BREAKING TUES. P.M.: Mold assessment of ABSS schools will delay school openings across Alamance...
BREAKING TUES. P.M.: The Alamance-Burlington School System is delaying the start of the 2023-2024 school year until September 5, 2023 (the day after Labor Day) to allow more time...
Possible mold contamination discovered at two more ABSS schools
Alamance-Burlington school system officials announced Monday that potential mold contamination was discovered at Broadview and Cummings over the weekend, after teachers returned to work on Friday in order to...
No. of ABSS schools with potential mold problem grows; fifth with possible problem: Williams...
Mold was discovered late Monday afternoon at a fifth school, Williams High School, Alamance-Burlington school officials announced late Monday evening.
Williams is the fifth ABSS school where mold has been...
Sheriff’s office warns of “get out of jail” scam
The Alamance County sheriff's office is alerting the public to a new scam, this one involving the Alamance County jail.
An individual claiming to work for the Detention Center is...
Burlington names interim fire chief
Burlington city manager Craig Honeycutt has named a longtime fire chief as the city's interim fire chief, while the city searches for a permanent replacement.
Ken Briscoe, who formerly headed...
Select Bank in Burlington robbed, subjected to bomb threat Mon. morning
Burlington's My Select Bank, at 166 Huffman Mill Road, was subject to an armed robbery that included a bomb threat Monday morning.
A male suspect entered the bank and demanded...
Burlington police investigating outbreak of five fires in East Burlington early Saturday morning ...
Burlington police are investigating a series of fires that appear to have been set between 2:00 to 6:00 a.m. early Saturday morning.
The first call came in around 2:40 a.m....
Mebane announces new police chief
Mebane city manager Chris Rollins has announced that he has hired a new police chief to succeed long-time chief Terry Caldwell, who announced his July retirement in January.
The new...
Sheriff’s investigation reveals that seven female students, ages 11 to 13, have accused SMS...
SMS principal now on administrative leave; publisher presses: "When were ABSS officials first made aware of student allegations of abuse?"; sister says brother "unjustly accused"
Alamance County sheriff Terry Johnson...
Fire department puts out smoldering fire under Amtrak train car at Burlington depot Wed....
The Burlington Fire Department responded to a possible passenger train fire Wednesday afternoon; a smoldering fire under one of the passenger cars was promptly extinguished after passengers had been...
