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Nearly 200 graduating seniors from Walkertown High School took part Friday in the time-honored tradition of walking across a stage when their name was called to receive their diploma, all in front of proud classmates, family members, teachers and friends.

Triad Chevy Club 24th Annual Car Show: 8 a.m.-3 p.m. today at Bill Black Chevrolet, 601 E. Bessemer Ave., Greensboro. For more information, call 336-588-2444.

A student at Glenn High School was arrested Friday after he was accused of assaulting a police officer at the school, authorities said.

A Winston-Salem man could be sentenced to death if found guilty of killing a Statesville father of three earlier this year, a Superior Court judge ruled Friday.

The N.C. Supreme Court has thrown out the death sentence for a Winston-Salem man convicted four years ago of beating his estranged wife, strangling her to death and then cutting off her head.

RALEIGH — North Carolina's highest court says legislators can shift substantial control over public schools that educate 1.5 million students to the elected superintendent.

A Winston-Salem man listed as an absconder by the N.C. Department of Public Safety is in the hospital after being shot by police Thursday night. The man was shot following an exchange of gunfire at multiple locations.

LEXINGTON — A Lexington man is in jail without bail accused of kidnapping a woman on Thursday.

All lanes of University Parkway are closed this morning between Bethabara Boulevard and North Point Boulevard.

A notice about rehearsals for the Shepherd’s Center Singers was listed under the wrong date in the Relish Events calendar on Thursday. Rehearsals for the chorus are 2-3 p.m. Tuesdays at The Shepherd’s Center, 1700 Ebert St.