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Bad luck: Officer's ticket to joblessness?
When Sgt. Mike Russell of the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office got word Tuesday that the brass wanted to see him, he didn’t think that it was a huge deal.
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Heartbreak: Foster parents again suffer sudden loss
The decision to open their home — and their hearts — to another child didn’t come easily to Keith and Debbie Addis.
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THE FUTURE: Plans for college make statistics real
The envelope arrived last Friday. It got tossed in a pile with assorted other mail on a table in the front hallway.
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Let's hope schools learn their lessons
First it was Randolph County where school officials weren’t clear on the concept. Next it was Winston-Salem/Forsyth County. Now it seems that Davie County Schools is the latest system to learn a hard lesson.
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Dell plant serves as cautionary tale for us
Shortly after first light yesterday, the area immediately around Building WS-1 was deathly still.
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CONTROVERSIAL? Group's ID cards stir up things
Issuing ID cards is simple. Take a photo. Type in some basic information. Laminate.
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Gfellers work tirelessly to help other families avoid a similar tragedy
Hundreds of kids, parents and teachers had gathered in a parking lot across from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
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Bid for racial justice has unintended application
It’s difficult to imagine that legislators had Timothy Hartford in mind when they passed the Racial Justice Act.
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Ex-sailor, 89, reflects on his role in the war
For years, Clark Sherrill kept his Navy uniform stowed in a sea bag that he toted from town to town as he moved through a long and productive working life.
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The jobless have no quarrel with incentives
Karen Hairston and Yvette Rucker don’t know each other and have little in common. Hairston is 52, and lives with her husband in Walnut Cove. Rucker is 49,
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Davis still being paid
The attorney for the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school system, who was suspended amid questions about whether he violated state law requiring prompt reporting of possible criminal acts to law enforcement, continues to be paid for not working.
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ONE OF A FEW: Yadkin coroner sailed to victory
Candidate James “Slim” Collins didn’t feel the need to press the flesh, hit the rubber-chicken circuit or kiss any babies. Other than plunking down $5 for his filing fee, he didn’t put one cent into his campaign, and he spent Election Day in the comfort of his home coasting to re-election.
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Eminent domain not only solution
Unless you’re looking right at it, the sign stenciled onto the glass at the Davis Garage could escape your notice. Its yellow letters are 2 inches tall, and they spell out four words.
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Biscuit at root of sign that said a whole lot
When Colin Covington left his house last weekend, he had no intention of taking a public stand, entering a passionate debate or becoming an unlikely symbol of the true power of the Constitution.
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For the Books
Without question, inquisitive little minds growing up in East Bend will benefit from a new library. The old one is housed in a ramshackle old building, and much of the material inside predates its young patrons.
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THE 'REAL' DEAL: Listeners miss inspirational radio show
More nights than she cared to count, Susan Barnhardt tuned in to Bruce Hodges’ NightRide USA radio show while she was working in Statesville.
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Race issue a certainty in school board run
If you haven’t been paying attention to the school-board race, maybe it’s time that you started.
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An End, of Sorts
The passage of time dulled Paul Burke’s pain and took the edge off what was once a deep desire for vengeance, but it didn’t completely wash away the sense of loss he felt when his only child was murdered nearly 27 years ago.
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Our money: City's stance on information deplorable
After initially buying the laughable story that a downtown ballpark would cost “only” $22.6 million — the taxpayers’ share would be a mere $12 million — members of the Winston-Salem City Council were shocked and outraged last year when they had to cough up another $15.7 million to finish a project whose cost had ballooned to $48.7 million.
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ACUITY: One man's glass is another's barrier
To Ed McCarter, the bulletproof glass that encases tellers at two banks — a Wachovia branch on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and a BB&T branch about a mile away on New Walkertown Road — is an affront.
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CATCHING UP: Couple gets happy ending
After everything Tom Macey had been through when his 2001 Volkswagen Jetta was nearly totaled in a collision involving a state trooper, he wasn’t holding his breath that the situation would work out in his favor.
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NOT RIGHT: No jail for man who beat dog to death
Photos of the crime scene would turn your stomach. They were so graphic that the jurors who took less than an hour last week to convict Willard Keith Joyce of felonious cruelty to animals could barely glance at them when they were introduced as evidence.
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PRECIOUS PEARL: Missing bird brought safely home
By almost any reckoning, Pearl — a 1-year-old cockatiel and a beloved pet — easily could have whistled his last tune for Julia and Frank Frye when he flew out of an open door three weeks ago.
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A Vogler of the sixth generation joins funeral business that many before him have built
Across generations, decisions about whether to enter the family business depend as much on the family as the type of business.
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What's on the line this election? The lines are
Feeling frisky on the heels of polls that indicate they have a shot at controlling the legislature for the first time in more than a century, Republicans this week rushed to publish something they’re billing as “100 Days that will change North Carolina.”
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