Pfafftown News

The Winston-Salem City Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall council chambers, Room 230.

Violet Stafford of Pfafftown responded to Janice Beck's request for a cake using graham-cracker crumbs and pineapple, and no flour.

The Winston-Salem City Council will not vote tonight on a deal to provide an additional $15.7 million to finish the baseball stadium downtown, Mayor Allen Joines announced at the start of tonight's public hearing at City Hall.

Nobody is happy that the city will have to pay an extra $15.7 million to finish the baseball stadium downtown, but cries of dismay yesterday were mixed with calls for stadium construction to continue.

Robby Dilmore of Pfafftown didn't think he could pull it off. But he says God called him to start a radio show a few years ago.

Music in the Gardens: Gospel singers The Boys will perform from 6 to 7 p.m. at Community United Church of Christ, 3410 Community Church Road, Pfafftown, as part of the Music in the Gardens series.

Unfortunately, University of Michigan researcher Lloyd Johnston is wrong when he states in the Journal that "The damage done by our insatiable demand for drugs is truly astounding." Real research shows that neither the demand nor the drugs themselves causes the damage.

The Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts and the Visual Arts Program at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts are pleased to announce the 2009 William R. Kenan, Jr.

There are a lot of things you can't buy at the new farmers market at Krankies Coffee: corn from Florida, tomatoes from Georgia and peaches from South Carolina.

Ten months after Lori Fioravanti and Sean Gallagher were killed, a vigil was held yesterday in their memory near the place where they died.

Duke University has awarded 12 incoming freshmen from North and South Carolina with the prestigious Benjamin N. Duke Memorial Scholarship, which covers full tuition, room, board and mandatory fees for eight semesters.

Submitted by SHNS on Mon, 05/11/2009 - 16:42. At a young age, Tim Lasley began training to become a firefighter, and it's a calling he has followed his entire life.

Apparently the federal government wants to commit yet another act of rape and pillage .

Deputies arrested a Forsyth County man on charges connected to the stabbing of another man early yesterday morning.

Colfax, NC -- An inspector checked the Moose Cafe at the Farmers Market on Sandy Ridge Road in Colfax.

I know that things are tough and are going to get tougher in the tobacco business, but this is just too much: Who is the sales genius who thought up the name "Camel Dip" ? It sounds like something you would sell to the nomads who live in the African desert.

My favorite restaurant for Sunday brunch is gone. Yes, I'm going to miss it. Cat's Corner, in my humble opinion, had the best Sunday brunch in downtown Winston-Salem . The oatmeal, scrambled eggs, fruit, pancakes, omelets -- it all tasted very good and was presented very well.

The following restaurants received ratings of 98 percent or above during recent inspections by the Forsyth County Health Department: Quizno's , 310 W. Fourth St., 100 percent .

An Illinois man was charged yesterday with felony extortion and communicating threats against Sheriff Bill Schatzman of Forsyth County after authorities brought him to Winston-Salem, court records show.

I'll be darned if I can understand this thing about unpaid taxes by the big shots .