GREENSBORO — Guilford County Schools employees and taxpayers will have a chance to tell school officials what they think about paying teachers based on students’ performance. The district will hold four public forums this month at Smith and Southwest high schools to seek feedback on the idea of paying all employees based on their performance. read more Full Story »
GREENSBORO — Now that Five Guys has opened at Friendly Center, Tres Currie won’t have to drive to Concord to get his burger fix. One day last fall, Currie craved a fresh, juicy, Five Guys cheeseburger with fries. So, he persuaded some friends at Greensboro College to make a road trip. read more Full Story »
Greensboro attorney Kathy Manning was sworn in Monday as the first board chairwoman of one of the most influential Jewish organizations in the world. read more Full Story »
GREENSBORO — If you need further proof that the economy is hurting more people, look at the waiting room for Guilford County’s WIC program. The space is filled shoulder to shoulder with mothers, their children and some fathers looking to enroll or have a checkup with the Women, Infants and Children food assistance program. read more Full Story »
GREENSBORO — An e-mail sent by a police employee to local media Monday morning created some backpedaling and apologies. Jean Clodfelter, a civilian employee in the Greensboro Police Department’s Watch Operations, sent media representatives a link to a joke spoofing President Barack Obama and the automotive bailout he backed. She recalled the e-mail with an apology. read more Full Story »
Several weeks ago, I was at Lowe's Home Improvement on Battleground Avenue, where I bought several large bags of pine bark mulch. There was no one to help me get it into my trunk, so I was doing it myself. A man pulling out of his parking space saw me and stopped. He came over and put them in my trunk. What a nice thing to do. read more Full Story »
GREENSBORO — A man was charged Monday in the fatal shooting of a man found in a pickup in the driveway of a Veterans of Foreign Wars Post on Nov. 3. Greensboro police charged Vander Cliff McCraw, 30, with first degree murder. read more Full Story »
GREENSBORO — With several tosses of dirt upon a gravel parking lot, county leaders began what they hope to be a new, safer era in criminal justice throughout Guilford County on Monday morning. It was the start of the $114.6 million jail project, which includes a new Guilford County Detention Center at 201 S. Edgeworth St. and a renovation of the existing jail next door. read more Full Story »
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A federal magistrate recommended Monday that the use of prayer to open a board of commissioners meeting in North Carolina violates the First Amendment. read more Full Story »
WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — Reynolds American Inc., maker of Camel cigarettes, is in talks to buy a Swedish company that helps people quit smoking, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. read more Full Story »
GREENSBORO — The Harlem Globetrotters will bring their 2010 World Tour to Greensboro on March 21. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. next Monday for the basketball team's game at the Greensboro Coliseum. The show will start at 2 p.m. read more Full Story »
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Gov. Beverly Perdue introduced a plan Monday to complete the outer loop around North Carolina's largest city by 2015 in part through alternative financing that could save tens of millions of dollars. read more Full Story »
RALEIGH — Despite the drama and hype surrounding the U.S. House’s 220-215 vote on health system reform, there is still a long way to go. Senators will soon vote on their own version of reform that will be different enough from the House plan to require a compromise. Then, each chamber will have to vote a second time. read more Full Story »
GREENSBORO — With several tosses of dirt on a gravel parking lot, county leaders began what they hope to be a new, safer era in criminal justice throughout Guilford County on Monday. It was the start of the $114.6 million jail project, which includes a new Guilford County Detention Center at 201 S. Edgeworth St. and renovation of the existing jail next door. read more Full Story »
GREENSBORO — Beneath a Tuscan blue sky, organizers of the city’s first Festivale Italiano spent most of their day fighting a common problem for vendors up and down South Elm Street: popularity. read more Full Story »
It was as if Uncle Sam stepped into the Hurley living room, pointed a finger and declared: “I want you, you, you, you, you, you and you.” Off to war went the seven Hurley brothers from Trinity, ages 19 to 36. All survived — two just barely — and returned home to live to old ages. Two are still alive: Ray, 85, and Ralph, 92. read more Full Story »
What: Guilford County Board of Education meeting When: 6 p.m. Tuesday Where: Boardroom of the Guilford County Schools administrative office, 712 N. Eugene St., Greensboro. read more Full Story »
RALEIGH - Governor-elect Bev Perdue says O. Max Gardner, a governor and Democratic power broker in the first half of the 20th century, is one of her favorite political figures in Tar Heel history. Gardner was in office at the beginning of the Great Depression, and Perdue said he set an example relevant to the current economic crisis. read more Full Story »
Chadwick Dominic Davis , 30, is wanted by Greensboro police on charges of assault on a female and uttering a forged instrument. read more Full Story »
Mayor Yvonne Johnson, who lost her seat in last week’s election, sent along a Facebook message to supporters: “My Dear Friends and Supporters, “Please know that you have my heartfelt thanks for your encouragement and support during the campaign. I so appreciate the many people who contributed resources and time during these last few months. read more Full Story »
Senior Resources of Guilford promotes and supports older adults and their families. read more Full Story »
GREENSBORO — By 4:45 a.m. Thursday, the lights came on in one kitchen after another at LeMans Apartments on Lawndale Drive, where Twa Har prepared for his 90-minute carpool to a Perdue Farms chicken plant. read more Full Story »
The retired longtime president of Greensboro’s United Way and the attorney whose name is attached to numerous firsts for a black man in North Carolina will lead the inaugural “1960 Society” in support of the downtown civil rights museum. read more Full Story »
GREENSBORO — A crush of candidates, campaigners and media representatives filled the Old Guilford County Courthouse chambers with a roar of election-night activity Tuesday. Bill Knight stood at the center of the room greeting passers-by with a smile and a handshake. He wore a bronze-colored name tag on his chest — the only obvious sign of his candidacy. read more Full Story »
GREENSBORO — This is for all you raccoons in Greensboro: Smile. You’re on candid camera. Last week, Animal Control officers set special traps armed with cameras throughout the city for the first phase of what health officials hope will become a full raccoon rabies vaccination program. read more Full Story »
A morning moonset peeks through the autumn foliage near Bradfordton, Ill. AP Photo/Seth Perlman
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