They ran for love. They ran for hope. They ran to celebrate courage. They ran to fight a foe that hits so many families and changes so many lives. Saturday’s Cures for the Colors Color 5K at Wayne Community College…
GHS principal to white teachers: Check your privilege
Goldsboro High School principal Christopher D. Horne gave more than a dozen teachers — several of them white — an assignment March 18 as part of what he characterized as a mandatory professional development session: Read Peggy McIntosh’s “White Privilege:…
The queen’s speech
CHAPEL HILL — It was supposed to be a graceful goodbye — a scripted show of gratitude for a fairytale year as the face of the American beauty pageant universe. But Wendy Dascomb knew that her time in the spotlight…
Worth the brain freeze
I know it sounds counterintuitive — an ice cream recommendation in February. A coffee joint? Makes sense. Soul food or a bowl of chili? Sure. But not ice cream. At least not until your heated seats make way for the…
She’s everywhere … always
MOREHEAD CITY — Kathleen Templeton is everywhere. She reveals herself in her daughter’s smile — in the beautiful, caring young woman she’s growing into. She comes through her son’s car speakers — riding the lyrics of songs he hasn’t been…
Their story
The Goldsboro High School Show Stoppers welcomed the community to GHS in mid-February and put on a moving Black History Month performance to honor the plight of African-Americans throughout our nation’s history.
No time for manners
My wife is not amused. And posting this is going to keep our latest marital spat going. Yes. A bowl of soup can be so good that you’ll shed civility and reject the many table manners that hve been burned…
A stroke of comfort
CHARLOTTE — In a simple stroke, it’s gone. The uncertainty. The drama. It all just goes away. There is no easel. No fancy paints or brushes. She doesn’t even use a chair. Instead, Amanda Miller makes her way to the…
His high note
CHAPEL HILL — More than sixty years ago, on a small piece of land nestled along the outskirts of rural Franklin, a little boy picked cotton until his fingers bled. “Those was rough days,” Dave Bullock said, looking down at…
Horse whispers
CARY — Their eyes meet — and for a second, they connect. As Lorene Tanner runs her hand along the soft nose and silky cheek, she smiles. She says she has a soft spot for her gentleman caller — speaking…