The city of Greensboro is officially 200 years old and the commemoration of the Gate City's bicentennial wrapped up Saturday with a birthday party and parade.

The Guilford County Department of Public Health says they have 17 confirmed cases of the virus at the Academy of Lincoln School in Greensboro.

The ribbon was cut Saturday on the Jiggs Askew Bark Park. The dog park is named for the late former president of the Alamance Kennel Club.

President George W. Bush will be in North Carolina on Thursday when he visits with troops from Fort Bragg for All-American week. This will mark the president's fourth visit to Fort Bragg.

A man was stabbed early Saturday morning at Club Rumba and suffered non-life-threatening injuries. A 28-year-old man is charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill.

Each year, more than 70,000 people come to downtown Raleigh to enjoy the Artsplosure outdoor festival, which features arts, crafts and live music.

Friends, family and other mourners held a memorial service Saturday at Chapel Hill High School for Irina Yarmolenko, the UNCC student found dead earlier this month in Mount Holly.

More than 1,600 Johnson and Wales culinary students traded their aprons and chef spoons for caps and gowns Saturday. Nearly 550 of them received their four-year degrees.

You can make this great tasting pasta salad with homegrown plants and vegetables right in your back yard. Or head to the grocery store and this recipe is about as easy as they come.

In the last 25 years, the prevalence of obesity in this country has more than doubled. And as our society has grown in pounds, portion sizes have grown in unwanted calories.

Camellias, azaleas and a lot of our other evergreen shrubs can get strange yellow discoloration on the leaves. Don't worry, that just means the leaves are getting ready to fall.