Triad nonprofit supports families dealing with dementia
GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — When someone’s health is failing, when they’re diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease or dementia, or when they have an intellectual or developmental disability, they’re still a valuable member of society. They just need a little extra help and support, and one nonprofit in the Piedmont Triad is m
Sweltering heat may bring afternoon thunderstorms to Triad through Friday evening
PIEDMONT TRIAD, N.C. (WGHP) — Summer heat and humidity will continue to smother the Piedmont. Thursday and Friday will be hot and muggy with lows in the lower 70s and highs in the lower 90s. At times our heat index, or feels like temperature, will be near 100 degrees. With daytime heating, scattered afternoon and eveni
Fatal Crashes, Homicide Arrests And School Cases Keep Greensboro Police Busy
The Greensboro Police Department has been dealing with a wide variety of serious cases in recent days – including two fatal crashes, a homicide arrest, a break-in at Smith High School involving an alleged homemade “plasma cannon,” and charges against a former Guilford County Schools assistant principal.
Digital billboard pushes for tips in unsolved Greensboro homicide
GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A digital billboard along Wendover Avenue in Greensboro is now reminding drivers about an unsolved homicide, that’s haunted a grieving family. The billboard also promises, a reward for information that could lead to an arrest of whoever is responsible for the November 2025 shooting death of K
Greensboro woman hits $532,891 bingo with Independence Day weekend lottery win
RALEIGH, N.C. (WGHP) – This past Independence Day weekend is one Greensboro resident Mary Pegram will never forget, and not-so-much because it was America’s 250th semiquincentennial celebration. What made the weekend truly unforgettable wasn’t the flags and the fireworks, it was the $532,891 Fast Play jackpot Pegram cl
Man serving life sentence for murder faces 2 new murder charges out of Greensboro
GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Police have charged a suspect more than six years after two men were killed in Greensboro. On Wednesday, Greensboro police said Jimmy Edward Richardson III, 33, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious
Teen found guilty of killing Graham 16-year-old, sentenced to life
BURLINGTON, N.C. (WGHP) — The suspect accused of shooting and killing a 16-year-old in Burlington has been found guilty of murder and other charges on Wednesday in Alamance County court. Ruben Torralba-Barajas, who was tried as an adult, was found guilty of first-degree murder, attempted robbery with a firearm, first-d
Woman shot by police in Kernersville; accused of pointing gun at officers
KERNERSVILLE, N.C. (WGHP) — The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting that took place in Kernersville on Tuesday night. At around 11:16 p.m. on Tuesday, a Kernersville Police Department officer saw a blue Honda Accord speeding southbound on South Main Street. The off
UNCG professor inspires others through the language of art
GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — For artist and University of North Carolina at Greensboro professor Tamara Hunt, every blank canvas is the beginning of a conversation. Sometimes, that conversation begins with a shape inspired by a sketchbook drawing or the bold floral forms of an artist like Georgia O’Keeffe. Other times, it
Major Mebane traffic artery closed for road work
A busy thoroughfare to the immediate south of the freeway in Mebane is currently closed, undergoing a series of replacement and maintenance work following the damaging effects of Tropical Storm Chantal last summer. As a result, adjacent roadways, such as N.C. Highway 119 and Mebane Oaks Road, have been considerably bus

















