Greensboro NC

(WGHP) — Another unseasonably warm day in the Piedmont Triad with highs reaching the upper 80s this afternoon. Big changes are on the way for the second half of our weekend as a cold front brings a 20°-to-30° temperature drop into Sunday.  Partly cloudy skies Saturday evening with temperatures falling into the 70s after 8 […]

SAN JOSE — Lumentum Holdings, a provider of optical and photonic solutions for cloud and networking applications, plans to establish a new U.S. manufacturing facility in Greensboro, NC. The 240,000-square-foot facility will produce advanced indium phosphide (InP)-based optical devices that serve as critical components in the world’s largest AI data centers.

NORFOLK, Va. — Furniture Classics is coming to this month’s High Point Market celebrating its 35th anniversary, themed around coral and jade in its products, events and gifts. To kick off the anniversary, Furniture Classics will have giveaways for showroom visitors, plus a raffle for a $1,200-value prize...

KERNERSVILLE, N.C. (WGHP) — A tractor-trailer jackknifed on U.S. 421 and ended up blocking traffic on Saturday morning. According to the North Carolina Department of Transportation, the incident began at 10:40 a.m. in the southbound lanes of U.S. 421, near Exit 221 and Macy Grove Road. NCDOT reports the scene was cleared as of 11:45 […]

Tammy the chimpanzee, the oldest animal at the North Carolina Zoo and a longtime favorite among both staff and visitors, has died at 55. She had far outlived the 35-year life expectancy of chimps in the wild, zoo officials said Saturday, and veterinarians decided to euthanize her after she showed clear and continued signs of decline. “Tammy was one of the most special...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 41-year-old man who was last seen Saturday morning in Winston-Salem, according to authorities. Travis Wilson was last seen at about 7 a.m. Saturday in the 3800 block of Heather View Lane, police said. He may have also been seen later in the morning in the area of New...

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — An 83-year-old woman was found dead in what Greensboro police are calling a homicide. At about 8:51 a.m. on Friday, Greensboro police, fire and EMS crews responded to a death investigation on the 5800 block of Battery Drive. At the scene, they found Chong McDaniel dead. Police say they are not […]

GREENSBORO, N.C. — People packed downtown Greensboro this weekend for a cannabis crawl, stopping at places like Chandler’s, Little Brother Brewing and Grey’s Tavern to try THC-infused drinks, gummies and other products. Most of what they were trying isn’t marijuana under North Carolina law — it’s hemp....

A Greensboro woman is relieved after getting her vehicle back months after leaving it with a mechanic for repairs and then losing track of both the shop’s location and the status of her car. On average, more than 25,000 vehicles are reported stolen each year in North Carolina. But...

RANDOLPH COUNTY, N.C. — Randolph County Schools Superintendent Dr. Stephen Gainey has been named the 2026–2027 Regional Superintendent of the Year for the Piedmont Triad Education Consortium. Gainey will now advance as a finalist for the A. Craig Phillips State Superintendent of the Year Award, joining seven other...