Alamance County News

The catch, only first time home buyers can cash in. Devonn Williamson says she knew she wanted her own space, but didn't know if she could afford it.

More than $215 million in federal stimulus money is being funneled through the state to local agencies and governmental units for housing and weatherization programs.

A 26-year-old Burlington man was charged Friday with robbing a man at gunpoint last month.

A former employee of a woman broke into her home early Friday morning and threatened to shoot her pets if she didn't give him money, Alamance County Sheriff's Department spokesman Maj.

The president of the Burlington chapter of the NAACP is accused of skipping court as the State Bureau of Investigation looks into whether he forged checks on his brother's bank account.

Conspiracy. Deception. Fraud. Felonious law-breaking. Kimberly Horton and Ronald McCarthy committed these offenses and bilked Alamance County taxpayers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, alleges County Attorney Clyde Albright.

Two people already in the Alamance County jail on fraud charges are now under suspicion of additional identity theft and credit card fraud.

Burlington police are investigating an armed robbery at the Misty Springs Mobile Home Park.

More than half of students in the Alamance-Burlington School System qualify for free and reduced meals.

Janie Harmon was a teenager at home during World War II while her six brothers were overseas fighting.

Jeremy Teetor plans to graduate from Elon University in May 2010. He's hoping for another big event in his life that month.

Alamance County marked Veterans Day Wednesday with ceremonies at local retirement communities.

An Alamance County jury acquitted a Mebane man of three counts of misdemeanor sexual battery Tuesday but could not reach a unanimous decision on three other charges of second-degree sex offense.

The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for much of central North Carolina which includes Alamance County.

Burlington police arrested a man Sunday night after seizing 9.7 grams of Cocaine and 14.7 grams of Marijuana at his residence.

Alamance County Home School Spelling Bee for fourth to eighth grade home schoolers will be held Jan.

David Lee Hargrove hasna t been seen by relatives since Oct. 25. After checking locations the 59-year-old Henderson man is known to frequent and a ground search Wednesday and Thursday of a nearby wooded area, the Henderson Police Department is asking for the publica s help finding him.

GRAHAM No jurors were selected Monday in Alamance County Superior Court as jury selection in the capital case of a 34-year-old man accused of killing a 16-year-old boy enters its third week.

Tom Bagby, a former Brunswick County tax administrator, is a finalist for the same job in Alamance County.

Police arrested a man Tuesday morning after several witnesses say they saw the man masturbating near children at a playground.