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elkintribune.com · Yadkinville, NC
Nearby: Yadkinville, NCSend community and church events to [email protected] by Friday at noon for the next week’s edition for publication in The Yadkin Ripple and Elkin Tribune. Please include event name, time, date, location and contact information.Nov. 14• 11 a.m., Charity UMC, 6440 Austin Traphill Road, is having a BBQ dinner starting at 11 a.m. until sold out. Plates are $10 and all proceeds go to Christmas missions, gifts for neighborhood children.• 4 p.m. — 6 p.m., All veterans and their spouses are invited to a free BBQ supper at Courtney Baptist Church, located at 3341 Courtney Church Road in Yadkinville. Dine in or carry out. This annual event is sponsored by the Yadkin Baptist Association, Courtney Baptist Church and Huntsville Baptist.• 5 p.m . — 7 p.m., Baltimore Global Methodist Church women’s group will have its annual Chicken Stew on Saturday. The church is located at 2419 Baltimore Rd., East Bend. Donations will be accepted.
The Dispatch · Lexington, NC
Nearby: Lexington, NCA law firm with offices in Lexington has been has been recognized in the 2027 edition of Best Law Firms.
yadkinripple.com · Boonville, NC
Nearby: Boonville, NCMost of the local races in Yadkin County were already decided via the primary or with candidates running unopposed. In the one contested municipal race in the town of Boonville, incumbent Greg Wagoner reclaimed his seat with 209 votes as did newcomer Michael G. Wilkins with 200 votes. Incumbent William Paul Baity, a former commissioner who was appointed to the board earlier this year, failed to reclaim his seat, coming in with a total of 172 votes.The Yadkin County sales tax referendum also failed to pass. This is the fifth time the measure has been on the ballot over the past several years, but still no dice. County leaders held info sessions and promoted the referendum, attempting to educate voters on how the quarter cent increase would aid the county, but to no avail. The vote totals were 7,037 against and 6,147 for.
Salisbury Post · Salisbury, NC
Nearby: Salisbury, NCAn incident unfolded at Overton Elementary School on Thursday that ended with a mother of three students in handcuffs, as well as the school briefly going into lockdown. According to that mother, Shelly Rorie, she went to the school to file a complaint about the bus driver that operates the route that her three children take. Rorie said in a phone call on Thursday that the driver had left her children at the bus stop multiple times in addition to driving in a way she described as reckless and dangerous. The Rowan-Salisbury Schools marketing and communications director confirmed that a complaint was made and that like any formal complaints made by parents, the school system is investigating it. What happened next at the school is not 100 percent clear. The school resource officer, who is a uniformed law enforcement officer and not a staff member of the school system, initiated an arrest on Rorie, who was ultimately charged with disorderly conduct.
Salisbury Post · Salisbury, NC
Nearby: Salisbury, NCIn Salisbury Police Department reports A hit and run causing property damage occurred in the 600 block of Park Avenue between 4:55 and 5 a.m. on Nov. 10. Larceny occurred at Walmart around 6 a.m. on Nov. 10. An assault occurred in the 600 block of Mocksville Avenue around 9:22 a.m. on Nov. 10. Larceny occurred at the Food Lion on Mahaley Avenue around 4:45 p.m. on Nov. 10. Larceny occurred in the 1800 block of West Innes Street around 1:10 a.m. on Nov. 11. A robbery occurred in the 500 block of East Innes Street between 4 and 6:30 a.m. on Nov. 11. Larceny from a motor vehicle occurred in the 400 block of Gold Hill Drive between 9 p.m. on Nov. 10 and noon on Nov. 11. The total estimated loss was $60. Larceny occurred in the 600 block of Roy Leazer Avenue between 10 p.m. on Nov. 10 and 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 11. The total estimated loss was $899. Larceny from a motor vehicle occurred in the 400 block of Pinewood Avenue between 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 10 and 10:10 p.m. on Nov. 11.
Salisbury Post · Cleveland, NC
Nearby: Cleveland, NCVeterans Day in the town of Cleveland was doubly meaningful as not only veterans were celebrated, but also seeing the dream for a veteran park becoming a reality as the official groundbreaking and name of The Danny Gabriel Veteran Memorial Park and Trail was held. The park is located at 201 School Street, Cleveland, directly adjacent to the West Rowan Public Library and West Rowan Elementary School, and on the same street as EMS and fire department. Cleveland Mayor Pat Phifer opened the ceremony with a welcome to those in attendance and a word of thanks to the veterans who were there, telling them he didn’t know how to thank them enough and that because of what they have done, he gets to be him.
Rhino Times · Greensboro, NC
Nearby: Greensboro, NCBrought to you by the Rhino Times The Good Book says, “Ask and you shall receive,” and, while that might be true regarding the Lord Almighty, it did not turn out to be true of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners when school system leaders asked for $5.3 million in new money during a Thursday afternoon, Nov. 5 work session in the third-floor conference room of the county-owned Truist Building in downtown Greensboro. Just two days earlier, North Carolina voters had approved a constitutional amendment requiring state lawmakers to limit how much local governments can increase their property tax collections. At the end of Thursday’s discussion, Guilford County Manager Victor Isler said the property tax amendment was the reason he recommended against granting the $5.3 million request from Guilford County Schools.
Rhino Times · Greensboro, NC
Nearby: Greensboro, NCBrought to you by the Rhino Times Guilford County will set aside 70 seconds on Wednesday, Nov. 18 – one for each of the 70 people who died during the county’s 2025-26 fiscal year and whose remains went unclaimed. The silence will be part of Guilford County’s first memorial service for its unclaimed deceased. The county’s Department of Social Services and Register of Deeds Office are holding the service from 11 a.m. to noon at First Baptist Church at 1000 W. Friendly Ave. in Greensboro. The county describes the gathering as an interfaith, non-denominational service. Plans include live music, prayers and reflections from several faith traditions and an honor guard from the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office. The service will also recognize first responders and other public servants who regularly encounter death and loss in their work.
Rhino Times · Greensboro, NC
Nearby: Greensboro, NCBrought to you by the Rhino Times Greensboro’s latest housing report includes some big numbers: more than 4,900 homes in the development pipeline, eight approved developments that could generate more than $100 million in community investment and $1.83 million in down-payment assistance. However, perhaps the most remarkable number in the report is 1,074. That’s how many days one patient spent in the hospital before a partnership with The Servant Center finally made it possible for her to leave. The City of Greensboro’s Housing and Neighborhood Development Department released its 2025-26 Annual Report this week, offering a look at efforts ranging from new apartment construction to home repairs and assistance for people facing homelessness. The report also provides a useful distinction for residents following Greensboro’s ambitious Road to 10,000 Homes initiative: Housing in the pipeline is different from housing that’s ready for someone to move into.
Rhino Times · Greensboro, NC
Nearby: Greensboro, NCBrought to you by the Rhino Times Hagan Stone Park has been closed since a September storm left behind fallen trees, debris and dangerous limbs – and now Guilford County is putting $750,000 toward making the park safe again. At an afternoon work session on Thursday, November 5, in the third-floor conference room of the county-owned Truist building in downtown Greensboro, the Guilford County Board of Commissioners approved the initial funding for stabilizing the site and beginning recovery work. The board also authorized contracts for storm-related tree removal and hazardous tree mitigation, along with the necessary budget amendments. However, the approval doesn’t come with a reopening date. County staff still need to determine the extent of the remaining restoration work and what it will take to safely welcome visitors back. Assistant County Manager Jim Albright and Parks and Recreation Director Dwight Godwin walked commissioners through the damage and the proposed recovery effort.
Rhino Times · Greensboro, NC
Nearby: Greensboro, NCBrought to you by the Rhino Times If you want to know when you can turn on your lawn sprinkler in Greensboro, check your garbage collection schedule. With drought conditions continuing to drain the city’s water supplies, Greensboro moved to Stage 2 mandatory irrigation restrictions on Tuesday, November 3. For most customers, that means sprinklers can run just once a week – on their scheduled city garbage collection day. The city isn’t officially calling it “Defcon 2.” It’s Stage 2 under Greensboro’s Water Shortage Response Plan. But the message to water customers is clear: The restrictions are mandatory. Enforcement begins Monday, November 9, giving customers a little time to adjust their watering habits. According to the city’s new announcement, the decision follows continued declines in storage levels across Greensboro’s three water reservoirs as severe drought conditions that began in 2025 persist. Greensboro did get a little rain on Thursday, November 5, but not a lot.
