August 27, 2009
GREENSBORO — A man was hit in the head with a bottle Wednesday afternoon as he left a local grocery store.Leontimius Miller, 38, of Greensboro was attacked outside of Paul's Grocery at 920 Benjamin Benson St. at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday. Greensboro polic...
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GREENSBORO — A UNC-Chapel Hill student told a 911 dispatcher he was suicidal, armed with a pistol and driving drunk at speeds up to 110 mph early Sunday before he was shot and killed by an Archdale police officer on Interstate 85.But it remains uncl...
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GREENSBORO — Places of worship across the city will hand out ribbons the next few days as a show of support for diversity and opposition to a planned meeting Saturday of a neo-Nazi group. The decision to display the ribbons rather than engage in a m...
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GREENSBORO — After two days of school, the system’s massive bus stop consolidation efforts appear to have gone off without major problems. The school board approved cutting 971 bus stops this year. The bus stop consolidation is one of severa...
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GREENSBORO — With the sun blazing and temperatures soaring toward 90 degrees, county emergency officials spent Wednesday dealing with a massive ice storm. A widespread power outage forced High Point Regional Hospital to resort to a backup generator.
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I had a little excitement with each leg of my journey to Little Rock this month. First, the flight didn’t fly; therefore, there were two long lines before a counter while two Delta ladies tried to reschedule the stranded passengers. Each lady was ta...
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REIDSVILLE — When leaders at First Baptist Church began organizing a day to help the county’s unemployed, many ideas came to mind. They thought that providing information about returning to school and applying for financial aid would be helpfu...
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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 26, 2009
MEBANE — The GE Consumer & Industrial plant here is cutting 54 hourly positions at its local plant.In a news release, the company said it plans to lay off 33 workers. Another 21 job cuts will come through attrition and buyouts to employees eligi...
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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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