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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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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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.

Polls closed at 7:30 p.m.
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This article was provided by The Associated Press Wire. (Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Rockingham sheriff in Washington to discuss immigration

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Monday, May 7th, 2012, 10:08am

ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, N.C. — Sheriff Sam Page will return to Washington, D.C. on Monday to once again address Congressional Leaders on issues surrounding illegal immigration.

Each year the Federation for American Immigration Reform sponsors an event in Washington, D.C. providing an opportunity for elected officials and others to meet with Congressional members to discuss the current and future U.S. Immigration policies.

“I hope that my visit this week to Washington D.C. will contribute somehow to the solutions to problems that are affecting our National Security,” Page said in a news release. “I appreciate this opportunity to serve and represent all of the citizens of Rockingham County.”

This is Page’s third visit to Washington, D.C. in the past year.

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Campaigns work on last day before primary (sample ballots)

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Monday, May 7th, 2012, 7:39am

RALEIGH, N.C. — Candidates in hundreds of North Carolina primary elections have one more day to try to persuade voters they’re the right choice.

Monday also marks the last full day of campaigning on both sides of the marriage amendment on Tuesday’s primary ballots as well. Religious leaders and clergy who support the constitutional amendment planned rallies Monday in Charlotte, Raleigh and Greensboro. Ministers opposing the amendment held a large rally Sunday in the Triad.

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Mini horse reported stolen in Reidsville

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Tuesday, May 1st, 2012, 11:30am

REIDSVILLE, N.C. — Authorities in Rockingham County are on the lookout for a miniature horse believed to be stolen.

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

Wall believes the horse was stolen, deputies said.

Deputies are now asking anyone with information about the mini horse to call detectives at (336) 634-3238 or Animal Control at (336) 634-3232.

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