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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Rameses, North Carolina's 18th ram mascot, died Thursday night of natural causes. He was 8 years old.
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RALEIGH -- Thousands of jobless people in North Carolina again face the prospect that their unemployment benefits will expire at the end of this month as Democrats and Republicans engage in political brinksmanship in Washington over the status of the soci...
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GREENSBORO — Greensboro police arrested a man early Saturday morning in connection with a shooting that occurred shortly after midnight. Police were called to 912 Park Ave. around12:30 this morning in reference to a shooting.
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GREENSBORO – Police arrested a Greensboro man today after a woman said he broke into her home early this morning. Officers responded at 1 a.m. to 2311 Acorn Drive to a home break-in in progress. When they arrived, a woman at the home said she was aw...
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RALEIGH -- For more than 35 years, the state Highway Patrol's emergency communications center was housed in a white cinderblock building with only two screens to monitor live traffic.
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The number of Forsyth County behavioral-health patients experiencing a long wait for a state psychiatric hospital bed remains stubbornly high, according to a study by a Raleigh advocacy group.
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WINSTON-SALEM -- Having recently moved to a smaller place, John and Bettie Lee were looking to get rid of some of the things they'd collected through the years -- not add to them. But they couldn't help themselves Friday.
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HIGH POINT -- High Point City Council members Foster Douglas and Mike Pugh are criticizing the selection process for naming High Point's new police chief, but were unsuccessful in pursuing action to alter the appointment.
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HIGH POINT -- High Point Regional Hospital has just hours to be cleared by the federal government to continue receiving Medicare funding. The hospital's Medicare funding was put in jeopardy following a December incident involving a patient.
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MORGANTON (AP) — A Burke County symposium is aiming to provide some answers on mysterious lights that have puzzled generations of observers around Brown Mountain.
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RALEIGH (AP) — The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is offering patrons a chance to find out why oysterscatchers have long, sharp bills, or why a kind of African wild cat has such long legs.
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SATURDAY Integral Transformative Practice: A Spiritual Practice Realizing the Potential of Our Body, Heart, Mind and Soul, with Ruth D. Anderson, 10 a.m.-noon, 607 N. Greene St., Broome Hall, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, www.servantleadergreensboro.com...
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February 10, 2012
GREENSBORO -- Aldi company officials now say an earlier report that it would open a new store in northwest Greensboro was premature.
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CHAPEL HILL — Amid chants of protest from about 100 students, the UNC Board of Governors this morning approved President Tom Ross' proposal for tuition and fee hikes over the next two years.Ross' plan would raise tuition by an average of 8.8 percent...
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LUMBERTON, N.C. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre has decided to seek re-election to Congress this year instead of running for North Carolina governor.
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GREENSBORO — Greensboro police seized marijuana, a rifle and ammunition from the home of the man charged with shooting at a officer and starting a 15-hour standoff with police last month. He is still under medical evaluation.
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Greensboro native John Isner has notched the biggest single victory of his career so far, defeating Roger Federer in four sets at a Davis Cup tennis match today in Fribourg, Switzerland.The big-serving Isner beat Federer 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-2 to give the...
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Here's a look at pictures of the week selected by Rob Brown, the News & Record's director of photography.Click here to view the photo gallery.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who snatched a baby from a New York City hospital in 1987 then raised the child as her own daughter has pleaded guilty to kidnapping.Ann Pettway of Raleigh entered the guilty plea Friday at a federal courthouse in Manhattan.
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REIDSVILLE — A 46-year-old Reidsville police officer died Wednesday, city officials said in a news release .Lesley “Lee” Francis Edmonds II, 46, died of apparent natural causes, Maj. Abner Bullins of the Rockingham County Sheriff’s...
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GREENSBORO — The U.S. Green Building Council has awarded UNCG's new School of Education building LEED Gold certification. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) specifications are set by the Council. Gold is the second-highes...
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