Forsyth County News

By Ken Keuffel JOURNAL REPORTER Joan Adams Mondale, an accomplished potter who championed fine arts while her husband Walter was Vice President of the United States, saluted Winston-Salem yesterday for founding the country's first arts council 60 years ago and expressed optimism for the role that arts might play in Winston-Salem's future.

Just before 10:00pm tonight a tractor trailer carrying cars, also called a car carrier, caught fire on I-40 in Forsyth County.

Wednesday was "D-Day" for nearly 400 now-former employees at the Dell Forsyth County manufacturing plant, as the computer giant begins the first phase of what will ultimately leave the facility empty.

Located in western Forsyth County (NC), Lewisville Roller Mills was purchased by Fielden H. Jennings, Sr. in 1925.

Learn about the history of the mill and see quite a few historic photos of the mill and the Jennings family. Visit the personal photoblog of Deb Phillips, one of Jennings' granddaughters, at LewisvillePhotos.com.

Longtime Forsyth County District Attorney Tom Keith announced Tuesday plans to retire at the end of the month.

When a federal magistrate in Winston-Salem ruled last week that Forsyth County Commissioners meetings had too much Jesus in their opening prayers, counties around the state started looking at their own meeting invocations policies to see how First Amendment-friendly they were.

A police dog bit a man suspected of robbing a convenience store as the man was being apprehended by Winston-Salem police Saturday night.

State-health officials are investigating the circumstances that led to the Nov. 3 death of a Winston-Salem woman who fell from a third-floor window at an assisted living center.

Some county commissioners want to make sure that Dell Inc. pays back all of $7.9 million in economic incentives that it received from the county.

Bark For Life is an American Cancer Society fundraising event that honors the care giving qualities of our canine "Best Friends." Dog lovers, along with their canine companions, are joining the American Cancer Society on November 14, 2009 at Tanglewood Park, Shelter 4, in teams and as individual participants to celebrate cancer survivorship, to ...

Winston-Salem police arrested a man who they say forced a 14-year-old from a home and raped her.

A Winston-Salem man was charged with first-degree rape and other offenses yesterday in connection with the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl near her home, authorities said.

A magistrate is recommending that Forsyth County be barred from allowing sectarian prayers at meetings of the board of commissioners.

Logistics firm Jacobson Companies will close two Forsyth County warehouses, laying off 91 workers.

Two Winston-Salem men were charged yesterday with armed robbery in connection with a robbery Wednesday night at the cafeteria of Salem Baptist Church, authorities said.

By Sam A. Hieb Carolina Journal GREENSBORO - If it looks like an economic incentive, walks like an economic incentive, and quacks like an economic incentive, then it must be an economic incentive.

More than 900 people cast votes at South Fork Elementary School during last year's election.

Dell will save about $66,000 by repaying early the $26.5 million it received in incentives from Winston-Salem and Forsyth County.

Superintendent Don Martin has suspended without pay a drama teacher facing charges of sexual misconduct with a student and possession of a firearm by a felon and is recommending that the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School Board fire him.

The citizens of the Southwest Ward and Winston-Salem in general have the best representative, Dan Besse.