Article Archive
January 8, 2009
Free health screening in High Point next month
HIGH POINT — Free cholesterol and blood pressure screenings will be available Feb. 7. The screenings will be held from 8:30 a... Continue
January 7, 2009
High Point committee postpones recommendation on sex-offender ban
After some discussion, the High Point public safety committee decided Wednesday morning to postpone recommending a sex-offender...... Continue
High Point Regional relinquishes trauma center designation
High Point Regional Health System has voluntarily relinquished its Level III Trauma Center designation, the hospital announced W... Continue
January 5, 2009
HPU campus going tobacco-free
HIGH POINT - High Point University will become tobacco-free this year. The transition begins June 1. Enforcement of the policy w... Continue
January 3, 2009
Bittersweet moments as troops deploy
HIGH POINT — Feb. 10, 2010. That’s the date that will be on Priscilla Kenna’s mind for the next year. That’s when the Bu... Continue
January 2, 2009
Local Guard unit holds deployment ceremony
HIGH POINT - More than 130 area soldiers will be heading out to Iraq in the coming months after a deployment ceremony Friday in...... Continue
January 1, 2009
Update: Man fatally shot in High Point; stepfather arrested
HIGH POINT — Police charged a 58-year-old man in the shooting death of his stepson on New Year’s Eve in High Point. Office... Continue
December 25, 2008
High Point company donates holiday trees
HIGH POINT - Even if some people didn't have enough money to buy their loved ones expensive gifts, they could get them one that...... Continue
December 24, 2008
High Point lot offers free Christmas trees
HIGH POINT -- Even if you don't have enough money to buy your family or friends expensive gifts, you can get them one that they...... Continue
December 23, 2008
High Point police to offer citizens' academy
HIGH POINT — The High Point police department will hold a Citizen's Police Academy starting Jan. 27. The 14-class program wil... Continue
December 16, 2008
High Point approves Washington Drive plan
High Point City Council approved the Core City Steering Committee's plans for revitalization on Washington Drive Monday night. P... Continue
Klan-style hoods hung at Central
Two teens are facing criminal charges after four Ku Klux Klan-style hoods were found on the campus of High Point Central on Mond... Continue
December 15, 2008
Update: 2 charged after Klan-like hoods found outside school
HIGH POINT - Two teens were charged with hanging four Klan-like hoods around the campus of High Point Central this morning. Davi... Continue
December 12, 2008
Update: Woman escapes burning home through window
HIGH POINT - A woman escaped out a window of a home on fire in High Point this morning. The woman, whose identity was not immedi... Continue
December 11, 2008
Semiconductor company plans expansion in High Point
HIGH POINT — TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. is expanding with plans to add more than 25 employees, two years after the company op... Continue
December 10, 2008
High Point man arrested in wife's shooting
HIGH POINT — Police have arrested a man accused of trying to kill his wife on Tuesday night. Dennis Keith Scott, 54, of High...... Continue
Update: Police investigate High Point shooting
HIGH POINT — Authorities are investigating a shooting that happened Tuesday night. A High Point police captain said this morni... Continue
December 9, 2008
High Point hospital goes wireless
HIGH POINT — High Point Regional Health System has begun offering free wireless Internet access to patients, visitors and vend... Continue
December 6, 2008
Business owner believes in future
HIGH POINT - On the corner of Gary Simon's desk, below the artwork from his 5-year-old son, sits a small statue of Don Quixote...... Continue
December 5, 2008
Furniture report generates debate
A new plan to transform the Piedmont Triad’s furniture industry for the decades ahead is a good one, High Point’s mayor says... Continue
High Point neighbors rally against crime
HIGH POINT - After a local restaurant owner was nearly beaten to death during a food delivery, Margaret and Roger Bannister bega... Continue
December 4, 2008
An early Christmas gift replaces stolen guitar
HIGH POINT — Paul Szydlik loved that bass. He called it “The Other Woman.” He bought it 14 years ago in California for $2...... Continue
Printing company in High Point adding up to 10 jobs
HIGH POINT - A graphic printing company in High Point is expanding and changing its name. Graphic Printing Services Inc. is beco... Continue
Furniture makers join to tackle labor shortage
HIGH POINT — At the launch of a program Wednesday to attract new furniture workers, Bill Stange of Baker Furniture laid out th... Continue
December 3, 2008
Candle sparks High Point house fire
HIGH POINT - A local home sustained serious damage in an early morning fire today. The High Point Fire Department said a man li... Continue
