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By John Newsom

April 15, 2009

Chase begins with intrepid friend, ends in crash

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... Read More

April 2, 2009

Man shot in jewelry store robbery

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. Read More

March 3, 2009

School districts cancel classes today as snow, ice linger

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... Read More

February 13, 2009

Update: Fire damages chemical plant roof

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... Read More

November 25, 2008

Firefighter, neighbor pull 2 kids from fire

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... Read More

November 12, 2008

Careening van hits, critically injures boy

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... Read More

October 30, 2008

Third try foiled at store robbed twice

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... Read More

October 17, 2008

Long lines don’t deter early voters

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... Read More

August 21, 2008

Obama was here for peaches (and votes)

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... Read More

August 20, 2008

Obama surprises crowd at Greensboro farmers' market

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... Read More

August 19, 2008

Update: Truck strikes Greensboro home

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... Read More

August 14, 2008

Alamance County: Saturday swell in Saxapahaw

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... Read More

June 13, 2008

Discount promotion gets wild at water park

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? Read More

June 12, 2008

Day care owner, boy, help children escape fire

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... Read More

May 6, 2008

How people are voting today

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... Read More

May 3, 2008

Much-loved teachers assistant dies after car wreck

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... Read More

March 28, 2008

Bill Clinton visits Greensboro, High Point

Former President Bill Clinton spoke Friday morning at the Kathleen Price Bryan Family YMCA in downtown Greensboro. Read More

March 25, 2008

Fire damages Zink Imaging

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... Read More

March 13, 2008

Police identify woman killed after rear-ending trailer

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... Read More

March 5, 2008

Elon wins baseball game, nearly loses field

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... Read More

February 25, 2008

Merchants to students: Don't park here

GREENSBORO — Warnings didn't work. Neither did suggestions from merchants at the little shopping mall that N.C. A&T students park behind the building, somewhere else, anywhere else. So shortly after 9 a.m. today, the merchants at 1500 Aggie Plaz... Read More

February 14, 2008

Update: Greensboro church damaged in fire

GREENSBORO — The Wednesday night Bible study class at the Faith Tabernacle of Praise Ministry ended around 9 p.m. The pastor, Bishop Willie Pearce, figured he wouldn't return to the Tucker Street church until Saturday morning, when he would lead a s... Read More

February 9, 2008

Bryan Park soccer complex to grow

GREENSBORO -- Local soccer fans know Macpherson Stadium as the home of the Carolina Dynamo and the site of big youth soccer tournaments on Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends. Leaders of the Dynamo and Greensboro Youth Soccer hope a larger stadium can att... Read More

February 7, 2008

Student at Northeast is shocked with Taser

GREENSBORO — A senior at Northeast Guilford High School was shocked with a Taser by the school resource officer Wednesday morning. Jonathan Richardson, 18, of 4614 Mallard Creek Drive was taken to the Guilford County jail in Greensboro. He faces fou... Read More

February 6, 2008

Update: Student shocked with Taser, arrested at Northeast Guilford

GREENSBORO — A senior at Northeast Guilford High School was shocked with a Taser by the school resource officer Wednesday morning. Jonathan Richardson, 18, of 4614 Mallard Creek Drive was taken to the Guilford County jail. He faces four charges, al... Read More

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