Local ghost hunters say they’ve cracked the case of mysterious hitchhiker...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — In places all over the country, on lonely roads where young women have died, tales emerge and are embellished, born from the tragedy of their deaths, according to the...
View ArticleHistoric plane takes wrong turn and ends up in Yadkinville
YADKINVILLE, N.C. — The driver of a truck carrying a historic plane took a wrong turn Tuesday and landed in Yadkinville, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. The plane, an MC-130E, one of the planes...
View ArticleDave & Buster’s restaurant opening this spring at Hanes Mall in...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The owner and operator of Hanes Mall confirmed Thursday that Dave & Buster’s will open a 31,576-square-foot site on the lower level, near Sears and the carousel, according to...
View ArticlePuppy found abandoned in dumpster in Winston-Salem euthanized following...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A Husky puppy that was abandoned in a garbage bag in a dumpster — likely because the dog had a pronounced overbite — was euthanized Wednesday following three months of continuing...
View ArticleWinston-Salem chapter of Susan G. Komen organization latest to be closed
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The Winston-Salem chapter of the Susan G. Komen organization closed Friday, the latest in a line of closings of local Komen organizations across the country, according to the...
View ArticleIndian restaurant to open next week in downtown Winston-Salem
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Mystic Ginger Indian Restaurant is expected to open next week in the former O’Brien’s Deli location at 285 W. Fourth St., according to the Winston-Salem Journal. Co-owner Hasan...
View ArticleWoman struck by pickup on Winston-Salem street
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A female pedestrian was hit by a truck at the intersection of Reynolda and Buena Vista roads this morning, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. As of 10:30 a.m., Reynolda Road...
View ArticleGround-shaking helicopters rattle residents with low flights over Forsyth,...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Helicopters swooping over parts of the Winston-Salem area at low elevation with ground-shaking power Wednesday night were part of a military training exercise, Winston-Salem...
View ArticleDavidson County teen killed in wreck
LINWOOD — A teen was killed in a single-vehicle wreck Wednesday night not far from her home, the Winston-Salem Journal reported. Madisyn Yountz, 17, of Swicegood Road, was driving a 2004 Honda sedan...
View ArticleWinston-Salem police accept #LipSyncChallenge — and you’re invited to help out
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The Winston-Salem Police Department has accepted the lip-sync challenge popping up on social media — and they need your help. Officers will be at the BB&T Ballpark at 3 p.m....
View ArticleFormer Stokes County deputy accused of impersonating an officer
KING, N.C. — A former Stokes County sheriff’s deputy is accused of lying about his position to gain information, the King Police Department told the Winston-Salem Journal. Kevin Dale Faircloth, 47, of...
View ArticleSearch warrants: Winston-Salem man found in dumpster was beaten for two days;...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Search warrants allege that a Winston-Salem man was beaten for two days before his body was dropped into a dumpster outside an apartment complex five miles away, according to the...
View ArticleWinston-Salem woman convicted in scheme to file 519 false tax returns that...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A Winston-Salem woman was convicted on a charge that she and others prepared 519 false tax returns, resulting in $1.3 million in refunds, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a...
View ArticleFamily of missing Boone student from Kernersville asks community to light...
KERNERSVILLE, N.C. — Three birthdays have passed since college student Martin Roberts disappeared without a trace from Boone, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. Today marks his 22nd birthday. As...
View ArticleNorth Surry High mourns student who died after being struck by minivan while...
SURRY COUNTY, N.C. — A rising Surry County high school student was killed Saturday night when a minivan struck him while he was walking in the middle of U.S. 52, a state trooper said, according to the...
View ArticleFalling tree kills Greensboro woman
GREENSBORO — A woman is dead after a tree fell on her house early Sunday morning, the Winston-Salem Journal reports. Erin Beebe, 30, of 3605 Brandywine Drive, was killed in her house about 1:50 a.m.,...
View ArticleMan charged in courthouse bathroom assault during murder trial
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A man attending the murder trial of a man accused of fatally shooting a relative was charged Tuesday with assaulting a woman in a restroom at the Forsyth County courthouse, the...
View Article18-year-old Ararat woman in critical condition after hit-and-run; Mount Airy...
An 18-year-old Ararat woman remains in critical condition after she was struck by a vehicle in an apparent domestic dispute last week, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. Elyssa Kierstin Jones was...
View ArticleToddler died of brain tumor complications after car hit his ambulance in DWI,...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A 2-year-old boy who was injured when a drunken driver crashed into the ambulance transporting him died shortly after from complications of a brain tumor, according to an autopsy...
View ArticleBail bondsman indicted for shooting at Winston-Salem man in Hanes Mall...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A bail bondsman was indicted Monday on charges that he fired his gun at a Winston-Salem man he was trying to take into custody at Hanes Mall, the Winston-Salem Journal reports....
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