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Police said a man fatally shot early Wednesday morning was at a vacant Winston-Salem house used for drugs and gambling.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.— Karthik Nemmani of McKinney, Texas, has been declared champion of the 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee, winning on the word “koinonia.”

Forsyth County commissioners received more details Thursday on a proposed $433.9 million budget for fiscal 2018-19, which is up 2 percent from fiscal 2017-18.

Palmetto Theater of Walnut Cove Motorcycle & Car Show: 6 p.m. today on Main Street, Walnut Cove. For more information, call 336-591-5400.

Two researchers from Winston-Salem State University are playing a role in helping preserve the numbers of North American monarch butterflies.

A $7 million grant to reduce the traffic troubles expected from Business 40 construction is among new items the Winston-Salem City Council is considering as it moves toward adopting the 2018-19 city budget.

THOMASVILLE — A bank robbery in Rowan County led to a chase and an officer-involved shooting in Thomasville on Thursday afternoon, according to Salisbury police.

Dan Besse and Donny Lambeth aren’t holding back in their contest for N.C. House District 75, as Besse used a morning news conference to blast Lambeth and state Republicans for failure to expand Medicaid, and Lambeth called Besse “Sanctuary City…

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has fired Paige Patterson entirely — after previously demoting him — over his handling of a sexual abuse case at seminary where he previously served, according to a statement released Wednesday.

SUMMERFIELD — With the chaos here these days, not even the structure of town government is safe anymore.