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Overall, 290 Forsyth residents have died of COVID-19, including nine reported so far for this week. DHHS' semiweekly report on cases and deaths at long-term care facilities, released Friday, shows three additional deaths at Homestead Hills Skills Nursing of Winston-Salem since Tuesday's report for a total of six. There also were two additional deaths at Brookridge Retirement Community of Winston-Salem for a total of seven, and two additional deaths at Salemtowne Babcock Health Center of Winston-Salem for a total of three. On Friday, 218 new cases were reported for Forsyth, raising the overall...

Wesley Young It took five hours and a front door blown off its hinges Monday morning to convince a 78-year-old Rural Hall man to surrender to authorities. The man had fired a rifle multiple times when a Forsyth County Sheriff’s deputy came by his house to check on a 911 hang-up call, authorities said. A caller abruptly hung up on 911 dispatchers about 7:37 a.m. Monday, and dispatchers got no answer when they tried to call back, according to Major Mark Elliott, who heads the enforcement bureau at the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy was dispatched to the house in...

Visit Winston-Salem has rolled out the latest in a long line of marketing campaigns, hoping the timing is right to appeal to tourists, conventions and sports groups that are cautiously inching forward in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic. The tourism agency released last week "Winston-Salem's Got You Covered," which blends a montage of local destination and hotel settings with a message emphasizing heightened safety measures to reassure travelers and guests. The campaign is aimed at state, regional and national meeting planners, along with more than 450 meeting and convention clients. Meeti...

Forsyth County now has the largest outbreak of cumulative COVID-19 cases among correctional facilities in North Carolina, according to the latest numbers from the N.C. Department of Health and Human

An additional 29 inmates at the Forsyth County Jail have tested positive for COVID-19 since the outbreak started in late November, according to the latest numbers from the N.C. Department