Davidson County News

The Davidson County Veterans Day Parade will begin at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Lexington Senior High School and end at the National Guard Armory on West Ninth Avenue.

A Maryland man driving a vehicle on Interstate 85 south in North Carolina on Friday was arrested on drug charges.

Candidates in municipal races throughout the Triad anxiously will be awaiting results from today's election as thousands of voters head to the polls.

Published: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 3:13 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 3:13 p.m. A woman who was reported missing Sunday night was found dead in her car Monday morning.

Lewie Phillips recently wrote an excellent guest column urging a revolution of sorts in Lexington, not the violent type of revolution but a revolution of change.

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.

Published: Friday, October 23, 2009 at 12:10 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 23, 2009 at 12:10 p.m. Davidson County was one of more than three-quarters of North Carolina's counties that saw unemployment rates drop from August to September.

Published: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 5:36 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 5:36 p.m. With the exodus of the furniture companies, Davidson County lost 8,000 jobs.

A Winston-Salem man was charged with cruelty to animals after a dog owner reported his dog had been shot twice Sunday.

Published: Friday, October 23, 2009 at 12:10 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 23, 2009 at 12:10 p.m. The unemployment rate in Davidson County fell .6 percent in September, according to data released by the N.C. Employment Security Commission on Friday.

Published: Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 11:57 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 11:57 a.m. A Thomasville woman died Tuesday after the vehicle in which she was a passenger struck another car that turned in front of it.

Troopers are investigating a pedestrian that was struck and killed Wednesday morning in Davidson County.

A group of investors that includes artist and business magnate Bob Timberlake and his son Dan Timberlake has acquired 204 acres of property along the proposed West Bypass in Davidson County and intends to turn it into a 10-parcel industrial park.

Published: Friday, October 16, 2009 at 3:16 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 16, 2009 at 3:16 p.m. For the third time this year, an injured owl has made news in The Dispatch.

Published: Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 3:12 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 3:12 p.m. A Thomasville teenager who Davidson County sheriff's deputies say broke into a home, stole a television and then sold it has been arrested.

Published: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 1:38 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 1:38 p.m. Davidson County sheriff's detectives have arrested two Midway men and charged them with 10 break-ins that occurred at homes, churches and vehicles over an almost two-month period.

Published: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 4:36 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 4:36 p.m. A fire late Saturday night at an office building at 1210 S. Main St.

Published: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 1:29 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 1:29 p.m. The Davidson County Sheriff's Office has arrested two men for unrelated sexual offenses, one of whom faces 12 charges and the other seven charges.

Published: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 1:20 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 1:20 p.m. The Davidson County Sheriff's Office has charged three Lexington residents for their role in a burglary in September.

Good transportation and skilled workers is the reason one company is expanding in Davidson County.