Kara Peters

3 weeks ago | wxii12.com | Kara Peters

Forsyth County commissioners will hold a detailed budget workshop Thursday to review their proposed budget for the 2026 fiscal year. For several months, district and county leaders have been considering a new formula to determine when and how local money goes to Winston-Salem/Forsyth County schools. Forsyth County manager Shontell Robinson assures teachers, parents and community members, it is a positive approach. "The intent of the funding formula is 100% positive," Robinson said.

3 weeks ago | wxii12.com | Kara Peters

Winston-Salem Forsyth county board members decided what they'd like their budget to look like for the upcoming school year. The board voted 7-2 to ask county commissioners for $180 million to go towards their next fiscal year budget. The school system must also save an additional $13 million next year. Superintendent Tricia McManus presented a proposed budget of $615 million. That includes $180 million from the county, $385 million from the state and $50 million from federal funds.

3 weeks ago | keyt.com | Kara Peters

By Kara PetersClick here for updates on this story    WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (WXII) — A Triad firefighter is sharing an unseen danger of the job after he was recently diagnosed with a type of skin cancer. “Everybody thinks they’re 7-feet tall and bulletproof until you’re told otherwise,” Edward Duffield said, battalion chief of training for the Winston-Salem Fire Department. He’s served with the fire department for 27 years, but has called himself a firefighter for more than 45.

3 weeks ago | wxii12.com | Kara Peters

A Triad firefighter is sharing an unseen danger of the job after he was recently diagnosed with a type of skin cancer. "Everybody thinks they're 7-feet tall and bulletproof until you're told otherwise," Edward Duffield said, battalion chief of training for the Winston-Salem Fire Department. He's served with the fire department for 27 years, but has called himself a firefighter for more than 45. He said his doctor noticed an unusual spot on his body during a routine skin screening in March.

4 weeks ago | wdbj7.com | Kara Peters

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WXII) – A man was killed and his fiancée was seriously injured when they were hit by a vehicle while changing a tire on the side of a highway in North Carolina. Christopher Hammonds and his fiancée Lisa, whose last name wasn’t given, were changing a flat tire on U.S. 29 in Greensboro on May 2. Police said they were pulled over on the shoulder and had their hazard lights on. Police said another vehicle ran off the roadway and struck the couple and their vehicle.