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A killer's death revives memories of victim's fine life
On the day he heard that his oldest son's killer had died, Stephen Amos visited his son's grave to give him the news.
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The new chairman should drop the fight over prayer
Dave Plyler, the new chairman of the Forsyth County commissioners, has inherited a fight he doesn't want. And it could be a costly one for the county.
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Viewing race through prism of riot, stories, an election
"Gangs Riot, Loot, Set Fires Downtown;
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There's a message for young people in 80-year-old's mission
At first blush, Kenneth "Al" Williams of Thomasville might not seem like a poster boy for staying in school.
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Deliver on promise to help the victims of sterilization
Willis Lynch says he was sterilized by the state when was 14 and living at the Caswell training school in Kinston.
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Story suggests that we really may be leaving race behind
They're seemingly different families, bound by heartache and hope. In May 1999, Annette Stidham was 9 years old and on the verge of death, awaiting a liver transplant. In May 1999, Dalton Folwell was 7 years old. He died after being struck by a car whose driver passed a stopped school bus in Dalton's Winston-Salem neighborhood.
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Saved: Somebody was looking out for two wreck victims
It's almost a miracle that Phyllis and Larry Jones survived the initial impact after their pickup truck took a 45-foot plunge off U.S. 421 several weeks ago. And what's even more remarkable is that the director of Forsyth County EMS, Dan Ozimek, just happened to witness the wreck and led the charge to save the couple.
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New chief balances lessons from past with planning for future
Scott Cunningham, the new chief of the Winston-Salem Police Department, realized when he took the job that a big part of it would be restoring public trust that was lost in the Deborah Sykes murder case and the Jill Marker beating case. He has refreshing ideas about balancing that role with the necessity of moving the department forward.
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Maher's cheap shots give fundamentalists a free ride
For all the good religion does, it also does a lot of bad when it's twisted for evil, profit-making or just plain pompous or stupid ends. Any halfway intelligent critic can find more than enough to criticize, and criticism done right can cause believers to ask questions that might lead to meaningful reform.
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Free-thinking candidate tells story of his walk across state
Dan Barrett of Davie County attracted widespread publicity four years ago as he walked across the state during his unsuccessful, long-shot bid for the governor's mansion. Now he's written a book about that journey, a book that leaves you all the more frustrated at a money-driven political system that drowns out good, independent-minded candidates without big war chests.
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'Dangerous' books are a big reason to keep reading
We could use a lot more complaints about books in Forsyth County.
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Davidson leader dedicated to replacing aging bridge
Max Walser becomes "Mad Max" when he starts talking about the decaying bridge that carries Interstate 85 over the Yadkin River.
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Pastor: To battle AIDS, stop arguing over sexuality
The Rev. Herbert Miller II won't engage in theological battles about homosexuality, not as AIDS continues to kill.
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The hurt lingers for the families of terrorist victims
Ruth Lillie of Winston-Salem has never really left the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 behind. She thinks about all its big ripple effects. But mostly, she thinks about the niece she lost, Judith Lawter "Judy" Jones. "We were just close," Lillie, who's in her 70s, said last week.
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Pictures of History: Film would tell the story behind a photographer who made a visual chronicle of our times
In his deep and friendly voice, Matthew "Matt" Lewis will tell you stories ranging from one about the writer Katherine Anne Porter showing him her pine coffin to one about watching the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in mesmerizing action.
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Program keeps on working against domestic violence
One morning last month, Laura Ugorek read in the Journal that Tosha Barr, a woman she'd advised, had been fatally stabbed. Barr's estranged husband had been charged with her murder.
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Ex-WFU professor may take message to national stage
The Rev. Brad Braxton is a short, unassuming guy who's exceedingly polite.
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Hit-and-run is wake-up call; abuse of bicyclists must stop
When an SUV did a hit-and-run on Dr. Elms Allen while he was riding his road bike in Winston-Salem two weeks ago, it was just the latest in a long line of abuses against him and many other area bicyclists.
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Leader, board plug away at hard job of improving HAWS
Larry Woods, who became the head of the Housing Authority of Winston-Salem in 2006, says his agency has had "an image problem that was legendary."
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Sheriff has a new message in wake of his wife's death
Bill Schatzman, the Forsyth County sheriff, is known for his confidence. But his wife's death last month at the age of 62 shook him to the core.
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Couple tries to hold on to the memories that fire stole
Fires are notorious for robbing people of their treasures. And when those things helped you hold on to vanishing memory, it's even worse.
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Charisma's the flickering flame that politicians crave
The controversial article in the July Vanity Fair about Bill Clinton's many missteps as he campaigned for his wife's presidential bid and a new book about Bobby Kennedy's 1968 run for the presidency both raise intriguing questions about the magic of charisma -- and, in Bill Clinton's case, just how fleeting that magic can be.
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A little autonomy can be a scary thing in fighting predators
The Southern Baptist Convention has finally rediscovered its once-cherished concept of the autonomy of the local church and put it to a strange use. The SBC says, in effect, that the principle prevents it from doing all it can to help expel predators from its churches.
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WSSU chief bothered by memories of few he couldn't reach
Willie Bell has met thousands of students in his 11 years as the police chief and director of public safety at Winston-Salem State University.
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