High Point Area News

Youth crime-fighting club in 1930s revered Hoover's FBI
High Point Enterprise
This 1938 article in the High Point Enterprise told about the exploits of the High Point Secret Service Club. More Fewer photos. HIGH POINT —. Crime ran rampant during the 1930s, when the nation's most notorious gangsters robbed banks, carjacked ...

High Point runner's serious accident leads to serious recovery
Greensboro News & Record
HIGH POINT — Twenty minutes of John Dunning's life are gone, lost somewhere in the recesses of his mind, blocked from recall. It's probably just as well. Dunning has no memory of the accident that cold, rainy day in January. He hopped off a stationary ...

Gross rallies for Kivett crown
High Point Enterprise
“On the back nine I started making a few bad swings,” Frye, a High Point Central junior, said. “I didn't keep grinding like I should have. And then on 17 and again 18 (which he also bogeyed), I just wasn't thinking clearly.” gsmith@hpe.com 888-3556 ...

A fishing trip with everything but pink dolphins and unicorns
High Point Enterprise
Dick Jones is an award winning freelance writer living in High Point. He's a member of the board of directors of the Southeastern Outdoor Press Association. He writes about hunting, fishing, dogs, and shooting for several N.C. newspapers as well as ...

Apple icon urges HPU grads to be problem-solvers
High Point Enterprise
High Point University senior Lucy Findley was colorful and happy as she marched into Saturday's graduation ceremony. Don Davis Jr. | HPE. HIGH POINT —. click here to view a photo slideshow of HPU's graduation. One of the world's leading technology ...
Apple co-founder Wozniak at NC school commencementNews & Observer
Stay motivated to learn, Woz tells HPU graduatesGreensboro News & Record

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No. 29 Camels fall in opener to High Point 3-1
WRALSportsFan.com
High Point, N.C. — Two early miscues allowed three High Point runs as the Panthers took game one of their Big South series over No. 29 Campbell Friday at Williard Stadium. HPU improves to 23-22 on the season and 10-6 in Big South games, while ...

Southern Graphic Systems moving to High Point
The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area (blog)
Graphic services business Southern Graphic Systems this summer will consolidate its North Carolina operations in High Point's Piedmont Centre. SGS has signed a seven-year lease for a 23,500-square-foot space at 4322 Piedmont Parkway, located on a ...

High Point University (press release) (blog)
'Walking Across Egypt' Author Clyde Edgerton to Visit HPU
High Point University (press release) (blog)
HPU High Point University Clyde Edgerton HIGH POINT, N.C., May 3, 2013 – Author Clyde Edgerton will discuss his writing, including his latest book, “Pappadaddy's Book for New Fathers: Advice to Dads of All Ages,” at High Point University at 11 a.m. on ...

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LGS Innovations relocating from McLeansville to High Point
The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area (blog)
With the lease on its McLeansville facility coming due, company officials had considered a move out of state, but a joint retention effort by the Greensboro Economic Development Alliance and the High Point Economic Development Corp. helped convince the ...
Go a little west, company, to High PointHigh Point Enterprise

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Second half sparks Tigers past Bison
High Point Enterprise
Ragsdale's Emily Pfister (23) scores past High Point Central goalkeeper Mary Bryan Smith, as Grace Bunemann looks on, during the Tigers' 7-0 win Thursday at the High Point Athletic Complex. RagsdaleHPC2-for-web.jpg. Michael Lindsay | HPE. High Point ...

No more sleeping at the prison farm
High Point Enterprise
... farm costs $3.6 million to operate and the old Greensboro Jail, with no inmates, about $300,000. Inmates: On Thursday, there were 588 inmates at the central Detention Center in Greensboro, 300 at the High Point county jail and 42 at the Prison Farm.

High Point University (press release) (blog)
Professor Honored with Writing Award for Screenplay
High Point University (press release) (blog)
HPU High Point University HIGH POINT, N.C., May 2, 2013 – Jim Goodman, assistant professor of media production in the High Point University School of Communication, was recently honored with The Award of Excellence at this year's Broadcast Education ...

High Point brothers arrested in assault and robbery case
Greensboro News & Record
HIGH POINT — Police arrested two brothers who allegedly beat and robbed a man on South Main Street. Colton Taylor Auman, 21, 4206 Barrow Road, and Dakota Blake Auman, 23, 2415 Williams Ave., were both arrested Wednesday and charged with ...

High Point University (press release) (blog)
HPU Hosts Local Middle School Students for 'STEM Day'
High Point University (press release) (blog)
HIGH POINT, N.C., May 1, 2013 – Dozens of students from Welborn Middle School spent the day learning about science, math, engineering and technology (STEM) during a visit to High Point University. Students visited HPU's School of Education where they ...

High Point University (press release) (blog)
Librarian Chosen to Distribute Free Paperbacks
High Point University (press release) (blog)
HPU High Point University Open Door Ministries HIGH POINT, N.C., May 2, 2013 – La-Nita Williams, who has served as circulation librarian at High Point University's Smith Library for 25 years, was chosen to participate in World Book Night on April 23 to ...

High Point University (press release) (blog)
Junior's Writing Wins National Award from the Society of Professional Journalists
High Point University (press release) (blog)
HPU High Point University Pulitzer HIGH POINT, N.C., May 1, 2013 – High Point University junior Henry Molski was recently chosen as a national first place winner in the category of sports writing in the 2012 Mark of Excellence Awards, an honor given by ...

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OFFICER: He won't escape again
High Point Enterprise
Greensboro Police Wednesday night arrested the second suspect in the escape from the High Point Jail that occurred on March 16. At about 8:20 pm, the Greensboro Police responded to 4225 West Wendover Ave. responding to an anonymous caller who ...
Police arrest second escapee from High Point jailWinston-Salem Journal

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Entertainment calendar (May 2-8, 2013)
High Point Enterprise
Free. Clubs. BACKGAMMON Club meets 2:30-4 p.m. Saturday in the cafe area, first floor, High Point Neal F. Austin Public Library, 901 N. Main St. It is led by Balsam Collestan, who will offer instruction and advice. Free, 883-3646. Author. ISABEL ...

Apollo track drama could reach a high point tonight
Journal Gazette and Times-Courier
EFFINGHAM — When Effingham edged Mattoon by a tenth of a second in the last race for a one-point championship win in Monday's Newton Girls' Track Invitational, it was just the start. Everyone knew the teams were to meet again three nights later for an ...

Police arrest second escapee from High Point jail
Greensboro News & Record
Man who escaped from Guilford County jail in March caught. Updated 12:09 a.m.. GREENSBORO — The second man who escaped from the Guilford County jail in High Point on March 16 has been caught — two days after the first man was captured.
OFFICER: He won't escape againHigh Point Enterprise

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