Greensboro police, SWAT team surround apartment complex while neighbors watch
GREENSBORO, N.C. — There was a heavy police presence on Mystic Drive in Greensboro Monday evening into night. Several GPD units and a SWAT team responded to the scene and a man was pulled out of the home. Neighbors said this had been going on for hours and they're...
Randolph County program now offers GPS watches for people that wander off
RANDOLPH COUNTY, N.C. — It's almost daily that a law enforcement agency in the Triad reports someone with a cognitive disability wandered off from their home. The Randolph County Sheriff's Office has a new tool it hopes will take away some concerns. The sheriff's office expanded what it calls...
North Carolina Leads Big Lots’ Reopening Surge With 12 Stores Opening in May
Big Lots Rises Again—12 North Carolina Stores Reopen May 1 With More to Follow. Big Lots is making a steady comeback after its 2024 bankruptcy, with 54 more store reopenings scheduled for May 1 across a dozen Southern and Midwestern states. The discount retailer, once on the brink of total shutdown, is being revived...
Whole Foods suing Friendly Center owner over asbestos issue that led to store closure...
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Editor's note: The video attached is from previous reporting in 2023 when asbestos issues first emerged. Whole Foods is suing CBL Properties, the parent company of Greensboro's Friendly Center, as well as retail company Transformco, over an issue that caused the location on West Friendly Avenue to...
Fast-growing snack brand picks WNC for new $6.45 million manufacturing hub
FOREST CITY, N.C. (WLOS) — A fast-growing Asian street food company has selected Western North Carolina to invest $6.45 million into building its first company-operated manufacturing facility. According to an April 14 news release from North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein, Wow Bao will create 88 jobs in Rutherford County...
Hillbilly’s BBQ owner in NC to pay $1.5M over pandemic relief fund misuse
Bobby Gerald Duncan, owner of Hillbilly’s Barbeque and Steaks, agreed to settle with the government after being accused of wrongfully pocketing $762,000 in COVID-19 aid and using it for personal gain, including buying a FedEx business.
Man who kidnapped 71-year-old sentenced to 10+ years in prison
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - A man will spend the next decade in prison after kidnapping a 71-year-old woman driving from Georgia to North Carolina. According to federal court documents, the woman was driving when she saw Jordan Nathaniel Hedden and his co-conspirator, Stephanie Miranda Neace, walking in November of...
New North Carolina IDs have some weird details: Here are a few you may...
Though previous license and ID designs in North Carolina were phased out in June 2024, the new look is so intricate there may still be elements you haven't noticed. According to NCDMV information, the new IDs feature more than 50 security features used to detect and deter fraud. Among these features are a number of...
After warning at Outer Banks for years about phantom ‘Shark Island’ sandbar, visitors now...
The warning at the Outer Banks came from the Cape Lookout National Seashore, where a small tidal sandbar forms at Point of Cape Lookout leading to Shark Island.
1 dead, 1 critical in home fire on Barbee Avenue in High Point
HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — One person is dead and another person is critically injured after a house fire in High Point, according to the High Point Fire Department. The fire took place at a home on Barbee Avenue. There was heavy smoke in the rear of the home as a result of the blaze. […]
