Commentary: Gun safety and public safety: We should not tolerate continued inaction
On May 26, just a few days before Memorial Day, North Carolina native Lieutenant Colonel Dominic Gaskin will take command of the 343rd Reconnaissance Squadron.
On May 21, 1865, over 800 enslaved people in the Village of Salem gathered at St. Philips to hear an announcement that would change their lives. On that day, General Orders No. 32 were read to the congregation which proclaimed that all enslaved people were free.
The history of Happy Hill, the first African American neighborhood in present day Winston-Salem, dates back more than 150 years, and to honor that history Old Salem has opened an exhibit that includes rare photos, stories, interviews, current research and memories of Happy Hill titled “Selections from Across the Creek.”
Busta’s Person of the Week: An online scam lured her into sex trafficking, but she broke free and is now helping others to heal
The West Forsyth Titans didn’t have to look far for their new boys basketball head coach. Former Atkins head coach Marlon Brim was introduced as the new head coach last week during a press conference.
Winston-Salem State University remains the first and only HBCU to have a motorsports management degree program. WSSU is now set to claim another monumental first. Sophomore Rajah Caruth will be the first professional driver in a NASCAR series to represent an HBCU.
SummerLark fundraiser for Comprehensive Cancer Center to feature musician Aloe Blacc
Twenty-five Carver High School students from Felecia Piggott-Long’s theatre arts classes and Austin Warner’s heath class participated in the “Black is Beautiful” fashion show on Thursday, May 12, in the school cafeteria.
