The Castle Heights neighborhood is one of the target areas of the Place Matters initiative for the United Way of Forsyth County. Throughout Black History Month, the United Way will feature a resident of one of their target area neighborhoods and this week it was the Sudler family’s turn to share their story.
The Phoenix are currently on a 16-game winning streak as of the writing of this article and are poised to not only win their conference, but to also make a deep run in the playoffs this year.
Two members of the First Waughtown Baptist Church (FWBC) Teens of Purpose (ToP) college/career preparatory ministry were among eight scholarship recipients in the 21st annual Martin Luther King Social Action Committee (MLK-SAC) Oratorical Contest held on Saturday, Jan. 29. Each of the contestants addressed the theme No More Business as Usual.
Fears of an explosion forced local firefighters and thousands of residents to evacuate the area on Monday night, after a fire broke out at the Winston Weaver Company fertilizer plant located on Cherry Street.