Asheboro News

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 8:41 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 8:41 p.m. HIGH POINT Cozy Mattress, a bedding company specializing in mattresses for sleeper sofas, is trying to change the stigma - one back at a time - that all sleeper-sofa mattresses are uncomfortable.

Ned Gardner stopped playing music for a living and started teaching it. The Eden native graduated from the N.C. School of the Arts in 1970 and became a professional classical trumpeter.

U.S. trees are exploding in brilliantly colorful fall foliage this year in many regions, thanks to stellar growing conditions and excellent temperatures, say experts.

A recession is an icy environment in which to raise money, but a private campaign to help bring more polar bears to the N.C. Zoo went public Wednesday with more than half its $2 million goal in hand.

A local clothing company will be closing their door by the end of 2010, Hanesbrands Inc announced Tuesday.

It may have been warm and sunny in the Triad Wednesday, but it was snowing in part of Asheboro.

Asheboro, NC -- Kids got an early run with their Halloween costumes this weekend in Asheboro.

Oct. 23--GREENSBORO -- A city commission chose a plan Thursday that could end a local neighborhood's hopes of joining a developer to build a hotel on South Elm Street .

A sign welcoming Donna Fargo to her hometown for the dedication of N.C. 103 in her name this Thursday hangs on the side of the old Workforce Carolina building Saturday afternoon as shoppers stroll down the sidewalk.

When prisoner Cecil Morrison heard that North Carolina's governor would block his release from a life sentence after nearly 32 years behind bars, he said he felt so sick he had to lie down on his bunk and ask God for help.

Published: Friday, October 16, 2009 at 5:00 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 16, 2009 at 1:30 a.m. Ledford defeated Asheboro 25-10, 25-18, 31-29 at home on Thursday to go to 15-6 on the season and 7-3 in the Mid-Piedmont Conference.

Bret Auman and his daughter Janet Pavlic pick out two pumpkins Monday afternoon at Johnsona s Peaches on their way back home to Orlando, Fla.

A memorial service will be held in Greensboro for two North Carolina Army Reserve soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

I don't know about where you guys are living, but it's freezing here in Asheboro, NC! Of course, you probably won't think the same if you've been living in New York your entire life.

The Wingate University womena s golf team finished fifth in the 2009 Patsy Rendleman Invitational Tuesday.

A U.S. Army Reserve soldier from Randolph County killed in Afghanistan last week will be laid to rest following a funeral service Friday.

Believe it or not elections for your next Mayor or city council member is just hours away.

"This is a key federal appointment for North Carolina's rural communities," Butterfield said.

A NC soldier killed in Afghanistan last week will be laid to rest Friday in Star, NC.

As of Monday, Oct. 5, 2009, at least 779 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.