With less than two weeks until the primary election on May 17, last week some of the candidates vying for seats in the U.S. Senate and N.C. General Assembly came together to discuss their views on the future of the state during a nonpartisan forum held at the Winston-Salem Urban League.
Since 2018 Rally Up Winston-Salem, a local grassroots organization geared toward ending street and gang violence, has done its part to make Winston-Salem a safer place. And at a place in time where gun violence is at an all time high, last weekend members of the organization took to the streets to call for the violence to stop.
During the summer, students can lose up to 25% of what they learned in the school year. To help combat this issue, the United Way of Forsyth County recently held a summer camp fair at the Salvation Army Citadel that addressed the learning loss issue. Many of these camps are still accepting students.
Marc Raye Jr. is not the biggest kid on the court, but the size of his heart cannot be measured. The Reynolds’ senior is one of the fiercest competitors in the area and that has enabled him to earn a scholarship to play basketball next year at Elizabeth City State University (ECSU).