Greensboro Area News

Lorillard donates $1M to Greensboro performing arts center
The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area (blog)
Ronald Milstein, executive vice president of legal and external affairs at Lorillard, said the donation adds to several other efforts by the Greensboro-based company (NYSE: LO) to help with revitalization in the city. For example, Lorillard donated $1 ...

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Greensboro man charged with attempted murder
Greensboro News & Record
GREENSBORO – Guilford County sheriff's deputies arrested a Greensboro man today in connection with a robbery and shooting earlier this month. Elliott Maurice Browning, 23, of 805 Marsh St., Apt. B, was charged with attempted first-degree murder ...

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Greensboro stores victims of smash and grab
Greensboro News & Record
Greensboro Police said that someone is breaking windows of the businesses and, in some instances, taking cash. Officer Steve Roberts said someone thew a rock or other large object through the glass doors of all the business. “Glass was strewn ...
4 Greensboro Businesses Broken Into WednesdayWFMY News 2

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Aldean brings 'Night Train' tour to Greensboro
Winston-Salem Journal
He'll perform them when he brings his “Night Train” tour to the Greensboro Coliseum on Saturday. Jake Owen and Thomas Rhett will also perform. “The thing I'm most excited about … is getting to add some new songs off the 'Night Train' album into my ...

Texting led to crash that killed Greensboro man
Greensboro News & Record
Richard Michael Carter, 57, of Sprucewood Drive in Greensboro was driving a Pontiac north on U.S. 29 Business-U.S. 70 about three miles east of Lexington at 1:30 p.m., according to the N.C. Highway Patrol. He stopped because of traffic in a ...
Man charged in deadly crash near construction zone on Bus. 85myfox8.com
Trooper: Texting caused fatal accidentLexington Dispatch
Troopers: Texting to Blame For Fatal Car AccidentWFMY News 2

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Lorillard announces $500M debt offering
The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area
Greensboro-based Lorillard Inc., the nation's third largest cigarette manufacturer, announced Wednesday its intent to raise capital through an underwritten public offering of about $500 million 3.75 percent senior notes that will be due in 2023 ...
Lorillard Announces Pricing of $500 Million Debt OfferingPR Newswire (press release)

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City investigates Ashley Creek Apartments in Greensboro
myfox8.com
GREENSBORO, N.C.— The horrible living conditions at Ashley Creek Apartments in Greensboro have caught the attention of the Greensboro City Council. Greensboro Housing Coalition Grant Manager Michelle Kennedy said complaints of bug infestation, ...

Two Greensboro printing companies merge
The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area (blog)
The combined company will be known as Piedmont Graphics Inc. and will continue to operate from a 24,000-square-foot location on International Drive. John Rutledge will continue as Piedmont Graphics' president and owner, and no positions will be ...

Lawn control in Greensboro
myfox8.com
GREENSBORO, N.C.– The city of Greensboro is trying to stop a problem that keeps growing–overgrown grass. If you spot an out of control lawn in your neighborhood, city leaders say the first thing you need to do is contact them. The city will then send a ...

Lorillard pledges $1 million to Greensboro's performing arts center project
Greensboro News & Record
Murray Kessler, president and CEO of the Greensboro-based tobacco company, announced Wednesday that Lorillard will make a financial commitment to the project. Ronald Milstein, company executive vice president, legal and external affairs, said the ...

Greensboro theater to show 'Susie's Hope' in June
Greensboro News & Record
From Greensboro, the film will be shown on a sneak preview summer tour in Wilmington, Asheville, Charlotte, Raleigh, Fayetteville and Winston-Salem, Hunt said. Dates and locations have not been set. Producers are working to arrange the film's domestic ...

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Winston-Salem police chief finalists include Greensboro official
Greensboro News & Record
WINSTON-SALEM — Greensboro Deputy Police Chief Don W. Scott Jr. is a finalist for the top job in the Winston-Salem Police Department. The Winston-Salem Journal reported that one of three finalists will be chosen to replace Scott Cunningham as chief of ...
3 finalists for Winston-Salem police chief job named; public forum is May 21Winston-Salem Journal
Winston-Salem names police chief finalists, public forum on Tuesdaymyfox8.com

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Duke baseball bounces back, routs UNC-Greensboro 12-2
Duke Chronicle
Coming into Tuesday's action, UNC-Greensboro was hitting .309 as a team. The Spartans had collectively tallied 165 extra base hits and had scored 337 runs. First baseman Trevor Edwards, UNC-Greensboro's most dangerous hitter with 12 homers on the ...
Duke Downs UNC Greensboro 12-2GoDuke.com
UNC trio one-hits ASU; Duke dominates UNC GreensboroNews & Observer

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Greensboro home invasion investigated
Greensboro News & Record
GREENSBORO — Police are investigating a Monday night home invasion in which a man kicked in the front door of a house, but took nothing and did not harm the woman inside. About 11:45 p.m. a woman woke up to the sound of a man kicking in the front ...

Attempted burglary reported in Greensboro
myfox8.com
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Police are investigating a reported burglary attempt that occurred late Monday night in Greensboro. According to police, officers responded just after 11:45 p.m. to a report of a burglary at 846 Circle Drive. When they arrived ...

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Partnership will help train welders for Greensboro company
The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area
CHT and its parent company Transnuclear Inc. have added 14 employees in Greensboro since the beginning of the year and expects to have more than 100 employees by midyear. The company is expanding its facility with additional office and training space ...
Greensboro executive: Qualified welders in short supplyGreensboro News & Record
Greensboro manufacturer announces partnership with community college systemmyfox8.com
GSO Company Partners With NC Community CollegesWFMY News 2

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Carolinas PGA marks first year in Greensboro
The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area
The Carolinas Section of the PGA is marking its first year of making Greensboro its headquarters with an open house Monday night, after the city of Greensboro proclaimed this week "Carolinas PGA Week." The group, a trade organization for golf pros, in ...
Greensboro, North Carolina celebrates "Carolinas PGA Week"WorldGolf.com
Franz Cruises to Victory at the 89th Carolinas Open presented by BB&TGolf Club Business (press release)

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Why an upcoming conference is important to Honda Aircraft's CEO
The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area (blog)
Last week, Greensboro-based Honda Aircraft Co. announced a target date for obtaining Federal Aviation Administration certification for its $4.5 million lightweight, fuel-efficient business jet. This week, Michimasa Fujino, the company's CEO, and a team ...
WFMY News 2 Takes a Rare Look at HondaJet Inside Honda Aircraft CompanyWFMY News 2

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Greensboro board OKs rezoning for apartments near airport
Greensboro News & Record
GREENSBORO — The zoning commission unanimously approved a 288-unit apartment complex off Pleasant Ridge Road on Monday night. Berkley Hall Cos. plans to build the $25 million project on land previously designated for industrial development ...

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Greensboro, Guilford colleges head to D3 golf championships
Greensboro News & Record
Greensboro College and Guilford College are part of the 41-team, 210-player field headed to the Division III national golf championships, which run from Tuesday through Friday at the Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort in Sandestin, Fla. The Quakers, who won ...
Chasing down the PetrelsNCAA.com
Men's Golf Tees Off At NCAA Championships On TuesdayGustavus Adolphus College News (blog)

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