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WSSU student pushing for unique business venture to take off (pictured above:  Ram Connect founder Chinaemeze Kelsey Okoro (center) with Quentin Slade (left) and Kyle Brown.) As Greensboro native Chinaemeze Kelsey Okoro prepares for his...

(pictured above: Lakeisha Braxton (left) and State Rep. Evelyn Terry (right) pose with Luis Caraballo, Juanita Ramsey, Jelisa Workman and Carmen Toledo.) Paper grocery bags colorfully decorated with environmentally-friendly images and messages...

Tomorrow, I will complete my tenure as a reporter for The Winston-Salem Chronicle, and close out a chapter in my career as a community journalist that has spanned the better part of decade. As I prepare to take my new post as a program officer...

For his lifetime service to the community, Michael “Mike” Aiken will receive this year’s Bill J. Leonard Distinguished Service Award Pro Fide Et Humanitate from the Wake Forest University School of Divinity. Aiken, who graduated from Wake Forest...

Personal stories highlight YWCA initiative (pictured above: Gateway YWCA Board Member LaShonda Hairston speaks on the history of the Historic Oak Grove School.) The Gateway YWCA took its annual Stand Against Racism initiative to Historic Oak...

(pictured above:  Attendees will hear from Derwin Montgomery.) The Winston Lake Family YMCA will present its 17th Annual Black Achievers in Business & Industry Awards Gala on Thursday, May 8 at 6:30 p.m. at Greater Cleveland Avenue Christian...

UNCG Chief of Staff Bonita J. Brown has been included in the 2014 class of “Women in Business” honorees, an accolade presented by the Triad Business Journal to recognize women of excellence and influence. Brown brought significant experience...

Fansler for School Board To the Editor: Katherine Fansler for School Board At-Large – many people who have met her already realize that she is exactly the type of school board member we need at this time. “Kathie” is well qualified because she...

Project pushes students to eschew environmentally-toxic plastic shopping bags (pictured above:  Hundreds of students take part in the Earth Day demonstration.) To celebrate Earth Day, Cook Elementary School students showed – in dramatic fashi...

Long-running program helps young people zero-in on careers (pictured above: Career Skill participants (left to right, front row) Carrigan Moore, Danielle Basinger, Jada Penn, Jordan Jessup, Keiyara Leak, Nya Chandler, (middle row) Ryan Horton,...

Three complete juvenile drug treatment program (pictured above: Reclaiming Futures graduate Tamayia Wilson (left) is greeted by Judge Camille Banks-Payne, Sen. Earline Parmon and City Council Member DD Adams (right).) Reclaiming Futures Juvenile...

(pictured above: Chapter leaders Gladys Wilson, financial secretary, Charette Guthrie, recording secretary, Elizabeth Newton, first vice president, Lisa Smith, president, Camille French, second vice president and Shareka Brown, corresponding...

Local push made for last minute ACA signees (pictured above:  Jane Dougherty (left) talks with Kim Poe at the Democratic headquarters last month.) Just hours before the enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act officially closed, a handful...

(pictured above: new queen Rhonda Johnson gets prepared to be crowned.) Members of the Brown Alumni Chapter of Winston-Salem State University celebrated the organization’s 63rd anniversary by making an investment in the institution’s future...

A film by students at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts could earn a $5,000 donation for the School of Filmmaking. “Because We Have To” is one of six finalists for the Sprite Films competition. Written and directed by Lucian...

The altruism of Miricale McKoy, an eight-year-old second grader at Middle Fork Elementary School, has earned the love of the community. Born premature, her name was aptly earned. She has blossomed into a miracle child with a huge heart, great...

Book sharing program aims to bond neighbors (pictured above: President Sandra Stinson (second from left) celebrates the library’s opening with fellow Neal Place residents.) They’re little, but their ability to bring communities closer together...

Former Schools chief challenging Commissoner Mark Baker Dr. Don Martin, the former superintendent of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, is hoping to serve county residents in a new capacity this year. Martin, who retired in 2013 after serving...