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A Forsyth County judge approved hiring a forensic accountant to aid the defense of two people accused of embezzling $3 million from a Winston-Salem businessman.

In observance of the Memorial Day holiday, the following closings and changes have been announced for Monday:

A Winston-Salem man fatally shot by a police officer in March had gunshot wounds to his torso and one of his arms, according to his death certificate.

One year ago today, a tornado with 125 mph winds tore through Camp Hanes, uprooting 12,000 trees, shredding buildings and tossing 5,000-pound heating and air-conditioning units into the air.

A Silver Alert has been issued for a teenage girl missing from Winston-Salem.

The Linn Cove Viaduct, which skirts Grandfather Mountain on the Blue Ridge Parkway, will not reopen on May 24, as parkway officials had hoped.

United Technologies Corp., the planned buyer of Rockwell Collins Inc., said Wednesday it projects to add 35,000 U.S. jobs as part of a five-year expansion initiative.

North Carolina drivers will, on average, pay more for unleaded gas this Memorial Day weekend than they've paid in the last four years, according to AAA Carolinas.

ELKIN — Authorities have arrested an Elkin man in connection with the death of an N.C. Highway Patrol trooper during a pursuit late Monday night.

Several dozen community members came to the city-county school board meeting Tuesday to demand a reallocation of bond money to build a new Ashley Academy for Cultural & Global Studies.