Guilford County

Debra Donahue will be bringing more than 25 years of experience to the Forsyth County Department of Social Services’ executive director job she starts Monday. She was chosen by unanimous vote last month by the DSS board after a weeks long...

Praying residents surround jail (pictured above:  Participants join hands and pray in front of the Forsyth County Law Enforcement Detention Center.) Hundreds of people surrounded the Forsyth County Law Enforcement Detention Center last Friday...

(pictured above:  U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan addresses the crowd at the Benton Convention Center.) U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan on Saturday stumped through the Community Service Awards Gala, an annual event sponsored by The Chronicle, delivering a short message...

(pictured above:  Ann Petitjean speaks at a pro-teachers rally last year.) Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education has decided to offer qualifying teachers raises in exchange for foregoing their tenure. That method is different from the...

State Rep. Alma Adams has earned the endorsement of the N.C. Association of Educators. Adams, a veteran elected official who has represented Guilford County in the N.C. House for more than a decade, is one of several Democrats vying to win the...

Keva Brooks Napper’s own struggle with Lupus inspired her to start Beautiful Butterflies,  a nonprofit that assists other’s living with the autoimmune disease. Lupus causes the body to attack its own immune system, causing inflammation that can...

With U.S. Rep. Mel Watt’s confirmation last week to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency, there will soon be a new face representing the state’s 12th Congressional District for the first time in 20 years – and there’s no shortage of...

By Kim Underwood WS/FC Schools Forest Park Principal Falicia Fuller headed off to college knowing that she wanted a career helping others. At first, she thought that meant becoming a nurse. She soon realized, though, that she wanted to devote...

A national report probes the problems that historically black colleges and universities face, as there is new talk in North Carolina of consolidating some of the state’s public HBCUs. In “Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Facing the...

Tick-borne illnesses, including Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and others, pose a special health threat to children, particularly during the peak tick-activity months of June and July, said Marcia E. Herman-Giddens, child and family...

Former Ashley IB Elementary School Principal Robert Ash is now leading Speas Elementary School and will soon be replaced at Ashley by Mark Hairston, the principal of Philo-Hill Magnet Academy. Ash had served as principal of Ashley since 2009. He...

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 Housing Summit on Feb. 21 at the...

The man behind the success of Winston-Salem’s Quality Education Academy (QEA) is putting his weight behind  another charter school. The College Preparatory and Leadership Academy of High Point, or The Point, opened in August, becoming one of the...