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Vicki and Randy Pruitt married in 2004.

Carrying On: Widow fights to save others from overdoses after husband's death

Vicki Pruitt of Wilkes County doesn't sugarcoat her husband's 2005 death from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs -- even when she's talking to her children.

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Nov. 8, 2009

• Proud family of warriors mourns and lays a son to rest

Oct. 18, 2009

• Chief pays tribute to one of department's best

Oct. 4, 2009

• A medical-school executive becomes a patient

Sept. 27, 2009

• Johnson may not be alone in feeling college blast

Sept. 20, 2009

• Fallen warrior left a secret: MESMERIZING ART

July 19, 2009

• Justice part of healing for man robbed and left for dead

June 28, 2009

• Failure to fix mental-health care dangerous for all of us

June 7, 2009

• Local DJ taps into national frustration over car industry

May 24, 2009

• Maybe Obama doesn't want our guns

May 17, 2009

• Series shines light on the dark effects of Alzheimer's

May 10, 2009

• Book explores the complex politics of Billy Graham

May 3, 2009

• A 'new' Tabor wants to herd Forsyth GOP into one tent

April 19, 2009

• Man's prayer offers hope for the homeless and all of us

April 12, 2009

• Daughter of murdered 'tough guy' pushes for justice

April 5, 2009

• Journalist experiences the shocking truth about Tasers

March 29, 2009

• New film offers a chilling view of forced sterilization

March 22, 2009

• Veteran of 'Baptist wars' helped build divinity school

March 8, 2009

• Right: Rape victim and an unlikely friend push for justice

March 1, 2009

• Faith, training combine for 'Miracle on the Hudson'

Feb. 8, 2009

• Man blinded by shotgun blast makes way with humor

Feb. 1, 2009

• The City of the (Public) Arts confronts an old question

Jan. 18, 2009

• RAILEY COLUMN: Local minister was 'change' before change was cool

Jan. 11, 2009

• Daughter reconciles conflicting images of famous father

Jan. 4, 2009

• Ex-smoker likes second-hand smoke, first-hand memories

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