Linda Jackson Barnes

Woman of the Year The busiest man in Winston-Salem couldn’t hold such a distinctive title without the city’s busiest woman by his side to help guide his way. We all know three-term Mayor Allen Joines; fewer of us are familiar with his longtime...

Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright likened those who alter, edit or redact the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to the Pharisees in chapter nine of John who created their own version of events rather than accepting a blind man’s claim that he was...

Rev. Jeremiah Wright is expected to preach on the importance of faith and good deeds Saturday at The Chronicle’s 28th Annual Community Service Awards Gala at the Benton Convention Center. Wright, pastor emeritus of Chicago’s Trinity United...

Nineteen plaques will be handed out Saturday, March 23 at The Chronicle’s 28th Annual Community Service Gala. Accepting them will be well-deserving local men and women whose contributions have created a better city, state, nation and, in some...

The 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 Man of the...