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A classroom building at West Forsyth High School was evacuated yesterday morning after heavy smoke poured into some of the rooms.

A Davie County child was recognized for his courage. Firefighters say 11-year-old Bradley Collins led his siblings to safety when fire erupted in their home on Halloween.

Rhonda Annette Glover of Wilson and Joseph Francis Clouser of Garner exchanged wedding vows Nov.

They, along with Velvet, Roxcetera and MC Jeghetto the Puppet Maker, will perform at the Cat's and Dog's Rock Benefit, celebrating the Spotted Dog Restaurant's 10th anniversary, at the Cat's Cradle on Dec.

A sixth-grader from Advance is being credited with listening intently during a fire safety training course, then using that knowledge to save his siblings during an actual fire at his home.

Four volunteers from Newland United Methodist Church Laura Jones, 15, Megan Hoffman, 16, Rachel Meads, 11, and April Williams, 13, help sort food items that have been donated to Food Bank of the Albemarle.

Parade, flotillaand homes tourare being offered By MIKE VOSS Contributing Editor The first weekend in December in Washington has become so filled with activities and events that it's been given a name to ...

The N.C. State Board of Certified Public Accountant Examiners approved these people as certified public accountants in the state of North Carolina: Charles David Scheumann of Advance; Maurice M. Atkins Jr., ...

Published: Saturday, November 15, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 14, 2008 at 4:10 p.m. The Religious Notes column is published every Saturday to highlight special events.

Many of you need cash and need it fast. What's the best way to get it? Financial planners, consumer advocates and credit counselors say selling is the best answer.

John Lawson Flowers, 81, of Winston-Salem, N.C., died peacefully on Sunday, November 9, 2008, at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home, Winston-Salem. He was born on October 30, 1927, to Lloyd Marcus Flowers and ...

Mike Dunn, a member of the Meherrin Indian Nation, demonstrates a "smoke dance" for area elementary school students at Museum of the Albemarle, Friday.

In Kay Hagan, North Carolina has a wonderful opportunity to bring some new blood into the U.S. Senate.

Anita Monti of Garner just wanted to borrow some money to buy Christmas presents for her grandkids.

Blackwater Worldwide has laid off an undisclosed number of employees after the security firm failed to win a government contract for its Grizzly armored vehicle to replace the Humvee.

Mancini accepting applications CHARLOTTE - The Wesley Mancini Foundation is accepting applications until Nov.

There's still time -- the deadline is Nov. 7 -- to register for the N.C. Writers' Network's 2008 fall conference, to be held Nov.

The National Weather Service and the Office of Emergency Management want to get people trained for next springa s weather.

Middle Back in 1952, when some local people decided that the town needed to establish a fire department, one man auctioned a peanut that he had pushed across the road with his nose.

Roberta Shaw of ECSU looks over the dust cover of NC Board of Education chairman Howard Lee's book, "The Courage to Lead," at Lee's book signing while he talks to her about why he wrote the book.