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Greensboro barber wins $1 million
Teddy Williamson, a barber from Greensboro, plans to use the $1 million prize he won playing the lottery to purchase a new home. He is the third and final player to win $1 million
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SSAAH to honor local pastors at annual gathering
Dr. Harold Martin, chancellor of North Carolina A&T State University, will be the keynote speaker at the Society for the Study of Afro-American History for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County’s annual banquet. It will be held Friday,
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For Seniors Only! Senior Spotlight: Sam Barbee
When and where were you born? Forsyth County, June 7, 1954, but grew up in Wilmington – a regular beach bum. What did you want to be growing up? Who said I wanted
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WSSU students receive full-ride Army/ROTC scholarships
The U.S. Army presented Winston-Salem State University students Cadet Kevin Lovell Malone Jr. and Cadet Breanna E. Miller with $46,500 ROTC scholarships during the recent CIAA Basketball Tournament in Charlotte. Born and raised in
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Panel sees housing improvements
Local real estate professionals say they finally see some light at the end of what has been a very long tunnel. Professionals from across the Piedmont Triad attended Wharton Gladden’s Second Annual North Carolina
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Daniel’s Prayer of Faith
Devotional Reading: James 5:13-18 Lesson Scripture: Daniel 9:4-19 Lesson Aims: To summarize the components of Daniel’s prayer; own up to your sins individually and collectively; pray with a humble heart; and always trust God
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Have Your Say Without the Insults
Political civility is dead. We know: that’s not news to anyone. We were reminded by Felice Pete of just how uncivil – and uncivilized, to some extent – folks are these days. The Wake
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Health care giant to undergo rebranding of facilities
Novant Health has unveiled a strategic plan to unify all of its facilities under the umbrella name, Novant Health. Formed in 1997, Novant Health has grown from four to 13 acute care facilities, more
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Marker to immortalize Reynolds union
Twenty 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
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GOP leader questions president’s faith, agenda
Felice 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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