US 220 widening project starts Monday

Sunday, May 13th, 2012, 9:28pm

Construction of a $96.2 million lane-widening project on a 13-mile stretch of US 220 is planned to start Monday.

The stretch from Horsepen Creek Road in Guilford County to the intersection of US 220 and NC 68 in Rockingham County will be expanded from two to four lanes.

Officials said they hope the expansion will relieve congestion and attract businesses to the area, especially Western Rockingham County. The 4-year-project is expected to be completed by December 2016.

Crews are starting to work and people headed that way tomorrow can expect to see orange cones along your drive.

Carey McClure lives on Laurinda Drive in Summerfield and said she sees bumper-to-bumper traffic everyday on US 220.

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Jewelry stolen during Reidsville home break-in

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Friday, May 11th, 2012, 2:26pm

REIDSVILLE, N.C. — Deputies are searching for whoever is responsible for stealing jewelry from an elderly woman’s home in Reidsville.

In a news release, deputies said the break-in happened in the 800 block of Cunningham Mill Road between 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Thursday.

No other information was provided.

Anyone with information about the burglary is asked to call the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office at (336) 634-3238 or Crimestoppers at 349-9683.

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Man dies in head-on crash near Reidsville

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Thursday, May 10th, 2012, 8:28am

A man died in a head-on crash on U.S. 29 Business near Reidsville on Tuesday.

According to the North Carolina Highway Patrol, David Louis Hunt, 21, was driving a 1994 Pontiac south on U.S. 29 Business around 6:30 a.m. when he crossed the center line and struck a 2003 Dodge Caravan head-on. A mother and her son were inside the van.

Hunt was killed in the accident.

The mother and son were taken to Moses Cone Hospital but are expected to make a full recovery.

According to GoDanRiver.com, the van caught fire as a result of the accident but witnesses were able to pull the mother and son from the vehicle.

No other information was made available.

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Reported Ku Klux Klan gathering takes place in Eden

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Wednesday, May 9th, 2012, 8:32am

EDEN, N.C. — Members of the Ku Klux Klan apparently held a gathering at the site of a former Sonic Drive-In Tuesday evening in Eden.

The Greensboro News & Record reported that five Klan members dressed in white robes waved signs at the vacant lot at 104 E. Harris Place.

The paper reported that police notified property owner David Dude and the members left after being told they did not have permission to be there.

Dude said he does not know what the demonstration was about, what was on the signs or how long it lasted, the paper reported.

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Youngest NC voters can’t cast ballot on Amendment One

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Tuesday, May 8th, 2012, 4:02pm

RALEIGH, N.C. — Some of North Carolina’s youngest voters are getting a chance to pick candidates for November’s general election, but they won’t be able to vote on the constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.

State elections director Gary Bartlett said Tuesday that officials have received less than a dozen complaints across the state from 17-year-old voters angry they did not get to vote on the marriage ban.

State law allows 17-year-olds to vote in primaries as long as they will be 18 by the general election in November. But Bartlett said those voters cannot cast a ballot on the amendment because that issue is being decided Tuesday.

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Missing miniature horse named ‘Spider-Man’ located in Reidsville

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Tuesday, May 8th, 2012, 10:44am

REIDSVILLE, N.C. — Authorities in Rockingham County said a miniature horse reported stolen last week was found in a nearby pasture.

Cortney Paige Wall, 20, told deputies last week her dark-brown, white-speckled mini horse named “Spider-Man” went missing from a small pasture on her property at 5645 N.C. Highway 65 on Monday.

Deputies said the horse was found in a pasture adjacent to Wall’s property.

The horse was unharmed. No charges were filed.

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Moderate turnout as voters decide on candidates, Amendment One

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Tuesday, May 8th, 2012, 7:21am

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina voting officials say turnout picked up in the final hours before the polls close in primaries across the state.

State elections director Gary Bartlett said Tuesday evening that turnout increased in the afternoon, especially in the mountains after the rain moved out of the eastern part of the state.

Bartlett says he thinks turnout could top the 37 percent that voted in the 2008 elections.

Bartlett says it has been a smooth day for voters overall and few problems have been reported.

A constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage is driving turnout, but North Carolina voters also are choosing nominees for governor, 13 congressional districts, nine of the 10 Council of State positions and dozens of General Assembly seats.

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