Archive - Apr 20, 2012
Newton will gather citizens of all races, nationalities and backgrounds Saturday for Unity Day at Southside Park.
Also this week, the world's longest-running "Phantom of the Opera" performer visits Catawba County this week.
And a Saturday race will benefit Balls Creek Elementary School.
For more on these events and other happenings, read on.
The following residents were convicted of felonies this week in Criminal Superior Court:
* Joseph Maurice Craig, 32, of Conover, was convicted of felony possession of firearm by felon, felony failure to report change of address – sex offender, felony possession of cocaine and two counts of felony habitual felon. He was sentenced to 101-134 months in the N.C. Department of Correction.
GREENSBORO — The Atlantic Coast Conference's infractions and penalties committee has issued a public reprimand to North Carolina.
The reprimand was announced Friday and came roughly a month after the NCAA's infractions committee imposed sanctions on the Tar Heels' football program.
Frances Creola Davis Fish, 93, of Bost Nursery Road, Maiden died Friday, April 20, 2012, at Palliative CareCenter and Hospice of Catawba Valley, Newton. Burke Mortuary in Maiden is serving the Fish Family.
Police say a wreck at a Conover gas station could have been much worse Friday after an elderly woman barely missed hitting dozens of propane tanks.
No one was injured in the wreck.
Robert Thompson’s white smile was radiant under the lights. It popped.
Play will begin May 19 at the Zahra Baker All Children's Playground at Kiwanis Park in Hickory.
That's the day the playground will be dedicated in Zahra's memory and officially open to the public.
HIGH POINT — North Carolina's governor is kicking off the world's largest furniture trade show with an announcement expected to mean hundreds of jobs.
Gov. Beverly Perdue is visiting the High Point Market on Friday for a jobs announcement Involving Davie County, about 30 miles away.
