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Churches feed North Hills students and their families
Dozens of North Hills Elementary students left school with a little something extra in their book bags Friday. The school – where 99 percent of students receive free and reduced-price lunch – partnered with
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Program for active seniors seeks newcomers
Eighty-five-year-old Sarah Brooks is one of hundreds of local seniors getting ready for this year’s Piedmont Plus Senior Games. Brooks has played in the games for the last two decades, accumulating too many medals
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Local advocates troubled by singers’ reconciliation
Singers Rihanna and Chris Brown have seemingly moved on from their violent past and rekindled their relationship. The couple was photographed enjoying a Los Angeles Lakers game on Christmas Day, and both celebrities posted
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Protestors target gun show
Gun owners say they are not the problem. Protestors say enough is enough. Both viewpoints were highly visible Sunday at a gun show put on by Blacksburg, Va.-based C&E Gun Shows Inc. at the
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Local businesses pleased with holiday sales
Business owners say they’ve reaped the benefits of a strengthening economy and a push to get local residents to support businesses in their own backyard. The Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce has been one of
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Grocer helps church fight hunger in Southeast Winston
Whole Man Ministries’ food pantry program started 2013 off with a bang, thanks to a donation from the Food Lion Charitable Foundation. Store Manager John Martin presented a $3,500 check from the Foundation –
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NC GOVERNOR PARDONS THE WILMINGTON TEN
By Cash Michaels Special to the NNPA from the Wilmington Journal [RALEIGH, NC] In what civil rights leaders across the nation are calling a “significant” moment in the civil rights movement, North Carolina Governor
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The Lincoln Way
At annual emancipation ceremony, elected officials vow to work with those across the aisle for greater good Community leaders paid homage to the past and looked to the future Tuesday, during a spirited celebration
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Winning is Parkland’s ’13 resolution
Parkland’s junior varsity basketball team used the latter days of December to get a head start on a New Year’s resolution to turn their season around. The Mustangs lost their first nine games of
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Kin of murder victims wish for different sort of resolution
It’s been nearly seven years since 13-year-old Isaiah Brooks left his home in the LaDeara Crest community to go to the candy store and never returned. The body of the boy, who was known
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