Yanceyville News

A 60-year-old Winston-Salem woman was sentenced to 120 days in jail after she was found guilty of misdemeanor cruelty to animals Wednesday afternoon.

Take your pick: Former state Sen. Hugh Webster embezzled more than $12,000 from Doris Nance, a trusting, hard-working, penny-pinching aunt with a middle-school education, opening an account for himself instead, and rejecting her repeated attempts to collect the money.

The film and video department of Piedmont Community College, located in Person and Caswell counties, held the second of two summer intensive High-Definition video production camps this week in Yanceyville, N.C. The four-day camp, geared toward high school and adult students, teaches young film enthusiasts the ropes of production.

Two men were charged Thursday in connection with a burglary on Quail Meadows Road Wednesday that resulted in two women being shot.

The Caswell County Sheriff's Department is investigating an incident on Quail Meadows Road in Yanceyville Wednesday that resulted in two women getting shot.

Tucked between the Dan River and the Virginia International Raceway on the northern edge of Caswell County is the town of Milton, "the museum without walls." Milton was incorporated in 1796.

Severe storms moved across the Triad Wednesday dumping lots and lots of rain. All that water caused major problems for motorist and water rescue crews.

Severe storms moved across the Triad Wednesday dumping a good drenching and hail.

Emails obtained by 2 Wants to Know show there's been a long running rumor in Guilford County about Northern Guilford's recruiting practices.

The N.C. Department of Motor Vehicles is looking for applicants to operate the license plate agency in Yanceyville.

Local churches, along with places of worships throughout the country, will observe the National Day of Prayer on Thursday.

National Day of Prayer Community Service will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. at Glen Hope Baptist Church, 911 North Ave., Burlington, The community and community churches are invited to this special service as we pray for our nation.

What would you do with $258,546? Well Glenn Williams of Yanceyville has some time to think about it! Williams says he always plays the same "oddball" numbers when he buys a "Carolina Cash 5" ticket.

Arrests have been made in the burglaries of two businesses in Caswell County, N.C. Deputies responded to a business alarm at LaShea's Clothing on Main Street in Yanceyville, N.C., Thursday, according to a Caswell County Sheriff's Office release.

Timeless Cruizers will hold its ninth annual car show Saturday, May 9 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Efland Ruritan Building, 3009 U.S. 70.

John Walter a oeChickena Stephens was a sleaze. He was also a U.S. Senator. Occasionally, the two go hand in hand.

The Religious Notes column is published every Saturday to highlight special religious services .

Pat Merriman is fascinated by barns. From the tobacco barns that once dotted North Carolina's landscape to Technicolor-kissed abstracts, a bevy of barns can be found Sunday during an opening reception for "Original Artwork by Pat Merriman and Nancy Garrett" at Harrison's restaurant and gallery, 2773 S. Church St., Burlington.

A year after Pinnacle Maranatha Bible College of Yanceyville-Burlington opened a location in Burlington, the first group of local graduates has completed the program and a new round of classes is about to begin.

The North Carolina Dance Theatre will perform works from three of the nation's master choreographers in a tour of public schools and for the general public The dancers will perform works of Alvin Ailey, George Balanchine and Twyla Tharp in a show titled "American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius." The first public performance will ...