Article Archive
August 26, 2008
Guilford Health Department schedules HIV and syphilis screening
The Guilford County Department of Public Health will provide free and confidential HIV and syphilis testing from 3 to 7 p.m. Sep... Continue
August 23, 2008
Grass is greener: Woman concedes in fight over lawn
HIGH POINT — The grass is green in the front yard of Mary Fontaine’s suburban home. And she couldn’t be much less happy ab... Continue
August 20, 2008
New Guilford substance abuse treatment center under state suspension
Guilford County's recently opened substance abuse treatment center is under a state-ordered suspension keeping it from accepting... Continue
ABC program looks at anti-drug program created in High Point
HIGH POINT - ABC News "Primetime" will feature a report tonight about the success of a drug intervention program, which originat... Continue
August 19, 2008
New High Point Walmart to hire 350
HIGH POINT — Walmart said today it will hire 350 people to work in its new supercenter here this fall. The discount chain has...... Continue
High Point OKs graffiti ordinance
HIGH POINT - At the urging of the city's police, the High Point City Council passed a new graffiti ordinance Monday night. The o... Continue
August 18, 2008
High Point to close city hall at mall
HIGH POINT (MCT) — The city will close its City Hall at the Mall, a satellite location at Oak Hollow Mall where residents coul... Continue
August 17, 2008
Feeding Kenya's Children
HIGH POINT - Nothing seemed to get past the bespectacled eyes of 85-year-old Irma Price."This is a big deal, and it's going to f... Continue
August 15, 2008
Could there be Indy cars in Furniture City?
HIGH POINT - As the furniture industry declines, plants close and jobs move overseas, many people in High Point are searching fo... Continue
August 12, 2008
GOP preaches to the choir at office opening
HIGH POINT - Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole acknowledged he was playing to a friendly crowd Monday as he helped open the Triad's "Vic... Continue
August 11, 2008
2 charged in beating of restaurant employee
HIGH POINT — Police have arrested two people in the beating last month of a restaurant employee.On July 27, Wang Xing, 39, was... Continue
Two wounded in High Point shooting
HIGH POINT — Police are still trying to figure out who shot two people here Saturday night. Continue
McCain opens Guilford office
The state Republican Party and Arizona Sen. John McCain's presidential camp opened their joint "Victory Office" in Guilford Coun... Continue
August 8, 2008
High Point police take to streets to combat violence
Police and residents came together Thursday night in the wake of two homicides and a brutal robbery. In a town where violence is... Continue
August 7, 2008
2 arrested in death of High Point teen
HIGH POINT - Two people were arrested on charges they killed a 16-year-old boy whose body was found face down in a ditch Saturda... Continue
Police, public to meet on violence
HIGH POINT - After two homicides and a brutal robbery in the past month, High Point police are organizing a violent-crime respon... Continue
Suspect sought in weekend shooting
HIGH POINT -- Police have charged a man in a weekend shooting.At 3:37 a.m. on Aug. 2, officers responded to a shooting at 895 Be... Continue
August 6, 2008
Man arrested in High Point animal abuse case
HIGH POINT - A man wanted by High Point authorities in a highly-publicized animal abuse case was arrested this afternoon followi... Continue
August 5, 2008
High Point police seeking community help
HIGH POINT — Police continue to seek the public's help in solving two crimes that left one man dead and a second man in a coma... Continue
Neighbors worry in wake of teen's death
HIGH POINT — Not much is known yet, but neighbors are still talking about the body of a 16-year-old boy found face down in a d... Continue
Police call teen's death a homicide
HIGH POINT - Police this morning said they are now calling the death of a 16-year-old boy whose body was found face down in a di... Continue
August 4, 2008
High Point police continue to probe suspicious death
HIGH POINT — Police continue to investigate the death of a 16-year-old found in a ditch Saturday morning. High Point police ha... Continue
Prolonged drought has High Point watching water
HIGH POINT (MCT) — As the Triad watches to see if Winston-Salem will have to restrict water use, High Point reserves at Oak Ho... Continue
August 2, 2008
Police investigate 'suspicious' death
HIGH POINT — Police are investigating the death of a 16-year-old black man found in a ditch Saturday morning.High Point police... Continue
17 candidates trying for seats in High Point
HIGH POINT - This year's City Council election will see more candidates than the last - but most of the incumbents will run unop... Continue
