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The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Board of Education approved a new teacher contract policy on Tuesday that includes both one- and four-year contracts.

Whether it was raising money for sick children or feeding the hungry, the 16 recipients of the Governor’s Volunteer Service Award proved Wednesday they are a dedicated bunch.

A Winston-Salem man was arraigned Wednesday on charges that he murdered a 2-year-old boy who had bite marks on his body and severe head injuries.

Winston-Salem officials will be sending out bulky-item collection notices as soon as possible, city officials said Wednesday, citing complaints from residents who didn't realize the collections were already under way.

Tours of the Designer Showhouse at Greensboro's historic Julian Price house have been extended another week, to May 6.

Three years ago, Cagney Gentry and Thom Southerland were strangers.

Medical examiners did not find any of the bullets inside 18-year-old TyQuan Von Ricco Washington, who they said had three gunshot wounds to his torso and one to his left, upper arm.

A strong smell of gas was discovered Wednesday in a first-floor room within the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce building, authorities said.

Parkinson Power Moves: 10-11 a.m. and 5:30-6:30 p.m. today at Medical Plaza Miller, 131 Miller St. Exercise class for people with Parkinson’s disease. Led by a LRT/CTRS Certified PWR!Moves instructor. The cost will be $10 a class. Participants are required…

Three days after the members of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Winston-Salem discovered their church vandalized, they and other faith leaders came together Wednesday to talk about fellowship and denounce racism.