August 27, 2009
GREENSBORO — The infant mortality rate climbed slightly during 2008 in Guilford County to 9.9 per 1,000 live births and could be more difficult to contain as potential cuts to public health caseworkers loom. The 2007 infant mortality rate in the cou...
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When most people think of missions trips, they think of traveling to another country or building houses for underprivileged families. The youth at Greensboro Christian Church participated in a different type of service project this summer. Nine students a...
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RALEIGH — Voters in Guilford and Forsyth counties would have the option of raising their sales taxes by a half-cent to pay for public transportation programs under a bill Gov. Bev Perdue signed into law Thursday. Some communities in the Triangle wou...
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GREENSBORO — A teenager wanted on robbery charges was arrested Wednesday night in Greensboro.Greensboro police said they arrested Kevin James Hunt at 22 Friendway Circle about 6:10 p.m. Wednesday. He remains in the Guilford County jail on $100,000 b...
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RALEIGH (AP) — State Auditor Beth Wood said Thursday former first lady Mary Easley's $170,000 university salary was too high but probably shouldn't have been as low as the $79,000 her staff calculated in a preliminary report.Wood released the interi...
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GREENSBORO — A Guilford County sheriff's deputy ended a chase that went from High Point to Guilford-Mackintosh Park on Wednesday when he plowed his patrol car into a fleeing vehicle.No one was hurt in the chase, which lasted about 10 minutes. Two pe...
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GREENSBORO — Steve Beale’s parents had just left their Munster Avenue home late Wednesday morning when two teenagers walked up his driveway. One pulled a crowbar from his pants as they approached the front door, Beale told police.“I didn...
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August 24, 2009
Industrial-food fatigued residents of Greensboro and other North Carolina cities have emerged in recent years as influential in the evolving local foods movement. Behind the scenes, farmers are trying to meet that demand by growing and marketing foods in...
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August 18, 2009
A business that wants to make Davidson County the state’s leader in solar energy has firmed up its commitment by buying a 356-acre farm near the Linwood community. Sun Edison, a Beltsville, Md., solar energy company, bought the Golden Crescent Farms...
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July 17, 2009
Two candidates will vie for the District 5 City Council seat. The election is Nov. 3.This information was compiled through interviews with the candidates. Biographical information will be updated throughout the election.ARTHUR “ART” BOYETTSeat...
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Candidates for the District 4 City Council seat. The election is Nov. 3This information was compiled through interviews with the candidates.JOEL LANDAUSeat seeking: District 4Age (date of birth): 59 (Aug. 13, 1950)Residence: 6 Collwood Court
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Candidates for the District 3 City Council seat. The election will be Nov. 3.This information was compiled through interviews with the candidates.GEORGE HARTZMANSeat seeking: District 3Age (date of birth): 42 (July 27, 1967)Residence: 2506 Baytree Dr...
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Two candidates are vying for the District 1 City Council seat. The election will be Nov. 3.This information was compiled through interviews with the candidates. T. DIANNE BELLAMY-SMALL (i)Seat seeking: District 1Age (date of birth): 58 (Oct...
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These candidates will run for mayor of Greensboro. The election is Nov. 3.The information was compiled through interviews with the candidates and will be updated throughout the election.YVONNE JOHNSON (i)Seat seeking: MayorAge (date of birth): 6...
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July 15, 2009
Candidates for the District 2 City Council seat. The election is Nov. 3.The following information was compiled through interviews with the candidates.NETTIE COADSeat seeking: District 2Age (date of birth): 73 (Jan. 30, 1936)Residence: 706 Martin Luth...
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May 6, 2009
Police will launch a focused 11-point strategic plan to reduce crime in the Randleman Road area and evaluate its results before moving forward with any plans to shut down a strip club there, officials announced Tuesday.
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February 9, 2009
GREENSBORO -- Police and SBI investigators are working through the night piecing together details of a bank robbery and ensuing chase Monday that ended in a hail of gunfire and at least three injuries. One police officer and two suspects were shot in the...
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August 21, 2008
The drier weather that western North Carolina experienced during the spring and early summer means a more colorful fall leaf season starting in October, one forecaster said today."Although there was enough rainfall this spring to keep the trees healt...
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February 18, 2008
GREENSBORO — The number can hit like a ton of bricks. The city has more than 12,000 outstanding criminal warrants divided into 1,826 felony and 10,505 misdemeanor charges all with ties to Greensboro. Each day, police officers assigned to the departm...
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