Winston-Salem News

A new report sharply criticizes the Winston-Salem Police Department's handling of the case of Jill Marker's 1995 beating at the Silk Plant Forest store, where she worked.

Ernie Pitt, the former chairman of the Housing Authority of Winston-Salem, had his 2009 conviction on two counts of mail fraud involving a land deal overturned Friday by a federal appeals court.

In this April 28, 2001 file photo, master flatpicker Doc Watson performs at the annual Merlefest at Wilkes Comunity College in Wilkesboro, N.C. Watson, the Grammy-award winning folk musician whose lightning-fast style of flatpicking influenced guitarists around the world for more than a half-century, died Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at a hospital in ... (more)

Ryan Eugene Tutterow, 23, of Winston-Salem, Mark Eugene Warden, 46, of Winston-Salem and Nathan Eugene Warden, 20, of Boonville each face five total counts.

Betty deBeck Johnson, 92, of Oak Island, N.C. passed away peacefully at home in the company of her children on May 21, 2012.

Greensboro, NC -- The Carolina Theatre announced Friday that it will remember Doc Watson in a concert next week.

Winston-Salem State University has officially made an offer to buy Bowman Gray Stadium, but the school is considering raising student fees 5 percent in order to do that.

FRIDAY, June 1 -- Too little vitamin D has been linked to a host of health problems, including obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure, and new research now suggests that a lack of this important nutrient may also contribute to mobility problems in old age.

It's the first day of June, but more importantly, it's National Doughnut Day. And that means competing donut chains Krispy Kreme and Dunkin' Donuts are both offering free doughnuts, although the Dunkin' deal comes with an asterisk.

On Saturday, the Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure will be run and walked in Washington.

When they arrived, victim 51-year-old Monica Graves of Lewisville told them she had been robbed as she was walking to her car.

Sadly for car enthusiasts, the vintage BMWs that swarmed Old Salem last Saturday have all dissipated, but, conversely, gardening enthusiasts are in luck.

The 11th annual RiverRun International Film Festival is previewing its 2009 lineup and showcasing past favorites at the Downtown Cinema Theatre on 142 N. Main St.

Arctic Inc., which has developed technology for controlling weeds that uses freezing compressed air, has landed its first North Carolina landscaping firm as a client.

As Good As You blogger Jeremy Hooper reports , a pastor identified as Dennis Leatherman of the Mountain Lake Independent Baptist Church in Oakland, Md., spoke at length on the subject in a 50-minute sermon titled "Homosexuality and the Bible." "To bea have a tendency to be effeminate or homosexual is just as wicked as to have a tendency to be a ... (more)

Journal Photo by Bruce Chapman: The Rev. Dr. Jerry Drayton of New Bethel Baptist Church in Winston-Salem NC will be retiring after 60 years of service at the church.

HanesBrands, a Winston Salem, N.C.-based apparel maker, announced Wednesday that it would leave the private label world, divesting its Outer Banks house brand and working with U.S. wholesale screen-print customers on transition plans.

Employment in Triad construction trades grew in April compared to the prior year, reports Virginia-based Associated General Contractors of America.

Robin Thicke is a mentor on the new ABC singing series "Duets," but the R&B crooner could find himself partnering on a song with his 2-year-old son, or wife, actress Paula Patton.

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