High Point furniture market to get new owner
HIGH POINT, N.C. — The owner and operator of the High Point and Las Vegas home furnishings markets is being sold to real-estate firms associated with the private-equity group Blackstone. Blackstone is...
View ArticlePolice investigate homicide of man in Winston-Salem on Saturday night
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Winston-Salem police are investigating a homicide Saturday night in the 500 block of 24½ Street Northwest, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. Police were called to the area...
View ArticleRegistered sex offender in Winston-Salem pleads guilty in child sex abuse case
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A registered sex offender decided to plead guilty to charges he molested a 7-year-old boy on New Year’s Eve in 2013 before a trial started in his case, according to the...
View ArticleWinston-Salem man indicted in hammer attack on 9-year-old son
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A Forsyth County grand jury indicted a Winston-Salem man Tuesday on charges of attempted first-degree murder and assault after he was accused of hitting his son last year in the...
View ArticleStolen minivan found submerged in Winston-Salem lake
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A minivan stolen from an Ardmore home on July 15 was found Monday night submerged in a private lake in the southeastern part of Winston-Salem. Authorities were called about 6:25...
View ArticleWinston-Salem man charged with murder after man dies from heroin overdose
CLEMMONS, N.C. — A Davidson County grand jury has indicted a Winston-Salem man on a second-degree murder charge after investigators linked him to the drug overdose death of a Clemmons man in March,...
View ArticleWell-known Forsyth County farmer dies in ‘freak accident’ early Sunday morning
FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. — A well-known local farmer died early Sunday morning after a tree fell and brought down power lines, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. Family members believe he was...
View Article2 teens plead guilty to brutally beating homeless Winston-Salem man
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Two of the five teenagers charged in the brutal beating of a homeless Winston-Salem man in January pleaded guilty to assault and other charges in Forsyth County Superior Court on...
View ArticleTeacher charged with sex offenses involving former student is suspended with...
DAVIDSON COUNTY, N.C. — A teacher at Ledford Middle School in Thomasville, who is charged with several sex offenses involving a former student, has been suspended with pay, authorities told the...
View Article93-year-old Davie County woman convicted in death of Forsyth County sheriff’s...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A 93-year-old Davie County woman was convicted Tuesday on a charge stemming from her car striking a Forsyth County sheriff’s deputy at Tanglewood Park, ultimately resulting in his...
View ArticleKaleideum recalls some eclipse glasses
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Kaleideum is asking people who bought eclipse viewing glasses from the museum since July 27 to return them because the glasses may not provide adequate protection, museum...
View ArticleTeen found dead behind Winston-Salem business ‘a human, a friend, a kid who...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — An 18-year-old homicide victim found Tuesday morning with a gunshot wound to the head was registered as an incoming senior at Carver High School, the school system confirmed....
View ArticleParole possible for Winston-Salem man who killed Chris Paul’s grandfather
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A Winston-Salem man serving a life sentence for his role in killing the grandfather of Chris Paul will be eligible for parole in 12 years, a Forsyth County judge ruled Thursday...
View ArticleNew restaurant, bar to open in downtown Winston-Salem
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A new restaurant is being developed at 414 N. Liberty St. by Mayfair Street Partners, which is also developing a restaurant in the Pepper Building, less than a block away,...
View ArticleLocal couple dies a few hours apart after 70 years of marriage
ELKIN, N.C. — After learning her husband of 70 years had died, Rachel Holcomb told a nurse: “My husband passed away today, but it’s all going to be OK,” according to the Winston-Salem Journal. A few...
View ArticleKernersville woman undergoing rabies treatments after feral cat attack on her...
KERNERSVILLE, N.C. — There were 26 puncture wounds on her arms before Kathleen McNally was able to wrestle away a feral cat that attacked her on her porch earlier this month, according to the...
View ArticleWinston-Salem man convicted in 2013 fatal shooting
A Winston-Salem man was convicted Wednesday morning on charges he fired a gun several times into a car, killing a man inside who was waiting for a friend outside an apartment complex, the...
View Article2 people arrested after allegations against teacher spark disturbance at...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Two people were arrested Thursday for their alleged roles in a disturbance at Carter G. Woodson School at 437 Goldfloss St. after several female students claimed that a teacher...
View ArticleWalkertown man gets arrest warrant for unlawful wounding against man beaten...
A Walkertown lawyer obtained an arrest warrant last week against a black man who was beaten after a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., two months ago, according to the Winston-Salem...
View ArticleDavie County fires deputy accidentally shot three years ago by former sheriff
MOCKSVILLE, N.C. — A Davie County sheriff’s deputy who was accidentally shot by former sheriff Andy Stokes during a standoff three years ago has been fired, according to documents that the...
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