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Housing Authority honors heroes
The first-ever Winston-Salem Housing Authority Heroes celebration was held Tuesday during the monthly meeting of the agency’s Board of Commissioners. The Housing Authority showed its appreciation to employees and community partners who go above
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Center to probe minority youths’ disproportionate entanglements with justice system
Winston-Salem State University’s Center for Community Safety has been tapped to play an integral role in a statewide study that could change the conversation surrounding minorities in the juvenile justice system. The Center, which
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Motsinger: Fifth District voters want change
Over the last eight years, U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx has slaughtered a slew of Democrats who have challenged her for her Fifth District seat. Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School Board Member Elisabeth Motsinger is the latest
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Survivor’s Tale
Daughter’s death pushes woman to push for end to domestic violence Vernetta Cockerham is one of the countless faces of domestic violence. A few days before Thanksgiving in 2002, her estranged husband, Richard
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McCorkle lauded for breaking college’s color line
Fifty years ago, James McCorkle stepped onto the campus of Guilford College and forever changed the course of the school’s history. Last week, the Winston-Salem native and retired educator returned to his alma mater
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Thinking outside of one’s cultural box can save lives, say experts
A woman’s race, culture and religious beliefs can all impact her health and wellness, a group of experts said last week during The Maya Angelou International Women’s Health Summit at Forsyth Medical Center. The
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Center provides horseback therapy
On the ground, four year-old Ethan Lee sometimes faces challenges. But when he’s on the back of a horse at Riverwood Therapeutic Riding Center, Ethan – who suffers from a mild form of autism
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Tiny Vikings to host its first Pop Warner bowl games
The Winston-Salem Tiny Vikings are counting down the weeks until “Clash of the Jr. Pee Wee and Pee Wee Invitational Bowl.” For the very first time, the Vikings, a member of Pop Warner’s Northwest
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120 Years Later
WSSU kicking off yearlong slate of anniversary events tomorrow Winston-Salem State University will embark tomorrow on a yearlong celebration of its 120th anniversary. From its origins in a one-room schoolhouse, where founder Dr. Simon
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Watt loses many Forsyth constituents
Forsyth County residents who thought they were being represented in Washington, D.C. by U.S. Rep. Mel Watt may get a surprise on their ballot this election season. A highly controversial redistricting effort that the
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