February 5, 2012
REIDSVILLE — Deputies combed through a home in the quiet, mostly rural Bethany community Saturday, investigating Rockingham County’s first homicides of the year.
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REIDSVILLE — kim Forrester is talking with an ALE representative, Shannon Forrester is checking on the kitchen cleaning crew, and Gary Forrester is collecting a fine mist of sawdust on his cap and sweater as he cuts a larger opening for the soft-dri...
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Available today in the News & Record's electronic edition: News: Bankruptcies were down substantially in 2011, and way down from the peak in 2009. Staff writer Robert Lopez looks at the trend.
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LEXINGTON — Two people were killed and a third remains in serious condition after the 1997 Ford Taurus in which they were riding plunged over the side of an overpass on U.S. 52.Killed were Thea-Simone McDuffie, 19, and Shavalos Jameson, 21, both of...
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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 committe...
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WENTWORTH — With its energy-efficient lighting and a dual-flush toilet system that reduces cold water usage by 88 percent in the bathrooms, the new Rockingham County Courthouse complex is being touted as one of the leaders in green construction alon...
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STONEVILLE — When Dot Dunlap, 64, lost her job at Liberty Screen Print in Madison in 2004, she was devastated.Previously, Dunlap had worked at Stoneville Furniture for 28 years but left that job when she learned the company would be closing. She was...
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Last week, Keith and Lisa Duncan and Mack McKinney sat in the Duncans’ sunlit den talking about their hiking trip to Glacier National Park in August.It was unseasonably warm outside for a January. In Eden, Patrick Street looked like April: forsyth...
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The following awards were announced during the Eden Chamber of Commerce 2011 Annual Dinner on Jan. 24:
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The newest Eden business is Hibbett Sports, located in Meadow Greens Shopping Center, 640 S. Van Buren Road. Hibbett offers a variety of sporting goods, equipment, footwear and more.The store is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and fr...
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The Fine Arts Festival Association of Rockingham County has announced entry dates and other details for its 2012 Festival.Music and literature submissions will be accepted on March 27; all other category submissions will be accepted on April 12. Times for...
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Here's the Rockingham County calendar for the week of Feb. 5, 2012:FUN STUFFMonday
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PROPERTY TRANSFERSEden TownshipJames A. Williams and Connie Williams to Phyllis Chatman Quinn and Jerry Wayne Durham, tracts Haled Street, $60,000Wells Fargo Bank N.A. to Michael Shane Hensley, lot West Stadium Drive, $26,000Huntsville Township
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February 4, 2012
GREENSBORO — From Jackie White’s vantage point, the post office at Four Seasons Town Centre seems busy. White and her mother own African American Art, a second-level business in the mall. The store sits near the escalator leading to the third......
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RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Transportation will reopen I-40 West from Exit 20 to the Tennessee state line to traffic on Sunday between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m.
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HIGH POINT — A 19-year-old High Point woman died early this morning after her car crashed into a utility pole and then came to rest against a nearby building, police said.Christina Elizabeth Brelsford was driving a 1999 Honda south on Elm Street whe...
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GREENSBORO — Delivery drivers for Papa John's and Domino's were robbed within several hours of each other, police said this morning.At 9 p.m. Friday, officers were sent to Papa John's at 2408 Spring Garden St. regarding a robbery call.
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RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina residents looking for legal advice on a tight budget may have a source to help them out.The Young Lawyers Division of the N.C. Bar Association is sponsoring what it calls "Ask a Lawyer Day" on Saturday.
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WINSTON-SALEM — The N.C. Supreme Court has declined to review a lower court's ruling that blocked the public release of statements that Winston-Salem police officers made to a citizens committee looking into a police investigation of a 1995 assault...
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Deputies used a Taser on a woman who wouldn't surrender to them after she cut into a McDonald's drive-through line and then refused to move her car without being served, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office.
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CHAPEL HILL -- Three UNC students, all former athletes, were charged with felony possession of cocaine early Friday after police officers caught them on the top of a parking deck allegedly snorting cocaine in downtown Chapel Hill.
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RALEIGH -- About 20 people Friday chanted slogans protesting U.S. sanctions on Iran that President Obama and others say are intended to keep Iran from building nuclear arms.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis parade welcoming home Iraq War and other post-Sept. 11 veterans was such a hit that at least 10 other cities around the country are considering similar celebrations.
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REIDSVILLE — A husband and wife were killed and their teenage daughter was wounded during a home invasion early this morning, according to the sheriff's office.About 2 a.m. Saturday, the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office received a report of a home...
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SATURDAY Men’s Day 2012: The End Zone, 8:30 a.m.; also 9 a.m. Sunday, Maranatha Fellowship, 1756 Lamb Ave., High Point. Today features a men’s breakfast and breakout sessions. On Sunday, wear your favorite football team’s jersey. Gue...
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