Food Freaks closes restaurant in Winston-Salem, but keeps truck
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Food Freaks Beer Geeks has closed its restaurant at 2630 Foxtrot Court off Hanes Mall Boulevard, but will keep operating its food truck, according to the Winston-Salem Journal....
View ArticleWinston-Salem man convicted of human trafficking, accused of selling girl,...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A Winston-Salem man was convicted Monday on charges that he sold a 12-year-old girl to other men who raped her numerous times, resulting in her getting pregnant and contracting a...
View ArticleThe Garage, longtime music venue in downtown Winston-Salem, plans last show...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The Garage, one of Winston-Salem’s oldest music venues, will suspend operations Jan. 1, the owner has announced, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. Tucker Tharpe, the owner,...
View ArticleHomicide suspect leads Winston-Salem police in chase that ends in crash
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A man wanted in a local homicide led authorities on a short police chase Friday that ended in a collision, the Winston-Salem Journal reports. The suspect, who was traveling along...
View ArticleForsyth County mansion with appraised value of $3 million still up for auction
CLEMMONS, N.C. — A 15,000-square-foot estate at 7980 Valley View in Clemmons is still up for auction, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. The estate is the former home of Robert Lasater, an...
View ArticleNew trampoline park to open in Winston-Salem by early next year
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Winston-Salem is turning into a hotbed for trampoline activity with plans for a third indoor facility in the former hhGregg retail site off Hanes Mall Boulevard, according to the...
View ArticleWinston-Salem man accused of trafficking meth, behind bars on $1.5M bond
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A Winston-Salem man was arrested Saturday on drug offenses after investigators found a large amount of methamphetamines and marijuana in a vehicle and his home, court records...
View ArticleWinston-Salem woman breaks back in car crash, home burns down during hospital...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Lori Williams was in the hospital with a broken back when she got the harrowing news: Her house — filled with memories of her late husband — had burned to the ground. There was...
View ArticleMan who shot, killed neighbors in Winston-Salem sentenced to at least 25...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A judge sentenced a Winston-Salem man Wednesday to a lengthy prison term after the man pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder, according to the Winston-Salem...
View ArticleBurger King in Winston-Salem catches fire on Saturday
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A two-story Burger King on Peters Creek Parkway was ablaze Saturday after a fire started in the exhaust system of the restaurant, Winston-Salem fire department told the...
View ArticleMan sentenced to prison for fatal shooting during Winston-Salem home invasion
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The last thing Jeremy Johnson did before he died April 16, 2016, was try to protect his sister and his girlfriend from the five men who had broken into his mother’s house, armed...
View ArticleForsyth County woman convicted of attempted human trafficking and child abuse...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – A Forsyth County woman was convicted of attempted human trafficking and child abuse and sentenced to 56 to 80 months in prison. Claudia Martinez Hernandez, 33, plead guilty to the...
View ArticleFormer Ziggy’s site in Winston-Salem to become home of new music venue called...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A new live-music venture is opening in the former Ziggy’s site on West Ninth Street, and it involves Richard Emmett, a longtime booster of Winston-Salem’s music scene, according...
View ArticleCoffee shop coming to downtown Winston-Salem designed to give people with...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Downtown may soon have another coffee shop, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. This one will be a little different than others. It will be operated by Moji Coffee and More,...
View ArticleForsyth County woman claims 4-year-old daughter bitten by teacher
WALKERTOWN, N.C. — The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a report from a parent that her 4-year-old daughter was bitten by a person the child described as a teacher in...
View ArticleBB&T says online, mobile banking working again
BB&T Corp. said Saturday that its online and mobile banking services are working and its service systems "have substantially recovered" from an outage that has lasted nearly two days. An equipment...
View ArticleKing man accused of making threats against UNC Charlotte posts bond
KING, N.C. — A UNC Charlotte student who is also a King resident was arrested Tuesday on a charge that he made a false report of mass violence at the university, an arrest warrant says. Search warrants...
View ArticleCouple married 65 years to undergo same heart procedure, same day, same time,...
FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. — Garnett Junior and Mary Ruth Lineberry, who have been married for 65 years, do everything together — including an operation Monday. The couple will both have the same heart...
View ArticleWinston-Salem man accused of having sex with girl under 12
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A Winston-Salem man was arrested Wednesday after he was accused of having sex with a girl under 12 years old, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. Antonio Tapia Guzman, 25 of...
View ArticleStokes County lawyer accused of using her home to store and sell illegal drugs
DANBURY, N.C. — A Stokes County criminal defense lawyer has been arrested on numerous drug charges, including conspiring with her boyfriend to sell marijuana, according to the Winston-Salem Journal,...
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