Former Davie County teacher sentenced to 30 years on child pornography charges
GREENSBORO A former Davie County middle-school teacher was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Greensboro to 30 years in prison on federal charges of possessing, transporting and producing child...
View ArticlePlant's closing will have broad impact in Mocksville
George and Gwen Frye have lived on Eaton Road in Mocksville for more than 50 years, long before a chicken-processing plant was built across the street from them on what had been a big cornfield.
View ArticleTourism spending up 9.2 percent in Forsyth in 2010
The combination of more visitors to Forsyth County and higher fuel and food costs contributed to a 9.2 percent jump in spending last year to $622.9 million.
View ArticlePART seeks money from counties in lieu of route cutbacks
The board of the Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation voted Wednesday to ask counties it serves to make payments to shore up a $1.1 million shortfall or face a reduction in regional bus service.
View ArticleReynolds donates $3.5 million worth of property to Davie County
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. has donated 360 acres in Davie County with an estimated $3.5 million property-tax value, the county's Economic Development Commission said today.
View ArticleDavie County expects to draw jobs with donated land from Reynolds
Davie County and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. are hoping the company's donation of 360 acres of pasture land will serve as another economic catalyst for the Triad.
View ArticleMountains first snow was earliest ever, and Forsyth no longer abnormally dry
The snow that fell in the North Carolina mountains last weekend was the earliest measurable snowfall ever recorded in North Carolina, and less frosty precipitation — rain — in Forsyth County has moved...
View ArticleU.S. bankruptcy court judge halts Raleigh tobacco company's bid to buy...
A U.S. bankruptcy court judge has halted a Raleigh tobacco company’s bid to buy three Mocksville tobacco companies.
View ArticleNCDOT to close lane on I-40 West in Davie County Tuesday for bridge repair
RALEIGH The N.C. Department of Transportation will close one lane of Interstate-40 West about one mile east of Farmington Road near Bermuda Run on Tuesday for bridge repair work.
View ArticleNCDOT to close lane today on I-40 West in Davie County
The N.C. Department of Transportation will close one lane of Interstate 40 West near Bermuda Run today (Tuesday) for bridge repair work.
View ArticleNew ruling provides more protection to chicken farmers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration issued a ruling Friday that increases certain protections for poultry and hog farmers.
View ArticleAfrican principal thanks Davie County students
At the Legogote Primary School in eastern South Africa, children do not use computers.
View ArticlePART board complains about not getting info
Board members of the Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation complained Wednesday that they are not getting enough information about a federal audit of the agency's finances and what's being...
View ArticleDavie woman charged with animal cruelty after investigators find exotic cats...
A Davie County woman was charged last week with 19 counts of animal cruelty after investigators found more than 30 exotic cats living in what they described as filthy conditions as part of a breeding...
View Article'Josh's Journey'
From his hospital bed on the sixth floor of Brenner Children's Hospital, Josh Rominger, who turned 17 this month, talks with a raspy voice, impeded by the presence of a tracheotomy tube.
View ArticleCenterPoint begins hiring for 89 new jobs
CenterPoint Human Services has started hiring an additional 89 employees in a pivotal workforce expansion as it transitions to a new status overseeing behavioral health services.
View ArticleFood bank expands program
The Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina will begin two programs that deliver food to hungry families in more personal ways, including the expansion of a pilot program that delivers 65...
View ArticleHigh Point man named finalist for Time magazine award
Time magazine said today that a High Point businessman has been named as one of four regional finalists for its 2012 Dealer of the Year award.
View ArticleWake Forest Baptist unveils plans, timetable for Davie County hospital
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center unveiled plans Monday for more than just a long-awaited replacement hospital for Davie County.
View ArticleTriad's unemployment rate increases in January
The Triad's unemployment rate, as expected, rose sharply during January, the N.C. Commerce Department reported Tuesday.
View ArticlePublic hearing to be held on proposed solar farm in Mocksville
A Chapel Hill solar energy company will have to go through a public hearing on its bid to build a 5-megawatt facility in Mocksville.
View ArticleLansing looks at traffic woes
Jessica Brown took her preschool daughter, Skylar, for library storytime at Lansing Town Hall recently. She decided to go on a quick field trip, walking down the hill to see firetrucks.
View ArticleThree former Mocksville officers sue the town, police chief and town manager
Three former Mocksville police officers have sued the town, its police chief and town manager, saying that the town fired the officers last year after they reported allegations of corruption and racism...
View ArticleTwo seasoned GOP candidates vie for House 79
Julia Howard, a member of the state House since 1988 whose leadership positions have included senior chairwoman of the finance committee, might be facing her toughest campaign challenge in this year's...
View ArticleDavie County commissioners, school officials in battle over $2.2 million in...
Davie County officials are embroiled in a $2.2 million tug of war over their school system budget, and the threat of mass layoffs has emerged as a result.
View ArticleIngersoll Rand expanding in Davie
Ingersoll Rand's longevity in Mocksville and the perseverance of its local workforce led the company to make its plant there a key cog in a consolidation move.
View ArticleDavie County school board: commissioners handled the budget process 'very...
More than 100 people turned out for Monday night's Davie County Board of Commissioners' meeting, largely to weigh in on an ongoing battle over the local school system budget, county officials said.
View ArticleLaw professors' letter may have swayed Obama
Nearly 100 law professors from top universities nationwide, including Wake Forest University, signed a letter advising President Barack Obama that the executive branch has the authority to defer...
View ArticleGraduate: 'I'm not a statistic'
On the night that Marion Rice graduated from West Forsyth High School, he paused briefly to say: "It's been a long 13 years. I'm not a statistic: no kids, not dead, not in jail, and I'm graduating."
View ArticleCooleemee mayor's husband involved in attack, shooting
Police say two men were attacked and the suspect was shot twice after an altercation outside the Bull Hole on the Rowan and Davie County line.
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