November 3, 2009
GREENSBORO — The City Council just got a lot more conservative — starting with the guy at the top.First-time mayoral candidate Bill Knight ousted incumbent Yvonne Johnson in Tuesday’s City Council election.The victory is the first by a c...
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November 4, 2009
RUFFIN — Nervously, the clerks recounted, the driver walked into French’s Corner Country Store and Grill for a pack of cigarettes and a cup of ice. That’s when they noticed the silver Dodge Durango.
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When Amelia Parker dreams of the Feb. 1, 2010, opening of the planned civil rights museum in downtown Greensboro, President Barack Obama is at the head of the tour. The executive director of the International Civil Rights Center and Museum and others are...
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GREENSBORO — The last time around, it took the Natural Science Center more than six years to open its newest exhibit after voters approved the project.Don’t expect such a long wait this time. Work will begin almost immediately on several parts...
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GREENSBORO — The newest addition to Moses Cone Hospital took shape in the middle of a parking lot Tuesday afternoon. Two tents erected in the course of a few hours will form a key part of the hospital’s plan to deal with a serious flu outbrea...
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GREENSBORO — Taco Bell employees were locked in a freezer during a robbery early Tuesday morning, police said.About 1:15 a.m., someone entered the fast-food restaurant at 2239 Martin Luther King Drive as the manager and several employees were closin...
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November 3, 2009
GREENSBORO — A man found shot in a pickup in the driveway of a Veterans of Foreign Wars Post this morning has died, according to police.About 6 a.m. Tuesday, Greensboro police said a man was found inside a blue GMC pickup in the driveway of VFW Post...
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Jamaal Perry, 29, is wanted by Greensboro police on charges of assault by strangulation. Officers responded to a domestic assault call on Oct. 18. The female victim said Perry shoved her and knocked her down steps. She said that Perry choked her until sh...
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GREENSBORO — The county will lose $10,000 if the school district does not exercise an option to buy a particular site for the future Southeast area elementary school. Guilford County Schools has until Nov. 30 to buy the 55 acres about two miles nort...
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GREENSBORO — The city’s at-large council race changed the council’s composition Tuesday night with the exit of the two-term mayor pro tem, the victory of a newcomer and the return of a popular former council member.Sandra Anderson Groat...
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District 1Why T. Dianne Bellamy-Small won: As a council member, she writes annual reports for her constituents and works to be what she calls “a voice of reason.” This is her fourth victory, solidifying her status as a long-term incumben...
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MADISON — Voters here returned their mayor and two incumbent aldermen to office, and elected a retired police officer to the Board of Aldermen.Mayor Micky Silvers received 69 percent of the vote to win a second term Tuesday, according to complete...
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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke guard Nolan Smith will sit out two games because he played in an unsanctioned summer league. Smith said Tuesday night after the Blue Devils' 84-48 exhibition victory over Findlay that he was suspended because he played a ga...
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STOKESDALE — Stokesdale bar owner Angie Lawson and her customers cheered when they heard that two alcohol referendums passed in the town.“I’m just tickled to death,” Lawson said Tuesday night. “I don’t want to see a ba...
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Newcomer Bill Greene was elected mayor by 73.5 percent of Pleasant Garden voters Tuesday night, according to complete but unofficial results.In years past, the mayor was selected by the Town Council from its own members.This year, Greene beat incumbent...
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GREENSBORO — N.C. A&T State University will offer free H1N1 vaccinations to students, staff, faculty and their families on Wednesday. The clinic will run from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Exhibit Hall of the Student Union. The university has recei...
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GREENSBORO — Two westbound lanes of Summit Avenue will close tonight for water maintenance repairs. Starting at 9 p.m., Summit Avenue will be closed from Bessemer Avenue to Sullivan Street. Repairs are expected to take about five hours. During that...
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BURLINGTON – A man was arrested Tuesday on charges he masturbated near a playground full of kids. At 9:37 a.m., officers responded to an indecent exposure call at Burlington City Park at 1399 S. Main St. Witnesses, including city employees, reported...
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GREENSBORO — A man who suffered a single gunshot in the back today in what police call a drive-by shooting was treated and released from the hospital, police say.
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REIDSVILLE — A convicted sex offender who the sheriff's office said was illegally living near a school faces charges including failing to register as a sex offender.Edward Nathan Avery II, 40, was arrested Tuesday at 1:25 p.m. at a relative's home a...
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The National Weather Service in Blacksburg, Va., has issued a frost advisory for overnight in Rockingham County and other areas north of Greensboro.The advisory area also includes Caswell, Stokes, Surry and Yadkin counties in North Carolina and Henry and...
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WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — Wake Forest quarterback Riley Skinner remains questionable for this week's game at No. 10 Georgia Tech with a mild concussion.Coach Jim Grobe said today that he's optimistic that Skinner will play, but says the decision will be...
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MEBANE — The Alamance County Health Department will give out the H1N1 vaccine on a first-come, first-served basis Thursday.The flu clinic will run from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Mebane Arts and Community Center at 622 Corrigidor St.
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SATURDAY Churchwide community yard sale, 7 a.m.-noon, Triad Christian Center, 4321 Barrow Road (Barrow and Skeet Club roads), High Point. Fall bazaar, 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Concord Friends, 5000 Old Randleman Road, Greensboro. Breakfast, yard sale, baked good...
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RALEIGH (AP) — State appellate judges have upheld the conviction of former state Rep. Thomas Wright on three counts of obtaining property by false pretenses.
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