May 1—GUILFORD COUNTY — Attorneys and other members of the legal profession joined a new era in Guilford County this week with the local implementation of a modern-day digital system meant to handle court filings. Guilford County is one of 10 counties in the central and north-central sections of the state to join the eCourts […]
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Guilford County Board of Education reaches $3 million settlement in Dudley High School sex offense lawsuit
GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit against the Guilford County Board of Education regarding a now-convicted sex offender who worked at Dudley High School, according to Rhine Law Firm. Two plaintiffs, listed as Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2, and the Board of Education agreed to the […]
Guilford County court clerk is latest NC official to urge pause in eCourts launch
The elected clerk of one of North Carolina’s highest-volume courthouses has urged state officials to delay the “rushed” expansion of new technology designed to modernize the judicial system. In a four-page letter to the N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts, Guilford Clerk of Superior Court Lisa Johnson-Tonkins laid out a series of “grave concerns” about […]
Guilford court records going digital in April
Jan. 17—GUILFORD COUNTY — The court system in Guilford County will transition from paper files to the state’s new, cloud-based digital records-management system in late April, the N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts announced. The new system, called Enterprise Justice or simply eCourts, was launched in early 2023 with just four counties in the Raleigh […]