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Buy Black Triad: Wellness and Nutrition
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The Buy Black Guide is sharing three Black-owned businesses that are all about wellness and nutrition. Temoura Jeffries is the owner of Buy Black Guide. During her monthly segment on the Local Vibe, she talked about:. Watch her full interview in the video above to learn...
GSO city council postpones funding for downtown homeless center, putting the struggling organization in jeopardy as need grows
The CityBeat is a nonprofit-funded position reporting on Winston-Salem and Greensboro city council and all city business. These pieces are free to be republished with attribution to Triad City Beat. This story has been updated. Read more here. In an effort to serve the growing homeless population in Greensboro, the...
Chilling testimony alleges murder suspect asked others for help disposing of High Point University student’s body
HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — The trial of a man accused of killing a High Point University student in 2021 before fleeing to Tennessee has begun. Michael Cadogan is accused of killing Gianna Delgado, who was 19 and attending High Point University at the time. Cadogan was 24 at the time of the killing. Authorities […]
Burlington pulls out of county’s planned 9-1-1 center
A celebrated example of interjurisdictional cooperation seems to have unraveled this week as Burlington’s municipal leaders abruptly bowed out of a partnership with Alamance County to set up a consolidated 9-1-1 center. The city effectively slammed the receiver on this joint venture on Monday when city manager Craig Honeycutt...
Sheriff's office warns of phone scam targeting Cumberland County residents
The Sheriff's Office is warning the public of a phone scam targeting Cumberland County residents. The sheriff's office said citizens are receiving phone calls from callers impersonating law enforcement officers claiming to be Sergeant Hamlett. The caller says they have legal papers and must call back immediately. When calling the number back the impersonator has the voicemail set up to reflect the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. The number calling citizens is 910-479-5277.
Rain dampens July 4 activities, but police still busy
Showers seem to have had a calming effect for the Fourth of July in Salisbury Township. Even so, the Salisbury Township Police Department was kept busy. According to the July 4 holiday weekend report prepared by Salisbury Township Chief of Police Donald Sabo and presented by Salisbury Township Lt. Christopher Casey at the board of commissioners July 11 meeting, there were 134 calls for police service.
Deputies look for missing Robeson County man
ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. (WBTW) — Robeson County authorities have asked for the public’s help finding a missing man. Temmi Thomas was last seen in the area of Conatser Drive in Parkton, the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office said. He is 5-foot-8 and weighs 145 pounds. He has brown eyes and is bald. Anyone with information is […]
These paramedics are for more than just emergencies in N.C. communities
On a street corner east of Durham’s downtown, Cheryl Riley spotted a woman sitting on a ledge outside a grocery store, her upper body bobbing back and forth. Riley, a Durham County paramedic, pulled over her Ford Expedition with bright blue and yellow markings and asked the woman if she could take her vitals. After getting a go-ahead, Riley checked her blood pressure and oxygen levels.
Emergency responders turning to drones to try to get people help faster
The drones are coming.Starting in September, if someone in Clemmons, North Carolina, calls 911 to report a cardiac arrest, the first responder on the scene may be a drone carrying an automated external defibrillator, or AED."The idea is for the drone to get there several minutes before first responders," such as an emergency medical technician or an ambulance, said Daniel Crews, a spokesperson for the sheriff's office in Forsyth County, where Clemmons is located. The sheriff's office is partnering on the project with local emergency services, the Clinical Research Institute at Duke University, and the drone consulting firm Hovecon. "The...
Gwinnett County Man Detained On Statutory Rape Charges
On July 3, the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office apprehended a man for reportedly bringing a 14-year-old girl from North Carolina to Georgia. On July 3, the United States Marshals reached out to the Sheriff’s Office Trafficking and Child Exploitation and Gang Units for assistance in locating the missing girl.
Japan’s HI-CHEW Maker Morinaga Investing Over $136 Million In NC Factory
The Mebane, NC produces the popular fruity candy HI-CHEW. Due to high demand, Morinaga will add manufacturing space and production lines. A performance-based grant of $100,000 from the One North Carolina Fund will help facilitate the expansion, contingent on a company capital investment of $115.4 million, the creation of 40 jobs, and local government support.
Police find 5 malnourished, abandoned dogs at Lexington home
LEXINGTON, N.C. — Police arrested a Lexington woman accused of not feeding her five dogs to the point of malnourishment. Officers were called to Olympia Street on Sunday morning. Police said they found five dogs without food, water, or shelter. Tammy Wilt, the dogs' owner, was charged on Tuesday...
Cornel West's Justice For All Party says it will sue NC Board of Elections over ballot denial
The Justice For All Party said Thursday that it will file a lawsuit challenging the North Carolina Board of Elections decision this week not to certify the organization as a political party. That decision means its candidate, progressive academic Cornel West, can’t appear on the state’s ballot for president.
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