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LGBT community center coming to Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem Journal
Having a new organization take over the festival will give Equality Winston-Salem more time to work on its scholarship programs, business fair and programs that work with student organizations, she said. “We just decided it made more sense for Pride to ...

City-owned resting places face eventually reaching capacity
Winston-Salem Journal
Winston-Salem officials predict that by the end of 2014, those who lose a family member one day and turn to Evergreen the next to buy a plot — “at need” customers — may be turned away. With a total of only 1,300 plots left, the availability of “pre ...

GENE OWENS' COLUMN: Billy Graham and Hell Hole Swamp
Aiken Standard
It should not be confused with the somewhat larger Jamestown, N.C., which has a population of around 3,500, not counting a million or so souls in its metropolitan area, which includes Greensboro, High Point, Winston-Salem and Burlington. The Palmetto ...

Man hit in head , robbed at Winston - Salem hotel
Winston-Salem Journal
A robber hit a man on the head with a beer bottle and stole his wallet early Sunday at a hotel off Stratford Road, Winston-Salem police said. The victim, Brandon Coty Dalton, told police he was smoking a cigarette outside the LaQuinta Inn on Griffith ...

Bleacher Report
Remembering Every High and Low Point for the Last 20 Years in Boxing
Bleacher Report
The moments of epic drama in boxing often transcend the regular highlights found in the various professional games. And at the same time, the low points of prize fighting often far outstrip other sports in terms of tragedy, shamelessness and pure disgrace.

NASCAR plate racing yields another frantic finish
High Point Enterprise
The five-time Sprint Cup champion became the first driver since Hall of Famer Bobby Allison in 1982 to sweep both points races at Daytona in the same season. Fireball Roberts (1962), Cale Yarborough (1968) and LeeRoy Yarbrough (1969) also ...

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Carolina Farm Credit Employees donate to local food banks
Jefferson Post
The association's territory covers the western half of North Carolina, with service centers located in Albemarle, Asheboro, Asheville, Boone, Browns Summit, Burnsville, Carthage, Concord, Ellerbe, Graham, Hendersonville, Hillsborough, Jefferson, Lenoir ...

Carolina Farm Credit Employees donate to local food banks
Jefferson Post
The food drive was in cooperation with the NC Co-Op Council's Early Harvest Food Drive, which encouraged cooperatives throughout NC to hold food drives to benefit their local food banks. Employees were encouraged to donate $10 or 10 pounds of food ...

Myrtle Beach Pelicans sweep doubleheader over Winston-Salem
MyrtleBeachOnline.com
Game recaps | Game 1: Myrtle Beach scored all of its runs in the fourth inning and held on to win the first game of the doubleader; Game 2: Luis Sardinas hit a two-out RBI single, plating Jack Skole, and the Pelicans won the second game of the ...

USA National Masters Track Championships July 11-14 At Olathe KS District ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
Lee's Summit, Missouri. Menka, an explosive long jumper and a fine 80-meter hurdler, won both events last year at outdoor nationals and figures to do well in Olathe. As a collegian, Menka competed for the University of Tennessee, traditionally one of ...

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High Point 911 Call Center officials wants residents to call non-emergency number because of technical issues.

Dash gets swept in doubleheader
Winston-Salem Journal
After rain washed out Saturday night's game, and nearly three hours of delays in the first two games of the series, the Myrtle Beach Pelicans swept Sunday's doubleheader with the Winston-Salem Dash, taking the first game 4-2, and winning the second 6-5 ...
Dash , Pelicans Postponed Due To RainWFMY News 2

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Facade grant program offered for second year
High Point Enterprise
The city allocated $25,000 for the grants and ElectriCities, the public power cooperative of which High Point is a member, contributed $4,000. The City Project awarded eight grants last year totalling $22,700. The grant recipients invested a total of ...

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From Greensboro, NC, to baseball glory
News & Observer
For Robinson, 83, the Newark setting wasn't too far from his hometown in Harlem, N.Y., but it was more than 500 miles from Greensboro, where his career as a professional baseball prospect was launched as an infielder for North Carolina A&T's powerhouse ...

Greensboro woman charged with stabbing boyfriend
myfox8.com
GREENSBORO, N.C. — A Greensboro woman was arrested after police said she stabbed her live-in boyfriend, causing a laceration to his face. Kristine Victoria Dyer, 19, was arrested after police said they responded to the stabbing around 3 p.m. Sunday at ...
Greensboro Couple Arrested After Domestic DisputeWFMY News 2
Man cut by girlfriend; both arrestedGreensboro News & Record

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alBalooshi, Gray, Edwards, Smith collect Norwalk wins
NHRA.com
In a thrilling side-by-side final round duel, NHRA Funny Car driver Johnny Gray picked up his fourth win of 2013 on Sunday with a victory against Ron Capps at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park ...

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A San Francisco-area coroner whose office received the bodies of two teenage victims of the Asiana plane crash says officials are conducting an autopsy to determine if one of the girls was run over and killed by a rescue vehicle.

County on verge of new representative
High Point Enterprise
... committee is made up of county Republicans named to the leadership body by their fellow GOP members in the county. Barrett told The High Point Enterprise that six candidates who formally applied will be considered for the 80th State House District ...

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Giffords and Kelly will discuss ways that they say increased gun controls can coexist with the Second Amendment and the right of Americans to own guns.

Arts leaders see cans' potential
High Point Enterprise
Folks at the High Point Area Arts Council feel a bit smug these days. They may have placed themselves — although unintentionally — at the leading edge of High Point's future by installing on June 28 two sea-cans at Centennial Station, the Arts ...

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