Greensboro NC

A state commission is placing Greensboro on its list of governments to financially monitor after the city’s fund balance fell short. Now, officials are considering possible cuts. The city council held an emergency meeting to discuss Greensboro being added to what’s called the Unit Assistance List. Assistant City...

A letter from the Local Government Commission abruptly changed the public conversation around the City of Greensboro’s finances this week, leading to a tense emergency meeting of the Greensboro City Council Thursday afternoon. The Local Government Commission (LGC), an agency of the Office of the State Treasurer, has fo

HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — A high-end baby item was the key to helping a High Point woman track down and recover her stolen SUV. She said a Nuna stroller, which retails for about $1,300, helped her connect the dots. Barbara Knight said her Kia Telluride was stolen from her driveway in High Point. “It […]

PIEDMONT TRIAD, N.C. (WGHP) — Isolated strong storms are possible in the Piedmont Triad Friday evening. A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until 10 p.m. for the entire FOX8 viewing area due to the potential for a few severe storms capable of producing damaging winds (up to 60 mph) or hail. Not everyone sees storm

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — One person is in the hospital in critical condition after a shooting in Greensboro on Friday, according to a Greensboro Police Department news release. Around 10:46 a.m., Greensboro police responded to a report of a shooting in the 1200 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Officers on the sc

A grieving family is still seeking answers about how a 17-year-old boy contracted a rare brain-eating amoeba and died.

ALAMANCE COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — The Alamance-Burlington School System is celebrating after data released by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction showed the district is no longer designated as “low-performing.” The status is determined by state law and sets into motion a string of changes to try to bring s

RALEIGH, NC — Another hot and heavily humid day settled over North Carolina on Friday, the final day of the workweek, as highs climbed into the 90s and near 100 degrees across most of the state, pushing heat index values into the dangerous 100 to 110-degree range across Central and Eastern North Carolina under mostly s

PIEDMONT TRIAD, N.C. (WGHP) — There is a Code Orange Ozone Alert and a burn ban from 10 am to 8 pm for Alamance, Caswell, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph, Rockingham, and Stokes Counties.  People with asthma, emphysema, or heart issues, as well as children and older adults may need to limit outdoor activit

There’s no progress without some aggravation, and there will certainly be plenty of that for Guilford County drivers due to a major effort to upgrade the rail system throughout the county. A major railroad improvement project coming through Guilford County later this month is going to create headaches that...