Asheboro News

Three Randolph County Public Library projects have won outstanding program awards from the North Carolina Public Library Directors Association .

Neighbors in one Asheboro community kicked off the holiday with a parade of their own.

A Troy teenager died Monday evening in a two-vehicle wreck on N.C. 211 that also left three other people injured.

North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper stopped a scheme deceiving customers into buying overpriced manufactured homes with loans they couldnt' afford.

Several homeowners say a local mortgage company tricked them into buying overpriced homes and forged their signatures on loans they couldn't afford.

Two state agencies have accused three companies with ties to the Triad of "an elaborate scheme" to deceive consumers into buying overpriced manufactured homes.

Dempsy Calhoun has a weakness for puns. And bowling balls. And any other salvaged item that catches his eye.

Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits Restaurants has crowned Glenn Johnson of the Mallard Creek Road Bojangles' in Charlotte as its 2009 Bojangles' Master Biscuit Maker.

The rain over the past few days have made local soccer fields unplayable. The following state playoff soccer games have been postponed.

Pfeiffer University wrapped up its 2009 women's volleyball regular season with a 3-0 sweep over visiting Coker on Friday night inside the Merner Gym.

Tattoo convention attracts people who like to display thoughts, emotions on their bodies.

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.