September 5, 2010
GREENSBORO — At least 111 student-athletes who failed to attain a 2.0 grade-point average in the spring semester are ineligible to play for their high school teams this semester because of a new requirement instituted by Guil...
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The sound of rifle fire echoed for miles Tuesday across the tree-filled horizon of rural Randolph County. Six men lay on their stomachs, surrounded by spent shell casings, with their rifle sights aimed down range. Sweat dripped from their brows as they en...
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Labor Day is the unofficial end of summer, but it’s also a federal holiday in honor of us: the working folks. Not all of our jobs are glamorous. Some of them are downright dangerous. Or messy. Most of us have at least one good story from a to...
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Rockingham County showed off its new jail Wednesday to the public. The facility features state-of-the art equipment, including a video-and-monitor system so inmates can speak with visitors.
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THOMASVILLE -- Kate Thornton, a five-year-old battling leukemia, spent her last hours in the bedroom she dreamed of. Kate died Sunday in her new bed in the family’s new home, paid for in part by donations from the community. The family said Kate pas...
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The following Rockingham County students earned a place on the Dean’s List at N.C. State during the spring semester: Eden: Bilal Arshad Bajwa, Kara Alyce Hall, Jessica Marie Johnson, Adriane Jakell Meadows , Nerissa Diane Peace, Callie Thomas Tucke...
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Given concerns about home break-ins, the News & Record is running a weekly map on Sundays that will show residential burglaries citywide. Our goal is to show which neighborhoods are being targeted and what...
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Pop quiz: Explain the trivia game called Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. Was your answer something on the order of “There is a link to every one of Kevin Bacon’s movies up to six degrees or steps?” Now explain how that works. OK, if th...
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Fun stuffTUESDAY■ Farmers’ Market, 6 a.m.-noon Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays through October, Market Square, Scales and Settle streets, Reidsville. 349-1099, jyarbrough@ci.reidsville.nc.us or www.ci.reidsville.nc.us. ■ Downtown Jamboree, 7 p...
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75 YEARS AGOFrom the Greensboro Daily News, Sept. 5-11, 1935Rockingham County schools will open Sept. 30 after a delay caused by difficulty in obtaining approval for funds to furnish the school buildings and additions through the Works Progress Administra...
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WENTWORTH — A Sept. 18 open house will kick off the 45th anniversary of the former Rockingham Opportunity Center. The open house is planned for 1 to 5 p.m. at UMAR at the ROC, 345 Cherokee Camp Road, behind the Rockingham County Governmental Center.
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GREENSBORO — American Express has shrouded its major data center project in secrecy from the moment economic developers said in May that Guilford County had landed the $600 million project.
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Property transfersEDEN TOWNSHIPRobert Wayne Gillie to Michael Jenkins and Marie Silver Jenkins, lot NC-2108, $60,000 HUNTSVILLE TOWNSHIPAmanda Beth Willard to June D. Willard, 2.87 acres Paul G. Knight Jr. property, $5,500 Jordan Stuart White to June D. W...
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FUNDRAISERSOngoingAluminum Can Collection, ACES office at Brooks Global Studies Elementary is collecting aluminum cans as a service project for Ronald McDonald House Charities. Mail or bring cans to Nathalie or Brooke, 1215 Westover Terrace, Greensboro, N...
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September 4, 2010
GREENSBORO — American Express has shrouded its major data center project in secrecy from the moment economic developers said in May that Guilford County had landed the $600 million project.
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GREENSBORO — A Dollar General was robbed early this morning, police said in a news release.Employees at the store at 3109 Yanceyville St. said someone forced open the front doors after they had closed.
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GREENSBORO — Two gunmen woke up a Greensboro couple early Saturday morning and took $27,000 from their safe, police said in a news release.Tiffany Nguyen, 40, told Greensboro police she and her husband were awakened in their bedroom at 9 Pilot Ridge...
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CHATHAM, Mass. (AP) — The remnants of Hurricane Earl dumped wind-driven rain on Cape Cod's gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages Friday night, but its close brush with the Northeast was less intense than feared only hours earlier.
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September 3, 2010
GREENSBORO — Police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found Thursday at Bingham Park.On Friday, Greensboro police identified the victim as 26-year-old Raymond Markey Whitsett. He lived in Kernersville.Investigators said they found...
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KILL DEVIL HILLS (AP) — In the annals of North Carolina hurricanes, Earl will be lucky to merit so much as a footnote.Hours after the storm made its way north, vacationers and residents along the North Carolina coast were preparing to celebrate the...
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Gas prices at a number of Triad stations have dipped below $2.50 a gallon, thanks to a 10-cent drop in the past week.The decline comes during a year that has seen gas prices remain remarkably stable but just in time to save motorists a few dollars on thei...
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ASHEBORO — A female lion was euthanized Friday morning at the N.C. Zoo after veterinarians determined that mammary cancer had spread to the point that she would not recover, the zoo said in a press release.The 12-year-old lion had been at the zoo si...
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Deputies who spent the past five days investigating the homicide of an Eden resident are now searching for the man they believe is responsible for the crime.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The New York Times is reporting that the security company Blackwater Worldwide formed a network of 30 shell companies and subsidiaries to get government business after the company faced strong criticism for its conduct in Iraq.
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Investigators from the North Carolina Secretary of State's office have subpoenaed Tar Heels defensive tackle Marvin Austin, a person familiar with the situation said Friday.
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