Gibsonville News

The president of North Carolina's NAACP will visit the business owned by a black veteran who says he's been the victim of vandalism because he opposes returning a Confederate statue to downtown Reidsville.

High Point could join many of its counterparts around the state that have tapped a new revenue source by taxing Internet sweepstakes parlors and other businesses that feature video gaming machines.

Lori Elizabeth Ribelin and Branden Matthew Overman were married at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 12, 2012, at the home of Margaret Hooper, great-aunt of the bride, in Burlington .

The Caswell County Sheriff's Office is investigating the vandalism of a residence and business owned by a vocal opponent of a Confederate monument in Reidsville.

It was the fourth case of confirmed rabies in Guilford County so far this year, according to the Guilford County Department of Public Health.

Two people were charged and drugs and weapons were seized during a search of a house on Burlington Avenue in Gibsonville .

Jean Carlo Toledo Villanueva, 22, of Burlington Avenue, Gibsonville was charged Friday by Gibsonville police with possession with intent to sell/distribute marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, manufacturing marijuana and possession of a weapon of mass destruction, a sawed-off shotgun.

Three women face prostitution and drug charges after a search warrant was served on a house on Cobb Street Thursday.

The group made a brief stop in downtown Greensboro on Thursday morning for a wreath-laying ceremony at Phill G. McDonald Plaza before a stop in Gibsonville for lunch.

GIBSONVILLE Select Bank & Trust is celebrating its new location in Gibsonville with a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday afternoon.

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.

A country breakfast will be held at Cedar Cliff UMC, 4683 Cedar Cliff Road, Graham, from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Saturday.

A fire truck used in the city of Mebane for more than 30 years is now helping a rural community in the Bahamas in great need of fire protection.

Usually those groups and departments, popular with voters, end up getting the money they need or only a slight cut.