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‘Tragic news’: Winston-Salem teen girl drowns in rip current
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — A teenage girl from Winston-Salem drowned in a rip current while visiting Ocean Isle Beach on Sunday afternoon. FOX8 is told she was a student at Reynolds High School and was with the school’s robotics team. Two other students were also caught in the rip current with her. They were […]
Abandoned building fire in Tobaccoville injures 2 firefighters
TOBACCOVILLE, N.C. — An abandoned building caught on fire on Saturday in Tobaccoville, according to the Forsyth County Department of Emergency Services. Just after 1:30 p.m., the Old Richmond Fire Department responded to a residential building fire on River Bluff Farm Road in the Tobaccoville Community of unincorporated Forsyth County.
Man sentenced to 20-25 years for shooting, killing of woman in Forsyth County
FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — A man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for the 2021 shooting death of a woman, the Forsyth County district attorney says. On Tuesday, Jason Marshall Duncan, 42, of Lewisville, pleaded guilty to the March 17, 2021, murder of Paula “Marie” Booth, 38, following a domestic dispute. According to the Forsyth […]
Man charged with murder after shooting, killing Winston-Salem man, sheriff’s office says
FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — A man has been charged after another man was shot and killed in the Piedmont Triad. According to the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, they were called to a home on Cain Wood Court in Walkertown around midnight about a shooting. At the scene, they found a man who had been […]
'Shocking': Local sheriffs react to assassination attempt on Trump
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Former President Donald Trump was shot in the ear Saturday afternoon at a rally in Pennsylvania. Two local sheriffs tell WFMY that the assassination attempt on former President Trump is sending shockwaves through law enforcement.**. "What have we come to in America where we resort to...
1 dead after police pursuit, head-on crash on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Winston-Salem
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — One man is dead after a head-on crash on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Saturday, the Winston-Salem Police Department says. According to a report, around 11:40 p.m. Saturday, WSPD responded to a disturbance involving a knife in the 600 block of Waughtown Street. Officers located the suspect’s and victim’s cars, both […]
High speed chase ends in shooting death of driver
A Charlotte man is dead, apparently from a gunshot after leading police on a high-speed chase across multiple counties before crashing in Surry County. Dashawn Sanchez Samuels, 20, of Charlotte, died in the incident, although it is not clear who fired the shot that killed him. The incident unfolded shortly after 2 p.m. Thursday, when a North Carolina Highway patrol officer attempted to stop a blue passenger car on I-77...
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