Forsyth County News

Cheers to state Sen. Peter Brunstetter of Forsyth County for pushing a proposal that would add a new arts component to high-school graduation requirements and potentially provide state money for more arts teachers across North Carolina.

Commissioners meet at 9 a.m. Thursday in the fifth-floor commissioners meeting room at the Forsyth County Government Center, 201 N. Chestnut St.

The General Assembly passed the first vote last week on a bill that would pay eugenics victims who were sterilized from 1929 to 1974 through a state program.

The number of Hispanics in Forsyth County grew at a faster rate than the numbers of white or black residents one year after the 2010 Census, new figures from the U.S. Census Bureau show.

For that project and others, Taylor, who retired last month as chairwoman of the academy and college's board of trustees, was recently presented with the college's Distinguished Service Award.

Inside a shaded tent, in front of a growing crowd of thirsty wine-tasters, winemaker Robert Wurz held up a bottle of dry red wine.

A Walkertown man is in surgery after being shot this morning by his cousin, according to deputies with the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office.

The Sterilization Victims Foundation continues to assist individuals who believe that they or someone they know may have been affected by the N.C. Eugenics Boards program.

Winston-Salem's property tax rate would increase by almost 9 percent, and bus fares would increase by 30 cents to $1.30 under a $398.2 million budget proposed Friday by Winston-Salem City Manager Lee Garrity.

When the leaders of Carter G. Woodson School look back on the nearly 15 years since the school's founding, they don't see test scores or graduation rates.

Associated Artists of Winston-Salem may think itself fortunate, moving its gallery and office space into the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts, but housing the organization will also help the Rhodes Center live up to its name.

Breaking News: Forsyth County Democratic Rep. Larry Womble was charged Thursday with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle for his role in a December wreck that killed another man in Winston-Salem. Arwa el-Hussein, a 20-year-old pharmacy student, has been quarreling with her father for weeks, trying to get him not to back Hosni Mubarak's former prime ... (more)

Breaking News: Forsyth County Democratic Rep. Larry Womble was charged Thursday with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle for his role in a December wreck that killed another man in Winston-Salem. A tropical storm warning has been issued for the coast of Mexico as Hurricane Bud gains strength in the Pacific.

State Rep. Larry Womble is charged with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle in connection with an accident last December in which a Winston-Salem man was killed.

State Rep. Larry Womble, D-Forsyth, was charged Thursday afternoon with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle, in the wake of an accident on Dec.

A Kernersville man was charged Thursday with misdemeanor death by vehicle in the death of a 15-month-old girl who was hit by his car a month ago on Thurmond Street near downtown, authorities said.

Breaking News: Forsyth County Democratic Rep. Larry Womble was charged Thursday with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle for his role in a December wreck that killed another man in Winston-Salem. Nearly 700 people were arrested Wednesday night after a protest over higher university tuition in Quebec erupted into another night of violence.

A man was taken into custody and is recovering in a hospital after a standoff that caused a road closure Wednesday evening.

A good manager takes care of his people. You could argue that's what Forsyth County Manager Dudley Watts is trying to do with the 2012-13 budget, proposing modest merit increases and restoring larger longevity bonuses for county employees.

Nine members of the Winston-Salem Dash baseball team partnered up with 60 volunteers to help Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County.