Briana Scurry, two-time Olympic Gold Medalist, National Soccer Hall of Famer, author, and podcaster, was the keynote speaker at this year’s Wake/WSSU MLK Day Celebration. Unbelievably, Scurry only once mentioned Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s name during her rather lengthy address at Wait Chapel. Instead of focusing … More
Wake Forest Baptist Church, the modest congregation, located on the campus of Wake Forest University had its last service on November 5, 2022, without much media attention.
Sure, the dwindling congregation with historic ties to Wake Forest was a small remnant of what it had once been decades ago. It was on the long path to dissolving… More
If you smell sulfur in the coliseum area today, it’s not another fertilizer plant fire. It’s the presence of former President George W. Bush. Bush is coming to the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum today at the invitation of Wake Forest University. Bush, who led the illegal 2003 invasion of Iraq (which killed mil… More
The Journal’s John Dell reported that about 800 fans turned out for Friday night’s WSSU–Wake men’s exhibition game at Lawrance Joel. This was the first men’s basketball game between Winston-Salem State and Wake Forest in years. Sadly, Winston-Salem State only received a paltry $22,000 for playi… More
On June 4, 2010, city, county, and state officials joined local elites in celebrating the start of Wake Forest Biotech Place’s transformation from shuttered tobacco building to a modern research facility. The event was called “Innovation Takes Form.” Mayor Joines and leaders at the Piedmont Triad Research Pa… More
Wake Forest University has found itself in PETA’s crosshairs. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is accusing a Wake Forest University researcher of involvement in an unethical animal experiment in China. Lee Enterprises’ John Newsom wrote a nice summary of this controversy in today’s Winston-Salem … More
Everyone knows that Winston has an affordable housing problem. But our city leaders aren’t doing much to address it. A recent study commissioned by the Winston-Salem City Council found that our city needs 16,244 additional units of affordable housing. It will take substantial efforts on the federal, state, and local levels … More
Earlier this week, New Hanover County officially approved Novant Health’s $5.3 billion purchase of New Hanover Regional Medical Center. All that’s left is for the state attorney general to sign off on the “remarkable” merger-and, that appears to be a formality.
Not to be outdone, Wake Forest Baptist Hea… More
Wake Forest men’s basketball coach, Danny Manning, has finally been sacked! Manning, a Greensboro native, failed to win games during his stint in Winston-Salem. Manning had a below 500 ACC record in five of his six seasons at Wake. His biggest win was an upset of Duke earlier this year. His most embarrassing loss was a stunning h… More
-Updated 2/25/2020, 1:30 pm
Derwin Montgomery is a man of many titles. He’s Reverend Montgomery to his congregation at First Calvary. He’s CEO to the board of the Bethesda Center, and he’s Representative Mongomery to his constituents in NC House District 72. Montgomery is also a co-owner of The Chronicle. If Mon… More
