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Making us laugh comes naturally for homegrown talent
Every time city native Jeremy “JJ” Johnson hits the field at BB&T Ballpark, he is one step closer to achieving his dream of becoming a household name. As the entertainment co-host for the Winston-Salem
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NBTF season begins in earnest Monday
The countdown until Winston-Salem again becomes “Black Theatre Holy Ground” will soon begin. The North Carolina Black Repertory Company, which produces the National Black Theatre Festival that long ago earned the city that moniker,
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Statewide NAACP tour coming to Winston
The Twin City will host leaders from the NC NAACP and their partners next week as part of the Forward Together Movement Local Organizing Tour. Forsyth County will be 20th in the 25-stop tour,
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New garden to offer many community-friendly benefits
Latch Key, Inc. broke ground Friday on its East Winston Community Garden on Bramble Brook Lane, near Alpha And Omega Church. The youth enrichment nonprofit is using land owned by the City of Winston-Salem
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Looking Back
Residents point to significant local black history events over the last 100 years The city’s four-day Centennial Celebration, which began today (Thursday, May 9) has been cause for much reflection, as members of the
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CIAA commissioner impressed by Rams’ achievements
The CIAA’s first full-time female commissioner made a stop in the Twin City last week to congratulate Winston-Salem State University on its athletic and academic accomplishments. Jacque Carpenter gave high praise to WSSU during
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Honor for First Family of Tennis
Before Venus and Serena, there were the Archies, and here in the Twin City, the family was legendary. The late Charles and Ella Ruth’s nine-member brood were known for their prowess on the court
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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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Watt loses many Forsyth constituents
Forsyth County residents who thought they were being represented in Washington, D.C. by U.S. Rep. Mel Watt may get a surprise on their ballot this election season. A highly controversial redistricting effort that the
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