North Carolina families receive notice to leave country within 7 days
A bold message in an email — it’s how some people said they received a letter ordering them to leave the United States almost immediately.
Firefighters battling large brush fire in north Forsyth County
FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. — Forsyth County firefighters are working to contain what they said was a large brush fire. The Forsyth County Fire Division said it was in the northern part of the county. Walkertown Fire Department told WFMY News 2 the blaze is along Shiloh Church Road. Firefighters...
Victim shot while driving on North Liberty Street in Winston-Salem, police say
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — Police are investigating after a shooting in northeast Winston-Salem on Tuesday. At about 5:19 p.m., Winston-Salem police say officers responded to a shooting on the 1600 block of North Liberty Street. Police say a 23-year-old woman was driving on Liberty Street, near 16th Street, when...
Koury Corp. begins clearing and grading for shopping center, apartments, townhouses
Clearing and grading work has begun on the future Koury Corporation shopping center in Mebane, between Trollingwood-Hawfields Road and South Third Street. The company has also announced the future name for the shopping center and residential area around it: Third & Wood. The company estimates that the project will...
Elon resident charged with fraud, conspiracy in $61,000 Pitt County scam, released on bond
The Pitt County Sheriff's Office detectives from the Major Crimes Unit launched an investigation that led to the arrest of 37-year-old Nisarg Mayank Acharya of Elon, under a couple of false pretenses charges. Officials say on March 17, the Pitt County Sheriff's Office was alerted by the Wayne County Sheriff's...
Greensboro’s Once Great Win Is Now A ProKidney Failure
A medical biotech company that not all that long ago was promising to bring a giant production facility and hundreds of new jobs to Greensboro abandoned those plans and, this week, ProKidney stock – which was selling at $13 a share in August of 2023 – closed on Tuesday, April 15, at under a dollar a share, 71 cents a...
The benediction of a life well lived: Honoring the legacy of Dr. Virginia K....
On March 14, 2025 – Pi Day, fittingly – Dr. Virginia K. Newell passed from this life at the age of 107. That she left this world on a date celebrated for its infinite mathematical value is no coincidence, only confirmation: her life was mathematically precise, divinely appointed, and infinitely impactful. Her passing...
North Carolina A&T professor’s TikTok unintentionally launched ‘HillmanTok’
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University professor Leah Barlow didn’t set out to inspire a free, online set of lectures and lessons called “HillmanTok,” after the fictional HBCU in the 1980s TV show “A Different World.”. But the TikTok video she posted on January 20,...
Body found in Robeson County identified as missing N.C. woman
ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. (WMBF) - The body of a woman found in water near Pembroke has now been identified as a missing Fayetteville woman. The Robeson County Sheriff’s Office found the body in the area of N.C. 72 West and Buie Philadelphus Road on Sunday afternoon. The North Carolina...
NC Senate budget lays out these raises for teachers and state employees
The Senate budget bill will be voted on this week, with the House budget to follow in May. Here are the proposed raises.
