Lexington News

Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 5:09 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 5:08 p.m. Making crafts has always been a part of Patricia Byerly Waller's life.

Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 5:26 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 5:26 p.m. Denton residents deserve credit for leading the five municipalities in Davidson County in turnout for the 2009 elections.

Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 5:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 4:58 p.m. We're all familiar with the classic story about a young, hard-working girl who is bossed around by her evil stepmother and stepsisters before she becomes a beautiful princess at an elegant ball.

Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 5:00 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 2:12 a.m. Tyro Middle School defeated Lexington Middle School 32-6 at Lexington on Wednesday.

Published: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 5:22 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 5:22 p.m. Two Lexington residents were arrested Tuesday after Davidson County sheriff's deputies found copper and burglary tools in their vehicle.

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 1:07 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 1:07 p.m. While many people view elections as coming around once every four years, voters in Lexington, Thomasville, Denton, Midway and Wallburg took to the polls Tuesday to cast their vote in municipality elections.

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 8:40 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 8:40 p.m. Casual dining and home entertainment importer Accentage/Homefusion Furniture plans to have a new warehouse stocked and open in Lexington by the beginning of 2010, according to a report in Furniture Today magazine.

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 9:34 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 9:34 p.m. In the three contested races in Lexington, Mayor John Walser defended his office for another two-year term while Linwood Bunce won election in Ward 3, and Ronald Reid topped the polls in Ward 1. Linwood Bunce is congratulated for his Lexington ...

Pictured are Gayle Burke, Jeanne Leonard, Julee Cunningham and Melinda Smith after Uptown Lexington presented The Candy Factory on North Main Street with its Uptown Lexington Image Excellence Award for the Third Quarter of 2009.

Published: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 4:09 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 4:09 p.m. A woman who was arrested at Walmart for financial card fraud also faces charges of assault on a government official after police allege she kicked a Lexington officer.

Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 5:22 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 5:22 p.m. Over a 45-day period of the late summer and early fall, I nearly lost my clunker three times.

Published: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 4:50 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 4:50 p.m. Halloween always means more children and adults out and about trick or treating and attending parties, but when the date falls on a Saturday, the potential for problems increases.

A tractor-trailer hauling sand overturned in Davidson County Friday morning. Police in Lexington said the wreck happened on the Main Street ramp at Business I-85 at about 11:45 a.m. Traffic was being rerouted through the area.

Alex Sanders, center, practiced with the cast during a rehearsal of the Thriller re-enactment at Lexington's Mecca dance studio.

An overturned tractor-trailer is causing delays in Davidson County. It happened around 10:00 am on I-85 Business southbound at Highway 64 in Lexington.

Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 5:02 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 5:02 p.m. Bright and early Tuesday morning, 20 polling places will open for voting around Davidson County for general elections.

Published: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 12:16 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 12:16 p.m. The Davidson County Sheriff's Office Vice/Narcotics Unit charged a Lexington man with multiple drug offenses after an investigation.

A house at 451 Garden Drive was totaled after catching fire around 11:30 Thursday morning The Lexington Fire Department and the Davidson County Fire Marshal's Office are investigating the cause of the fire.

Published: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 5:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 2:13 a.m. About 50 Lexington residents learned more about the men and women running for the city council Tuesday night during a Lexington Candidate Forum held at the Davidson County Agricultural Building.

MEDIA GENERAL NEWS SERVICE Phil Bradley shivered in lonely silence on the mountain by the demolished plane.