National Report: 350 Died in N.C. due to no Medicaid Expansion
August 30, 2019A new report may or may not capture state Republican legislative leaders’ attention in their almost two-month budget standoff with Gov. Roy Cooper, but it definitely strengthens Cooper’s argument for the expansion of Medicaid in North Carolina. According to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), 350 people in North Carolina died “…because of the […]
Book Review: Where the Lost Dogs Go
August 30, 2019The panic can’t be described. Your dog is missing. How did he get out? Where did she go? Most importantly, where is he now and how can you ever hope to find him? Do you run outside, call the neighbors, call her name? That panic is horrible, so be prepared by reading “Where the Lost […]
Eastern Wildcats Maul NE Rams, 28-16
August 30, 2019The Eastern Guilford Wildcats (Gibsonville, N.C.) defeated the Northeast Guilford Rams (McLeansville, N.C.) Friday night in a non-conference away game. The final score was 28-16. Eastern led 7-0 at the close of the first half. The Wildcats outscored the Rams 21 to 16 during the second. Eastern will play its home opener this Friday against […]
Harris rally draws support of Greensboro leaders, residents
August 30, 2019Several hundred people filled the gym at Smith High School on Sunday afternoon to bear witness on what would be Presidential Candidate and U.S. Senator Kamala Harris’ first appearance in Greensboro for her “We the People” rally. Residents of all ages, ethnicities, sexual orientation, race and Pan-Hellenic chapters stood shoulder to shoulder in anticipation of […]
Hayes-Taylor YMCA Knicks Win Hot Hoops
August 23, 2019The Hayes-Taylor YMCA Knicks summer league mixed boys and girls team (ages 9-10) captured the YMCA Hot Hoops Championship Saturday, August 17 at the downtown Greensboro Kathleen Price Bryan Family YMCA. The Knicks defeated the Ragsdale YMCA Hornets 19-17 in a morning semifinal and slipped by the Bryan YMCA Hurricanes in an afternoon final 24-21 […]
N.C. NAACP: Voter ID is voter suppression
August 23, 2019North Carolina NAACP representatives and lawyers from Forward Justice held a press conference in Greensboro on Tuesday to outline a broad strategy to speak with new and longtime voters and, specifically, college students, the elderly and any person who could face reasonable obstacles to securing proper photo identification. The N.C. NAACP is calling for all […]
Book Review: The Tubman Command
August 15, 2019You are the Big Kahuna. The Boss, the One in Charge, maker of decisions and teller of things to do. You’re the Big Cheese with all the responsibility and you ain’t bad at it. So how would you do if, as in the novel, “The Tubman Command” by Elizabeth Cobbs, the very lives of soldiers, […]
Emanuel documentary discussion addresses diversity, faith and forgiveness
August 15, 2019“I feel grateful to still walk around. I feel God left me here for a reason,” said Polly Sheppard, survivor of the 2015 shooting by a young White supremacist at historic Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C. Sheppard was a guest speaker for events at UNC Greensboro. She was joined by Rev. Nelson B. Rivers […]
Greensboro, Baltimore, Richmond and Bahamas take baseball titles
August 15, 2019RICHMOND, VA – The Metropolitan Junior Baseball League (MJBL) recently concluded its 29th annual Inner City Classic national baseball championships in early August at RF&P Park Stadium. In the first game, the Rattlers of Baltimore won the 16-and-under age group. They defeated the Bowie Elite Blacksox, 13-4. Alex McCoy blasted a grand slam home run […]
GCS partners with Health Department to offer free mobile immunization clinics
August 15, 2019State law requires rising 7th graders to have up to date TDAP and MCV immunizations. Without up-to-date vaccinations, students can be suspended from school. To help families meet this state requirement, Guilford County Schools (GCS) is partnering with the Guilford County Health Department and will offer two mobile vaccination clinics. These clinics will be for […]
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