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Man dead after being hit at car meet-up in RTP, Durham deputies say
October 2021: Former Durham resident says street racing occurs before, after late-night car club gatherings. A man is dead after authorities said he was hit by a car during a car meetup over the weekend at RTP. According to the Durham County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a call related...
Students learn how to save lives at Alamance-Burlington School System’s first responders camp
GRAHAM, N.C. (WGHP) — It looks like the scene of a car crash. The first responders are using heavy equipment to try and save a life. In the distance, you can hear a Carolina Air Care helicopter landing, ready to airlift a patient for treatment. But it’s not an active scene, but rather, middle school […]
1 dead after shooting on Bellvue Street in Burlington, police say
BURLINGTON, N.C. (WGHP) — Police in the Triad are investigating after a 24-year-old was found shot. According to Burlington Police Department, just before midnight on Monday, they responded to Bellvue street about a shooting. At the scene, they found a man suffering from a single gunshot wound. The victim, identified at Kemori Booth, 24, was […]
Walgreens picks Ramseur for new store
RAMSEUR – A Walgreens store is coming to Ramseur. MCM Partners, a private investment firm, has closed on the financing for a $1.54 million private credit loan to build a free-standing, small format, Walgreens in the Randolph County town. “We’re going to be doing a lot of these stores...
Students complete early childhood classroom internships
Stokes Partnership for Children (SPC) is pleased to announce West Stokes High School students Haleigh Moran and Brianna Guraleczka completed the Workforce Innovation to Support Early Education (WISEE) program during the 2024 spring semester. Both students, who are juniors, completed the program by conducting an internship in an early childhood...
Tom Dooley on stage this weekend
The final performances of the 2024 season of the stage play “Tom Dooley: A Wilkes County Legend” will be performed this week at Benton Hall at 300 D Street in North Wilkesboro. The performances start with a 30-minute concert by the Americana music group Magnolia Fire. The shows will be held on Thursday, July 18; Friday, July 19; and Saturday, July 20, at 7 p.m.; and on Sunday, July 21, at 2:30 p.m. ...
Greensboro man is helping seniors stay in shape this summer with a workout class!
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Former bowler Joyce Grimsley is hitting strikes for a different reason these days. The 86-year-old marked 18 years attending the Active Adults' Fitness class at Smith Active Adult Center and she says it's all thanks to her instructor. "Bishop is the best. If it wasn't for...
‘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 […]
Lawsuit alleges discrimination, safety concerns at Greensboro-Randolph megasite
A federal lawsuit alleges a contractor at the Greensboro-Randolph megasite committed safety violations, retaliated against whistleblowers and engaged in racial discrimination. In January 2022, Ames Construction was awarded nearly $18 million to build a Toyota battery plant at the site. Lawyers for Vick Companies, a minority subcontractor, says their employees...
Man faces multiple charges after woman shot in Graham on North Marshall Street, taken to hospital, police say
GRAHAM, N.C. (WGHP) — A man faces multiple charges after a woman was shot in Graham on Sunday, according to a Graham Police Department news release. At 9:29 p.m., Graham officers responded to multiple reports of shots being fired in the 200 block of North Marshall Street. Arriving officers were told by Haw River Police […]
Incoming Elon students find and help community through Engage program
Twenty incoming Elon University students got their first taste of college and the broader community through Engage, one of Elon’s First-Year Summer Experience (FSE) programs. The FSE programs give incoming Elon students a preview of the university during the summer before their first semester. The programs are part of...
911 operator accused of setting Thomasville home on fire with ‘intent to injure or prejudice’ husband, warrants say
THOMASVILLE, N.C. (WGHP) — Warrants are revealing new details after a High Point 911 telecommunicator was arrested and charged with burning down the home she shared with her husband, a High Point police officer. The fire happened on Wednesday, July 10, at a home on Grace Drive in Thomasville, where Theresa Allison Varner, 39, lived […]
Caleb Curtain Named FCS Football Central Preseason All-American
Elon, N.C. – Elon University redshirt junior safety Caleb Curtain has been named FCS Football Central Second Team Preseason All-American. Coming off a breakout 2023 season in which he was named a second team All-American by FCS Stats Perform, the AFCA, the Associated Press and Phil Steele, Curtain leads a talented Elon defense into the 2024 season.
Elon Earns USTFCCCA All-Academic Team Award; Five Individuals Recognized
New Orleans, La. – The Elon University Track & Field program was named a U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Team and all five of Elon's NCAA regional qualifiers were named an NCAA Division I All-Academic athlete. Elon was recognized with a 3.628 cumulative...
Men’s Basketball Academic Excellence Honored by NABC
ELON, N.C. – The Elon University men's basketball team was honored as one of the recipients of the 2023-24 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Team Academic Excellence Awards and NABC Honors Court on Monday, July 15, representing outstanding achievement in the classroom by collegiate men's basketball teams and student-athletes.
VP Kamala Harris to visit Fayetteville Thursday
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — Vice President Kamala Harris will be making a campaign stop in Fayetteville this week. According to the Biden-Harris campaign, the vice president will “deliver remarks” an event in the city on Thursday. No other details on her visit have been released yet. Harris...
Thank you to the hundreds of people who pulled out your fishing poles and came out to fish this week at the Lumbee Tribe Cultural Center.
Thank you to the hundreds of people who pulled out your fishing poles and came out to fish this week at the Lumbee Tribe Cultural Center. It was a great week. Even today people didn’t let the rain stop them from fishing. Tribal Chairman Lowery also took his children fishing on Thursday. Here are 2 “Eating size” fish John Jr. caught; a Crappie and a Bream. Overall they caught 7 fish and released them back into the lake for others to enjoy.
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