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Soul Food Revolution
Todd Luck March 15, 2013 0Both DAT’S Good Food and Simply Soul opened last year and have built up their customer bases one meal at a time. Sonya and Steve Waddell opened Simply Soul, 4339 South Main St., a
Read More »The AKAs Are Coming
Layla Garms March 15, 2013 0Organizers make final touches for upcoming regional gathering The ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. will be painting the town their trademark pink and green next month. More than 2,500 AKAs are expected
Read More »Eller’s friends and family proud of his many achievements
Layla Garms March 15, 2013 0City native Carl “Moose” Eller received more than a few accolades over the course of his storied 15-year NFL career. A first round draft pick in 1964, the Atkins High School alumnus was selected
Read More »Theatre Festival season kicked off
Layla Garms March 14, 2013 0Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins and NAACP Image Award winner Dorien Wilson have been tapped to serve as celebrity co-chairs at this year’s National Black Theatre Festival. Officials from the North Carolina Black Repertory
Read More »Homeowners pin hopes on lawmaker’s revaluation legislation
Todd Luck March 14, 2013 0The Ministers Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity has joined the call to action over the countywide dip in property values. Ministers are supporting a multi-pronged plan that includes asking local residents to appeal their
Read More »Burr measure calls for March 29th ‘Vietnam Veterans Day’
WS Chronicle March 13, 2013 0U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, a North Carolina Republican and the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, has introduced a resolution to honor veterans who served in Vietnam by designating March 29
Read More »Community service honors will feature Rev. Jeremiah Wright
WS Chronicle March 12, 2013 1The leader of the unstoppable Winston-Salem State University football program and the mayor’s right-hand woman have been selected to receive the top honors at this year’s Chronicle Community Service Awards Gala. Coach Connell Maynor’s
Read More »Marker to immortalize Reynolds union
Layla Garms March 10, 2013 0Twenty years before the now-famous March on Washington, workers in Winston-Salem were fighting for their rights through Local 22 of the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural, and Allied Workers-Congress of Industrial Organizations (FTA-CIO). Local 22 was
Read More »Community helps end fresh food deserts
Layla Garms March 9, 2013 0If the Dreamland Park community is a food desert, then Attorney S. Wayne Patterson and his wife Tamica want their Attucks Street shop to be an oasis. The couple’s Rebecca’s Store Grocery & More
Read More »GOP leader questions president’s faith, agenda
Layla Garms March 9, 2013 0Felice Pete, president of the Wake County Republican Women, told local residents that she’s long taken heat for being black and Republican. She “came out” as a Republican when she was an undergrad at
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