Lexington

Lexington leaders are trying to find out more about the enslaved people who were buried in unmarked graves in the city-run cemetery. 

Lexington City Manager Terra Greene has told city officials that she is stepping down this year.

The North Carolina Barbecue Festival returns to Lexington Saturday after a two-year COVID-19-related hiatus.

People angered by the U.S. Supreme Court's abortion ruling took to the streets over the weekend in cities and small towns across North Carolina. 

Nucor, one of the world's largest steel producers, is coming to Davidson County where it will generate at least 180 jobs. Lexington will be home to a new micro mill steel plant.

Charles Moose, who earned national recognition during the Washington, D.C. sniper killings has died.

Jim Snyder, a leading conservative voice in Davidson County for decades, has died.

Organizers have called off this year's Lexington Barbecue Festival for the second year in a row.

The filing period for most of the state's municipal elections begins Friday.