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Thanksgiving has special meaning at soup kitchen
The Thanksgiving season has been difficult for Winston-Salem resident Antonio Steele. Early last week, Steele, a native of New Haven, Conn., said it would be the first Thanksgiving he would have to spend without
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Rodney remembered as community’s ‘moral compass’
Friends and loved ones of Rev. Dr. Cedric Rodney gathered at Home Moravian Church in Old Salem on Tuesday to bid goodbye to the cherished mentor, community servant and teacher. Rodney passed away on
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Y leader headed to BBBS
After five years at the helm of Winston Lake Family YMCA, Executive Director Shawan Gabriel is preparing to embark on a new career opportunity. Effective Dec. 17, Gabriel, a native of Charlotte, will become
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Cloud Lifted: Womble focusing on recovery now that he will not face criminal charges
State Rep. Larry Womble has been absolved of all responsibility in the Dec. 2, 2011 car collision that changed his life forever, ending a months-long ordeal for the longtime community servant. Womble was charged
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One to Watch
UNCSA student taking the world by storm Twenty-one-year-old Allan Washington’s performing arts career is going places, quite literally. Washington, a senior in the Drama School at the UNC School of the Arts, recently returned
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Civil Rights icon says practice ‘aggressive patience’
Hollis Watkins has been fighting for freedom for more than five decades. Watkins, the youngest of 12 children born to sharecroppers in Lincoln, Miss., became the first student from his state to join the
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Turkeypalooza
Wake Forest opens its heart for Thanksgiving Four hundred area residents were the beneficiaries of home cooked meals this Thanksgiving season, thanks to the generosity of Wake Forest University students and staff. More than
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Eyewitness to History
When it comes to the integration of the University of Mississippi, Winston-Salem State University Professor Dr. Robert Herring III is a walking history book. Herring, the son of an Ole Miss professor, was living
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Push ongoing for Sunday WSTA service
Mayor Allen Joines says that he is still in talks with Forsyth Medical Center and Wake Forest Baptist Health about the possibility of the two hospitals helping to underwrite the cost of operating limited
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Half empty or half full: Local lawmakers pessimistic and optimistic about GOP gains in N.C.
The Republican Party further secured its stronghold on North Carolina after last week’s election. When the General Assembly opens its 2013 session in January, the GOP will hold 32 of the 50 seats in
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