James Taylor

The Winston-Salem City Council voted Monday to go forward with the sales of Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum to Wake Forest University and Bowman Gray Stadium to Winston-Salem State University. The Joel Coliseum vote was 5-2. (Council...

The City Council is considering a list of recommendations made by the Citizens’ Organizational Efficiency Review Committee (COERC) to increase the efficiency of city government while tightening purse strings. The nine member committee based its...

The crowd leapt to its feet at the Millennium Center Tuesday night when Elisabeth Motsinger took to the stage. Motsinger, a Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School Board member, lost her bid to boot Republican Virginia Foxx from the U.S. House Fifth...

When the Winston-Salem Chapter of the Black Panther Party was founded 43 years ago, the city was a very different place. Party members who fought for better conditions, services and treatment for African Americans  faced persecution, harassment...

Democrat Evelyn Terry and Republican Kris McCann are vying for the N.C. House of Representatives 71st District seat, which was left vacant when longtime State Rep. Larry Womble decided not to seek reelection. Whoever wins the seat in November,...

Good ol’ boys make bad columnists In a recent Facebook post, City Council Member James Taylor thanked those who have stood by him since the Winston-Salem Journal let the world know that he received a speeding ticket in Walnut Cove in July for...

Montgomery, Taylor believe colleagues should have supported new trial for Smith Winston-Salem’s two youngest City Council members are not pleased with their colleagues. Council Members Derwin Montgomery, 24, and James Taylor, 31, have both been...