Riding to Remember Fallen Officers
May 12, 2022More than three dozen Mecklenburg County law enforcement officers and friends rode into Greensboro on their way to Washington, D.C., in the 15th annual Bike to D.C. Ride of Honor to memorialize fallen officers. Stopping for break at Governmental Plaza, the 40 riders met with Greensboro Police Chief Brian James, members of the department’s command […]
Aggies show up and show out at Drake Relays
May 6, 2022DES MOINES, IA. – The North Carolina A&T men’s 4×100-meter relay team broke the meet record at the Drake Relays Friday to highlight an outstanding showing for the Aggies’ men’s and women’s outdoor track and field team at Drake Stadium. The Aggies 4×100 team of senior Tavarius Wright, junior Randolph Ross Jr., senior Daniel Stokes […]
The best Mother’s Day present is good health
May 6, 2022Mother’s Day is such a wonderful holiday. It’s a time to remind you to honor the person who helped make you the person that you are. The person who dried away your tears and told you it would be okay. That person may have borne you through her body or through her heart. Being a […]
Movie Review: The Northman
May 6, 2022Hell hath no fury like a Nordic prince wronged. That’s the premise of this 10th century Scandinavian revenge allegory. Deceit, murder and vengeance rain down in torrents. Once upon a time, King Rørik of Denmark appointed two brothers, Horwedil and Fengo, as the rulers of the peninsula of Jutland. Horwedil slayed the King of Norway, […]
Future firefighters learn to save lives and property
May 6, 2022Greensboro Fire Department recruit Treonna Salters joined 21 excited colleagues at an intense live fire training exercise. She is a member of the 76th recruit class of the nationally acclaimed fire department. At the abandoned two-story structure, Salters and fellow recruits participated in various phases of observing how fires begin, spread and are extinguished. Live […]
19th Annual Oyster Roast
May 4, 2022On a warm, clear Spring night, nearly 1,000 people attended the 19th Annual Oyster Roast benefiting the Greensboro Foundation of Family Service of the Piedmont. All around the capacious front lawn of Liz and David Johnson’s Irving Park home, attendees danced, dined on raw oysters and Southern supper buffet. Family Service empowers individuals and families […]
Track & Field celebrates past and present successes at Aggie Classic A&T posts six first-place victories on Saturday
April 29, 2022Saturday became a celebration for North Carolina A&T track and field, past and present, during the second and final day of the Aggie Classic hosted by A&T at Marcus T. Johnson Track. As anyone can imagine, the VIP list included the who’s who in Aggies’ track and field. The Aggies’ Track and Field Alumni held […]
Blacks should be prepared for newest COVID-19 variant
April 29, 2022African Americans take note – don’t stop wearing that mask around work and shopping centers just yet. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a new warning last week about the latest coronavirus omicron subvariant that is quickly growing across the nation. It’s officially called BA.2.12.1, an offshoot of the BA.2 omicron […]
Student Art Showcase
April 29, 2022Art students from Guilford and Forsyth counties won recognition for their work from U.S. Rep. Kathy Manning’s North Carolina’s Sixth Congressional District Art Competition. At a reception in Greensboro’s Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, First Place honors went to Abigail McCarthy, R.J. Reynolds High School, Winston-Salem, for “The Light at the End of […]
Biden grants pardons for some nonviolent drug offenders
April 29, 2022President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 75 people with non-violent drug offenses and gave full pardons to three individuals on Tuesday, April 26. His actions were part of the national observation of “Second Chance Month,” which is intended to reaffirm the importance of helping people who were formerly incarcerated reenter society. “America is a […]
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