November 20, 2009
GREENSBORO — One man featured in “Guilford County’s Most Wanted” has been arrested today. Greensboro police Warrant Squad officers responded to 403 Franklin Blvd. on a Crime Stoppers tip regarding Keith O’Brian Lane. The off...
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RALEIGH (AP) — A poll says North Carolina residents like electing their judges, but some are open to letting an independent commission appoint them.
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CHARLOTTE – The FBI’s Charlotte Division issued an alert Friday seeking information on a man accused of shooting a woman in the stomach and leaving her for dead. Authorities are looking for Phillip Thomas Williams, aka “Scoob,”&nbs...
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ATLANTA (AP) — Health officials say four people in North Carolina have tested positive for a type of swine flu that's resistant to the drug Tamiflu.It's the first cluster of that many cases seen in the U.S.Health officials said Friday the four cases...
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GREENSBORO — Greensboro Urban Ministry’s 18th annual Feast of Caring at First Baptist Church raised more than $75,000 Thursday evening, the nonprofit reports.
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A 28-year-old inmate died of apparent natural causes Thursday night at Central Prison, according to the N.C. Department of Correction.A nurse found Kayin Whitfield unresponsive and not breathing during a regular check at 9:30 p.m. Thursday, the Department...
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DENTON — Four people were charged with an assault after an incident Tuesday at a local home.The Davidson County Sheriff's Office said James Donald Graves Jr. was attacked by family members when he tried to retrieve his son from his father's house at...
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DINWIDDIE, Va. (AP) — The driver of a Miley Cyrus tour bus was killed Friday when the bus overturned, but the 16-year-old "Hannah Montana" star wasn't on board, Virginia State Police said.The bus was heading to Greensboro, where the pop si...
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HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson, on the verge of a NASCAR record fourth consecutive championship, signed a contract extension today to drive for Hendrick Motorsports through the 2015 season.
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FAYETTEVILLE (AP) — A 5-year-old girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released today.
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LEXINGTON — A Davidson County man has been charged in connection with sexual offenses that allegedly happened as far back as 1981.The Davidson County Sheriff's Office said Niles Lee Tysinger, 61, of 124 Riverwood Road has been charged with eight cou...
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GRAHAM — A Chapel Hill man was jailed in Alamance County after allegedly breaking into a home and out of a police car, then assaulting a deputy.
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North Carolina’s unemployment rate increased to 11 percent in October, according to statistics released today by the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina. The rate increased for the first time since May, when it was 11.1 percent. The rat...
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LEXINGTON — A Colfax man has been charged with 55 counts of embezzling radio equipment from his former employer.
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HIGH POINT — A fourth teenager has been arrested in connection with a shooting of a convenience store clerk earlier this week.High Point police said they arrested Bradley Antwaine Stephens, 18, of 407 Crestline Drive. He was charged with attempted m...
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Police in Spartanburg, S.C., believe a man who robbed a bank there on Wednesday is the same man who has robbed several banks in the Triad, the Spartanburg Herald-Journal reported Friday.
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WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — Two state agencies have accused three companies with ties to the Triad of "an elaborate scheme" to deceive consumers into buying overpriced manufactured homes.
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RALEIGH (AP) — Four female inmates say state prisons subjected them and other prisoners to sexual violence and harassment amounting to cruel and unusual punishment.
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GREENSBORO — A man was robbed while working on his car in his driveway Thursday night.Greensboro police said 20-year-old Lamar McKinley Tillery was not hurt during the incident, which happened at 9:06 p.m. at 3842 Green Point Drive.
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GREENSBORO — A deliverer for Golden Gate Pizza was robbed and assaulted by two suspects armed with handguns Thursday night, police said.About 11:32 p.m., Suresh Nambiar, 46, was delivering food at 212 Berryman St. when he was approached by the suspe...
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FAYETTEVILLE (AP) — A man charged with raping and killing a 5-year-old girl is expected in court today, a day after authorities revealed what they believed happened to her in her final days.
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GREENSBORO — A man told police his PlayStation 3, video games and an undisclosed amount of money were taken during a home invasion early Thursday morning.About 3:50 a.m., one to four suspects kicked in the front door of Ronald Kimber's apartment a 5...
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HIGH POINT — The issue of Taser-armed police in local schools sparked impassioned debate from advocates of both sides of the issue during a discussion Thursday. High Point Police Chief Jim Fealy and Guilford County Sheriff BJ Barnes heard support fo...
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GREENSBORO — Guilford County approved an incentive plan worth $248,791 in exchange for 373 jobs that Laboratory Corp. of America might move to a building in Greensboro.
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GREENSBORO — The Rev. Frank Dew opened Greensboro Urban Ministry’s annual Feast of Caring Thursday evening by blessing the food and thanking the attendees who would “help the least, the last and the left out.”
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