Elon News

Photo Scott Muthersbaugh. Local residents packed the downstairs and balcony sections of the Paramount Theater on Tuesday night for a recap of Alamance County 's history through the past 125 years of Times-News newspapers, back when they were The Burlington News, The Burlington Times and The Daily Times-News. And while the presentation may have been ... (more)

Elon, NC-- 25-year old Monique Johnson isn't even supposed to be alive. In fact, doctors predicted she wouldn't live past age six.

Todd and Terry Scheetz of Elon announce the engagement of their daughter, Torie Meredith Scheetz of Burlington , to Douglas Allen Fields of Greensboro, son of Jill Fields of Greensboro and the late Allen Fields.

This month, hundreds of students are graduating from North Carolina's seven law schools, into a bad job market and an uncertain future.

John Edwards' team wrapped up their defense Wednesday without calling the ex-presidential candidate, his mistress or daughter to testify, a move experts say was intended to shift focus from a political sex scandal to the nitty-gritty of campaign finance law.

A Burlington man pleaded guilty Tuesday to a string of break-ins near Elon University last summer, where he stole items to sell for crack cocaine and made himself comfortable enough in one of the apartments to cook himself dinner.

Elon University's Office of Sustainability and the Triad Goodwill will host an electronics collection on Saturday as part of the university's annual "Don't Trash It" initiative.

Each municipality received federal grant money to help with the purchases. Burlington's current recycling contract with TFC Recycling expires in July, and since the contractor required six months' notice of a change, the city council decided at the end of last year to use a different contractor and new equipment.

Alamance County voters went to the polls Tuesday to consider the fate of candidates and a proposed amendment to the North Carolina Constitution.

He returned to school and was awarded his GED in February of this year. In his early twenties, Slaughter played a season of professional baseball.

Kathryn Hearne Fogleman of Burlington and John Henry Harrelson of Houma, La., were married in an outdoor ceremony at 5 p.m. Saturday, May 5, 2012, at The Burke Manor Inn, Gibsonville .

The following are charged with driving while impaired. A registration of .08 or higher on the Intox EC/IR II results in the automatic 30-day revocation of a driver's license.

Judith Bryant, 40 of Elon, was driving a 2009 Chevrolet sedan, east on the 3500 block of Garden Rd.

The event featured six different pastors from local churches leading prayers. GRAHAM - Gene Boswell took time to pray Thursday at the Alamance County Historic Courthouse during the National Day of Prayer.

Former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory, with 33 percent, has the highest favorability rating among the declared candidates for North Carolina governor, The Business Journal of the Triad reports, citing the latest Elon Poll.