Davidson County News

Deputies arrested a man after he turned himself in on charges of Indecent Liberties with a Child.

A Davidson County man said he was assaulted by his father, sister and niece while he tried to pick his son up from his father's home on Turkey Trail Road on Tuesday.

A Lexington man was arrested Thursday on indecent liberties charges with his daughter during a five-year period in the 1980s and his granddaughter during a five-month period earlier this year.

Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 1:51 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 1:51 p.m. Three employees of Davidson County Child Support Enforcement received recognition from Court Watch of North Carolina at its Annual Child Support Awards Banquet last month at Guilford Technical Community College.

Published: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 4:04 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 4:04 p.m. Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina's Business Advisory Council serving Davidson County is selling North Carolina Frasier Firs as part of a community service project.

Published: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 11:28 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 11:28 a.m. The Davidson County Sheriff's Office Special Operations Unit seized nearly 23 ounces of marijuana and cocaine and five pills of Ecstacy in a drug bust in northwestern Davidson County on Monday.

Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 3:08 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 3:08 p.m. The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a flash flood watch for Davidson County from 7 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday morning.

Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 5:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 12:25 a.m. A canvass by the Davidson County Board of Elections held Tuesday found no change in initial elections totals.

Published: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 4:39 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 4:39 p.m. A northeastern Davidson County teenager was arrested Monday and charged with having drugs at Extended Day School.

A third candidate is getting into the Republican sheriff's race in Davidson County, joining incumbent David Grice and former sheriff Gerald Hege.

Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 9:46 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 9:46 a.m. A flash flood watch remains in effect through Thursday morning in Davidson County and 13 other counties in central North Carolina, according to the National Weather Service.

Published: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 9:50 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 9:50 a.m. GREENSBORO The Internal Revenue Service is looking for 18 taxpayers in Davidson County who are due to receive $12,953 in the form of refund checks that were returned to the IRS by the U.S. Postal Service due to mailing address errors.

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.

The "Vote for Hege" signs in front of 1,800 homes in Davidson County don't lie. Former Davidson County Sheriff Gerald Hege confirmed Thursday he will run for sheriff in 2010 during an interview with The High Point Enterprise.

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.