much like the other four days of the week. Residents of an old-cotton-mill-turned-apartments make the daily round trek to Durham or Greensboro. The Citgo station at the top of the hill sells gas. And the Haw R...
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June 13, 2008
GREENSBORO — Hot? Check. All the area schools closed? Check. Two thousand discount ticket vouchers printed? Check.Close to 3,000 people in the parking lot of Wet 'n Wild Emerald Pointe at 7 a.m. this morning?
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June 12, 2008
GREENSBORO — In one smoky afternoon, Vince and Marsha Sturdivant lost their home and their business, but all six children inside got out just fine. Credit monthly fire drills and an alert 11-year-old boy for preventing things from becoming much wors...
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May 6, 2008
GREENSBORO — Here's a midday snapshot of how some local residents voted in today's presidential primaries:* * * At Mendenhall Middle on Willoughby Boulevard, voters coming and going had to wait for a line of students entering and leaving the cafeter...
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May 3, 2008
GREENSBORO — The 23 boys and girls in Mrs. Hodgin's kindergarten class wrote farewell notes to their friend Friday. They taped those messages to balloons and took them to the Pleasant Garden Elementary School playground. They released their final goodby...
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March 28, 2008
Former President Bill Clinton spoke Friday morning at the Kathleen Price Bryan Family YMCA in downtown Greensboro.
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March 25, 2008
WHITSETT A malfunctioning lighting unit caused a fire Monday morning at the Zink Imaging plant in eastern Guilford County, officials said. Authorities responded to the receiving area of the plant at 9:32 a.m. and found heavy smoke and fire. A sprinkler...
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March 13, 2008
GREENSBORO — Police have identified a woman killed when her car rear-ended a city-owned trailer Wednesday morning. Raminder Kaur Kathuria, 30, of High Point, died as a result of injuries suffered in the collision, Lt. Dennis Willoughby said. Kathur...
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March 5, 2008
ELON -- The record book will show that lightning shortened Elon's Tuesday night baseball game against High Point. What it won't show is that high winds nearly blew away Elon's baseball field. Workers spent Wednesday morning re-hanging signs, raking the d...
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