App State football players suspended after video of weekend fight shared on...
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State has temporarily suspended members of its football team while the athletics department investigates a weekend fight, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. The school...
View ArticleReading, experience propel 12-year-old to win regional spelling bee
Sam Nystrom lasted 11 rounds and bested 27 other spellers to be crowned the regional spelling bee winner Sunday afternoon. “When I won, I thought, ‘Well, I did not expect this,’” Nystrom, 12, said....
View ArticleGroup calls for ‘Dixie’ to be taken out of Dixie Classic Fair over...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Less than a month after the city of Winston-Salem took down the Confederate statue downtown, a group is calling on the city to take the word “Dixie” out of the name of the Dixie...
View ArticleThe name of the ‘Dixie Classic Fair’ is likely to stay this year
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — City and fair officials say changing the name of the Dixie Classic Fair won’t be a simple or overnight process, if it happens, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. In fact,...
View ArticleAmazon signs lease for second Triad facility, this time in Colfax
COLFAX, N.C. — Amazon has signed a lease for a second Triad facility, this time for space in Piedmont Corporate Park in Guilford County, the Winston-Salem Journal reports. The property address is...
View ArticleLittle Richard’s Barbeque to open in former Five Points spot on Stratford...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Little Richard’s Barbeque will take over the former Five Points Restaurant building at 109 South Stratford Road in Winston-Salem, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. Nick...
View ArticleNew Dixie Classic Fair name? 8,000 (and counting) responses pour in
Take Our Poll WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Responses number in the thousands as the city surveys for opinions on a name for the Dixie Classic Fair, the Winston-Salem Journal reported. A public hearing is...
View Article99-year-old WWII veteran will walk at Winston-Salem State University graduation
HICKORY, N.C. — It's been 70 years since she finished her teaching degree at Winston-Salem State University, but Elizabeth Barker Johnson will finally walk across the stage at 99-years-old, the...
View ArticleDave & Buster’s opens Monday at Hanes Mall in Winston-Salem
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Dave & Buster’s opens Monday at Hanes Mall in Winston-Salem, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. The restaurant will take up 30,200-square feet on the lower level of the...
View ArticleGun reported at Winston-Salem school; police may press charges
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Officers are investigating after a report of a gun at Paisley Magnet School last week, police and school officials confirmed Monday, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. The...
View ArticleAnimal cruelty charges dropped against Winston-Salem man accused of shooting...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Forsyth County prosecutors dropped all but one of the charges against a Winston-Salem man in connection with a Muddy Creek Greenway incident last year that left one horse shot to...
View ArticleFormer Walt Disney World employee pleads guilty to charges of sexually...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A former Walt Disney World employee pleaded guilty to charges of sexually abusing eight Winston-Salem boys in the 1990s and early 2000s, according to the Forsyth County Clerk of...
View ArticleForsyth County pulls Tanglewood pool wristbands after noticing Confederate...
FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. — A Tanglewood pool-goer didn’t notice until taking a closer look that the design on her wristband wasn’t the American flag, the Winston-Salem Journal reports. It was the...
View ArticleBowman Gray driver arrested at track, charged with assault
A frequent driver at Bowman Gray Stadium was arrested Saturday following an alleged altercation that ensued just before the night of races began, the Winston-Salem Journal reported. Amber Lynn...
View ArticleFamous Carolina Panthers fan Greg ‘Catman’ Good has passed away
Carolina Panthers superfan, Greg "Catman" Good, died Friday, according to his son. "Catman" was an avid supporter of the Carolina Panthers and a friend to FOX8. He died after a bout with a lengthy...
View ArticleRegistered sex offender sentenced after caught working as magician at...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A registered Rockingham County sex offender repeatedly violated state law by performing magic tricks for children and adults at a Winston-Salem restaurant, a Forsyth County...
View ArticleWhite supremacist propaganda found at Winston-Salem synagogue
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — White supremacist propaganda was found last week at Temple Emanuel in Winston-Salem and on an online blog naming the synagogue. Officials at Temple Emanuel are enhancing their...
View ArticlePanthers sign former Wake Forest receiver
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers signed Greg Dortch, a former Wake Forest receiver, who will take up the position of returner, the Winston-Salem Journal reports. As of Wednesday morning, Dortch...
View ArticleFormer Forsyth County Sheriff Ron Barker dies
Missing Attachment Missing Attachment Missing Attachment FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. — Former Forsyth County Sheriff Ron Barker died Tuesday afternoon at 86, his family members said, The Winston-Salem...
View ArticleSexual-addiction counselor in Winston-Salem charged with insurance fraud
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A Winston-Salem sexual-addiction counselor has been charged with submitting fraudulent billing statements for client sessions he never did, bilking Blue Cross and Blue Shield of...
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