Here's your local news at a glance for Friday, the 9th of October.
Good morning, Greensboro.
16-year-old Lena (in foster care) hopes to join a forever family in Greensboro.
Her Child Focused Recruiter at Children's Home Society is actively finding an adoptive home as Lena dreams of college and a future in social work (her goal).
Parkdale Inc.'s subsidiary Parkdale Advanced Materials Inc. has taken full ownership of Ciclo technology (its two plants in the Triad and northwest supporting the operations).
The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help finding 65-year-old Frederick Harold Lahr, who was reported missing Sept.
24 after he was last seen walking southbound on Edgemore Road toward Pisgah Church Road in Greensboro.
Joey Chestnut hosted a hot dog eating contest at the Carolina Classic Fair’s Busch Beer Garden on Thursday.
Professor Joel Karty won by eating a record 13.5 hot dogs while Chestnut also joined a special challenge with WXII 12 News Lanie Pope.
Naiyana Thues, a UNCG graduate and kindergarten teacher, published her children’s book Crowned in Magic to encourage confidence and self-worth in young readers.
The book is already being used in classrooms + paired with activity packs to support early learners.
Residents in Clemmons opposing a proposed asphalt plant learned that an operative in their group secretly worked as a consultant for companies opposing development (Lisa Sorg reported this on Oct.
8) while many now feel betrayed despite the campaign growing stronger.
The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office closed Piedmont Cemetery Tuesday amid an investigation into complaints of high grass and poor upkeep (the cemetery is managed by National Vault Services, Inc.), and officials ask families to retain records of plot agreements from Jan.
1, 2019.
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