February 12, 2012
RALEIGH — When Rep. Dale Folwell worked on controversial topics such as workers’ compensation reform and immigration policy last year, he aggravated more than a few constituents. “It was a very volatile year for me as an elected officia...
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HIGH POINT — Ellen “Lennie” Gerber, 76, and Pearl Berlin, 87, have a routine. At 8 a.m., Pearl brings Lennie her breakfast — a bowl of cereal — to the chair in the study overlooking the backyard forest and lake.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Conservatives said Sunday the flap surrounding President Barack Obama's birth control mandate was far from over, with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell saying he'll push to overturn the requirement because it was another example...
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ASHEBORO — A wildfire has broken out in the Uwharrie National Forest near Asheboro, and the U.S. Forest Service is asking people to stay away from the area.
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RALEIGH — The case of a man who was stuck with a $14,419 bill he calls inflated and unreasonable after three days of care in a Charlotte hospital is going to be heard by the North Carolina Supreme Court. The case, scheduled today, is upsetting offic...
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RALEIGH — The case of a teenager who had to untuck her shirt and pull out her bra with her thumb as part of a search for pills at an alternative school in North Carolina is headed to the state Supreme Court.
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REIDSVILLE — A fund has been set up for the children of Douglas Troy French and LaDonna French, the couple killed during a home invasion last weekend.An account for Whitley French and Hunter French has been established to assist in their health, edu...
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LEXINGTON. (AP) — A 25-year-old Lexington man will spend five to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to a Davidson County shooting death that went unsolved for five years.
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MAGGIE VALLEY (AP) — A $1.5 million bid has been made to buy a wild west amusement park in the North Carolina mountains that has been closed for most of the past decade.
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The sun appears to be setting on the era of high-dollar tobacco manufacturing jobs in Winston-Salem.It shouldn't be shocking news to the community that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.'s local workforce is shrinking yet again. The company has announced 19 job cu...
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RALEIGH — A man convicted of child abuse 13 months ago was arrested early Saturday after neighbors found his 2-year-old daughter walking in the street in a dirty diaper and the front door of his home was left open.
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A federal judge delayed sentencing for two weeks in a $2.7 million fraud case involving a Wake County man who made a regional name for himself as a professional and amateur golfer.C. Dale Fuller, 52, of Wake Forest is scheduled to go before a federal judg...
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HIGH POINT — High Point Regional Health System officials say the hospital's "immediate jeopardy" status has been lifted by the agency that could have discontinued its Medicare funding.
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The News & Record is running a map on Sundays that shows residential burglaries because of concerns about break-ins. Our goal is to show which neighborhoods are being targeted and what patterns have emerged regarding where the crimes are being committ...
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EDEN — Making Brunswick stew was a fall tradition when B.J. Barker was growing up in the Draper section of Eden.His grandfather was in charge of the recipe, and other family members would bring fresh vegetables from their gardens and farms to throw...
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I love to hang my clothes out when the weather is nice.No detergent or fabric softener can duplicate the fresh-air smell of clothes after they have hung in the sunshine. If at all possible, I always try to put my sheets, pillowcases and towels out for tha...
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America Legion Post 254 was honored as Eden’s Main Street Champion at the annual N.C. Main Street Conference on Jan. 26 in Clayton.
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Rochelle McCain of Gibsonville has been chosen to receive the 2012 Academic Excellence Award at Rockingham Community College.
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PROPERTY TRANSFERSHuntsville TownshipMichael Z. Topalian and Dorian G. Topalian to Clark B. Eckman and Gloria J. Eckman, lot Woodsong Drive, $190,000B&S Development Inc. to Rakestraw Builders Inc., lot Twin Creeks subdivision, phase III, $34,000
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BASEBALL 12 and under travel team tryouts: Information: Steven, 736-2543. Athletic Republic All Stars 11u travel team: Looking for players for established team for fall season. Information: Randall Allred, r.allred@athleticrepublicteam.com or Kevin Mann......
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Here's the Rockingham County calendar for the week of Feb. 12, 2012:FUN STUFFToday
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February 11, 2012
WENTWORTH — The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office seized firearms, computers and cellphones from the house of Douglas and LaDonna French, who were killed in an apparent home invasion last week.
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ASHEBORO — A Climax woman has been charged with fatally shooting her husband and placing his body in an outbuilding Thursday. On Friday, Randolph County sheriff's deputies responded to 3623 Old Red Cross Road in Climax in reference to a gunshot inj...
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REIDSVILLE — A fund has been set up for the children of Douglas Troy French and LaDonna French, the couple killed during a home invasion last weekend.
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GREENSBORO - The N.C. General Assembly has offered a solution in the legal battle over its controversial redrawing of Guilford County voting districts. The plan would put all Guilford County commissioners up for election this year and would cut some...
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