http://www.yesweekly.com/articles.sec-235-1-dirt.html A Guilford County jury found a private security officer not guilty of injury to personal property last week, but was deadlocked over whether the defendant assaulted a member of the Latin Kings street organization at Greensboro's primary transportation hub in July 2008. ]]> The 10-foot by 20-foot mobile billboard parked in front of the Forsyth County Hall of Justice on Nov. 13 spelled out the crux of Ray Rogers' legal defense in response to charges levied by Reynolds American that the 65-year-old president of Corporate... ]]> At age 19, Calvin LaFrance got involved in a fight "that went terribly wrong" and he wound up being convicted of second-degree murder. Ten years later, LaFrance is serving out his sentence at Forsyth Correctional Center in Winston- Salem. LaFrance said he's experienced a change of heart during his years of incarceration. ]]> Paul Bermanzohn, Sally Bermanzohn and Willena Cannon (l-r), all survivors of the 1979 Klan-Nazi shootings in Greensboro's Morningside Homes, sing "Lift Every Voice and Sing" at the beginning of a ceremony to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the incident. ]]> The day after her electoral defeat, Johnson appeared at a ceremony to commemorate the 1979 Klan-Nazi killings in a stoic but sad state. Leaving New Light Missionary Baptist Church, she said, "A lot of people have come to me and said, 'We failed you and we didn't do what we could have done. ]]> During the Greensboro election campaign every one of the at-large candidates and those seeking district seats representing the city's east side have pledged to not reopen the White Street Landfill to municipal solid waste, an initiative pushed by retiring Councilman Mike Barber. ]]> Author Jerry Bledsoe (left), lawyer Seth Cohen (center) and Rhinoceros Times Editor John Hammer left a Guilford County courtroom on Tuesday after a Wilkes County judge said he would take three weeks to consider arguments in a defamation lawsuit filed by two black officers. ]]> Kill Knight, a retired certified public accountant, defeated one-term incumbent Yvonne Johnson in Greensboro%uFFFDs mayoral race, a stunning upset, on Tuesday. ]]> The Democratic city council candidates running for Winston-Salem City Council all won their races in Tuesday's general election. In the closely contested races, Democrats Dan Besse, Wanda Merschel, and Molly Leight all pulled out victories. ]]> Mayor Yvonne Johnson has been known to show up for a neighborhood celebration, plop down in a chair with a child on her lap and observe the proceedings. Her Greensboro constituents are typically grateful to her for lending her presence. She'll return a reporter's phone call after 9 p. ]]> Bill Knight, a 71-year-old retired certified public accountant who is challenging Yvonne Johnson for mayor, recalled that he would meet his best friend and former running buddy, David Williams, at Port City Java before his friend died. ]]> Lila Jordan, a 43-year-old resident of south Greensboro, passed a bullhorn among a dozen or so demonstrators on Green Valley Road outside of Sen. ]]> Boyett cornered Guilford County Commissioner John Parks at a recent reception held for political candidates by the Triad Real Estate Building Industries Coalition, and asked him what it would take to beat Wade. ]]> Trudy Wade, the incumbent candidate for Greensboro City Council in District 5, has missed three candidate forums. The two most recent fell on a week she was out of town for professional training. That doesn't appear to have bothered constituents in the city's southwest rim, who have turned to her for help with everything from crime and parks to traffic. ]]> More than 900 employees of Dell%uFFFDs Winston- Salem desktop computer manufacturing plant will lose their jobs over the next several months following the computer maker%uFFFDs announcement that it will shut down the facility in January 2010. ]]> President Reagan%uFFFDs former principal advisor on the Soviet Union warned of a growing threat from China, calling upon the United States to ramp up intelligence operations around the world and contain terrorist threats in remarks at a luncheon attended by about 300 affluent women at the Greensboro Country Club on Oct. ]]>