Forsyth County News

NC Highway Patrol is man short after firing an off duty Trooper Friday. They say Sergeant CD Jones, 48, was in a traffic crash and during the investigation he was charged with a DWI.

Police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found yesterday in the underbrush next to the shoulder of Peters Creek Parkway.

Winston-Salem investigators got a call around 3:30pm Friday to the Kimberly Park Pool on Burton Street.

Rick Plunkett, Forsyth's fire administrator since 2005, left his office for the last time yesterday after working 37 years for the county.

The fourth of six stops on the 2009 Historic Graveyard Tour that was held on May 2 in Lewisville took participants to the graveyard at Lewisville Baptist Church.

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He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. Clarence Budington Kelland It happened a long, long time ago a ' in the first or second grade at Mebane Elementary School.

A hot June day and hot music made for a perfect Beach Blast in Lewisville, North Carolina. Music, laughter, and the wonderful aroma of grilled burgers, hot dogs, ribs and other treats filled the air around Shallowford Square. The Fabulous Kays, from Charlotte, opened the event, followed later by The Embers.

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SALEM a ' Some dogs in animal shelters are often overlooked for being older or a little rambunctious, but a North Carolina program called New Leash on Life allows prison inmates to train dogs so they can be adopted.

You'll see and hear emergency vehicles in Winston-Salem this weekend. The North Carolina Division of Emergency Management, National Guard, and Forest Resources will hold a training exercise from June 20 - 23.

The area between Business 40 and Thomasville Road is the latest of 24 different regions city and county planners are trying to map for the next 15 years, according to Winston-Salem planning director Paul Norby City and county planners revealed their 15-year plan for the area at a public hearing Thursday.

The few people who visit the Sawtooth Building these days sweat under hard hats.

NBA star Chris Paul was celebrated by his hometown, Lewisville, NC with a plaque placed in Shallowford Square honoring him as a gold medalist on the 2008 Olympics USA Basketball Team. Mayor Dan Pugh, high school principal, Kurt Telford, and local students participated in the ceremony.

For the FULL STORY, as well as a PHOTO GALLERY and AUDIO RECORDING, visit LewisvillePhotos.com.

A community organization needs your help. Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County is rebuilding Winston-Salem's historic Old Cherry Street neighborhood but they need more volunteers.

Most attractions at Tanglewood Park will be open today after downed trees forced the closing of the park Wednesday.

More than $1 million in stimulus money is funding a widening project along Interstate 40 in Forsyth County, the North Carolina Department of Transportation said Friday.

The North Carolina House is ready to bring its state government budget proposal to the chamber floor.

The West Side Civic Theatre raised the bar again with their splendid production of Peter Pan in its opening weekend. The flying, singing, dancing and acting are fantastic!

Peter Pan will be showing again at Shallowford Square in Lewisville, NC Thursday through Saturday, June 11-13. The shows are FREE and begin each night at 8:00 pm.

Bring a lawn chair and settle back for a wonderful evening of outdoor theatre in Lewisville.

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Robert Clark, the only Republican incumbent on the Winston-Salem City Council, said yesterday that he will run for re-election this fall.

Fourteen-year-old Jonathan Krohn earned a national reputation earlier this year when he spoke passionately at a conservative rally in Washington about fiscal responsibility and lowering taxes.

Frank Holder, a Lewisville artist who could turn pipe wrenches into grasshoppers and tractor rims into chickens, died Wednesday at his home.