February 8, 2012
HIGH POINT — Solstas Lab Partners, which already employs more than 700 in High Point, has announced it has chosen the city to expand its operations and add up to 500 new jobs.The average wage of those jobs would be $45,560, according to the High Poi...
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GREENSBORO — A Greensboro police officer was injured Tuesday night when he lost control of his car on High Point Road en route to a robbery call.Officer P. T. Hannon Jr. was treated at Moses Cone Hospital for minor injuries.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — For the past decade women in the U.S. military have served, fought and died on the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan. On Thursday, Pentagon rules will catch up a bit with reality, recommending to Congress that women be allowed t...
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TARBORO (AP) — Authorities say nine members of the SouthWest Edgecombe High School boys basketball team have been arrested and charged with breaking and entering after an incident at the school.
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GREENSBORO — Residents are invited to learn more about upcoming construction on the Downtown Greenway and its Spring Garden Street mural at a meeting from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday.The meeting will be held at Action Greensboro’s offices at 317...
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GREENSBORO — The Triad Best of Broadway Series presentation of “Cats” originally scheduled for March 1 at War Memorial Auditorium has been postponed.Tickets for that performance will be honored on the rescheduled date of May 11.The Green...
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GREENSBORO — Motions to prevent the opening of candidate filing for the Guilford County Board of Commissioners primary have been filed.
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GREENSBORO — A dozen PETA protestors held a rally today as the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus plans to perform in Greensboro.Greensboro resident Jill Jarrell, who is inside the elephant suit, and other protesters gathered Wednesday ou...
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GREENSBORO — After more than an hour of passionate testimony from faith leaders, lesbian moms, students and other advocates, City Council members voted to oppose a proposed state marriage amendment.Council members said the issue is about equality.
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BRYSON CITY (AP) — Two social service workers have been accused of falsifying records and indicted on obstruction of justice charges in the investigation of the death of a 1-year-old girl.Candice Lassiter and Craig Smith were indicted Tuesday. Lassi...
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BURLINGTON — A second man has been arrested in last weekend's fatal shooting of a 21-year-old woman.Burlington police said Andrew Napoleon Brown, 23, of 2103 McKinney St. was arrested today and charged with first-degree murder. He is being held in t...
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GREENSBORO — Karen Gordon Mills, the leader of the U.S. Small Business Administration, will speak Feb. 15 at UNCG.Mills’ presentation, “The Path to Entrepreneurial Success: Capitalizing on Opportunities and Resources,” will begin...
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The Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation got a clean bill of health today in an audit of the commuter agency's operations and financial reporting during the last year.
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SHELBY (AP) — Tthree men have been charged in an armed robbery and killing that has been unsolved since 1995. Cleveland County sheriff's deputies this week arrested the men on charges of first-degree murder in the death of Charleen Simons, 49. Simon...
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GREENSBORO — Students and their families can get information about how to pay for college during a workshop Saturday at the Central Library.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Reynolds American Inc., the nation's second-biggest tobacco company, said today that its fourth-quarter profits rose 16 percent as higher prices and productivity gains helped offset declining cigarette sales.
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CHARLOTTE. (AP) — Lawyers for a man convicted of killing two Charlotte police officers are seeking a new trial, saying their client was mentally ill and incapable of assisting in his defense.
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio building constructed around the first Wright brothers' bicycle shop has been declared a public nuisance and may eventually be demolished, despite a resident's effort to preserve the site.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rick Santorum is looking to capitalize on a string of stunning victories that snapped his four-state losing streak and raised new questions about front-runner Mitt Romney's clout with conservatives.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Lorax, perhaps the most famous anti-industrial crusader from children's literature, is about to become a big-time corporate spokesman.
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GREENSBORO — City Council members unanimously agreed to adjust GTA bus fares Tuesday night.The cost of an adult one-way fare will increase 20 cents to $1.50.Senior and disabled fares will increase 10 cents to 75 cents.The fare changes will go into e...
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DURHAM (AP) — The North Carolina Arts Council will provide grants to up to four communities to help them use their cultural assets to create arts-driven economic development.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- Move over, coffee and Red Bull. A Harvard professor thinks the next big thing will be people inhaling their caffeine from a lipstick-sized tube. Critics say the novel product is not without its risks.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Conservative critics like to point out that the federal appeals court that just declared California's same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional has its decisions overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court more often than other judicial...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican Rick Santorum is looking to capitalize on a string of stunning victories that snapped his four-state losing streak and raised new questions about front-runner Mitt Romney's clout with conservatives.
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