Denton News

MARRIAGE LICENSES The following marriage licenses were issued for the week ending October 31: * George Joseph Burns of Lexington to Chrystal Gale Asbury of Lexington.

Published: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 9:50 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 9:50 a.m. GREENSBORO The Internal Revenue Service is looking for 18 taxpayers in Davidson County who are due to receive $12,953 in the form of refund checks that were returned to the IRS by the U.S. Postal Service due to mailing address errors.

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.

Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 5:26 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 5:26 p.m. Denton residents deserve credit for leading the five municipalities in Davidson County in turnout for the 2009 elections.

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 1:07 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 1:07 p.m. While many people view elections as coming around once every four years, voters in Lexington, Thomasville, Denton, Midway and Wallburg took to the polls Tuesday to cast their vote in municipality elections.

Lewie Phillips recently wrote an excellent guest column urging a revolution of sorts in Lexington, not the violent type of revolution but a revolution of change.

Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 5:02 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 5:02 p.m. Bright and early Tuesday morning, 20 polling places will open for voting around Davidson County for general elections.

Published: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 5:00 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 4:42 p.m. The Silver Valley and Denton Ladies Civitan Clubs recently co-hosted the Fall Area Civitan meeting at South Davidson High School.

Steven Money of Denton shows his first-place ribbon for winning the Sixth Annual Plumber Apprentice Contest at the N.C. State Fair.

Furniture makers were "cautiously optimistic" entering the 2009 High Point Market that began Saturday and with good reason.

A celebration of survival: Breast-cancer survivors and friends are invited to a survivor celebration from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the N.C. Triad Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, 1106 Burke St.

Published: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 3:37 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 3:37 p.m. A traffic accident on N.C. Highway 47 near Klopman Mill Road on Tuesday killed a 19-year-old teen from Denton.

Published: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 11:54 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 11:54 a.m. A traffic stop on Interstate 85 South on Monday yielded multiple drug charges against a Denton woman.

Published: Friday, October 16, 2009 at 2:29 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 16, 2009 at 2:29 p.m. A Denton man has been arrested after sheriff's deputies say he left his two children home alone for six days.

Published: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 4:56 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 4:56 p.m. Beginning Thursday and running until 1 p.m. Oct.

Published: Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 5:00 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 2:12 a.m. Municipal elections in Denton don't tend to draw a lot of candidates, but this year three men are vying for the mayor's office and five people are competing for the two open seats on the five-seat Denton Town Council.

Published: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 2:50 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 2:50 p.m. Early voting begins Friday for the 2009 municipal elections, set for Nov.

Published: Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 5:00 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 2:20 a.m. Two weeks from today the streets of downtown Lexington will be filled with thousands of people for the annual Barbecue Festival.

Colorectal cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, leading to over 50,000 fatalities every year.

Published: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 4:42 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 4:42 p.m. DENTON Mules will be jumping and horses will be trotting in Denton during the 13th Annual Horse and Mule Days celebration.