The City of Greensboro held its first round of public input sessions last week as part of the search for its next police chief. The sessions are designed to gather feedback from residents on the qualities, priorities and expectations for the city’s future law enforcement leader.

Greensboro residents, local leaders, and students from North Carolina A&T State University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro filled the Guilford County Commissioners’ chambers on Tuesday, November 18, as the Guilford County Board of Elections met to vote on an early voting plan for the 2026 Primary Election.

Greensboro’s Tau Omega Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated, concluded its annual Achievement Week festivities on Sunday, November 16, with an awards celebration held at the Global Learning Center on Bennett College’s campus. The event, held under the theme “Impactful Service through Intentional Friendship,” honored both distinguished community leaders and dedicated fraternity members.

Historically, in 2018 the infant mortality rate for African American infants in Guilford County was 15.1 deaths per 1,000 births, compared with 2.9 per 1,000 for White infants. The county has since set a goal to reduce racial disparities in infant mortality by 50 percent by 2026, and to eliminate them entirely by 2031.

Downtown Greensboro became a tapestry of red, white, and blue on Saturday, November 8, as the city hosted its annual Veterans Day Parade, an event that served as both a spirited celebration of freedom and a profound tribute to the man whose determined vision made it possible.

Greensboro elects new mayor and a host of new council members

According to the county’s Department of Health and Human Services, an average of 44,100 households in Guilford County receive Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) benefits each month, totaling $15.8 million. Additionally, about 13,670 residents receive WIC benefits, averaging just over $1 million per month.

The demands for equitable development and structural reform took center stage at the “City Council Summit: The Final Vote,” hosted by Reverend Greg Drumwright and the Justice 4 The Next …

City Council and mayoral candidates gathered at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church for a public forum hosted by the Black and Brown Women’s Voting Initiative in partnership with Beloved Community Center of Greensboro, Inc.

The spirited and vibrant 99th edition of the Greatest Homecoming on Earth (GHOE) Parade transformed Greensboro into a massive family reunion for North Carolina A&T State University.

Guilford County leaders and staff gathered on October 14 to announce the progress in the county’s efforts to address homelessness and substance abuse—the upcoming opening of the Reverend Prince Edward Graves Recovery and Treatment Center, the county’s first long-term residential treatment facility.

The community advocacy group FREE Guilford (Freedom Resistance Empowerment Education) held a press conference on police accountability and public safety on October 6, one day before Greensboro’s primary municipal election. The event centered on recent complaints of excessive use of force by the Greensboro Police Department and broader issues of racial bias in policing.

North Carolina A&T State University students, alumni, friends, and area residents are in for a treat as the parade for the Greatest Homecoming on Earth (GHOE) takes place Saturday morning, Oct. 11 at 8 am.

Primary elections wrapped up late Tuesday night as Greensboro voters made their voices heard. With 22,208 ballots cast (10.53 percent) out of 210,900 registered voters, the city is set for its upcoming Tuesday, Nov. 4 General Election.

Residents of South Greensboro gathered with city officials and representatives from the City of Greensboro Water Resources Department and the Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority (PTRWA) to discuss ongoing problems with discolored tap water.

The City of Greensboro honored one of its greatest sports figures last Sunday, Sept. 21, by dedicating a basketball court to NBA Hall of Famer and hometown hero Bob McAdoo. The newly named "Bob McAdoo Court" in the Benbow Park neighborhood marks a poignant tribute to a legend whose journey began on these very grounds.

This Sunday’s dedication ceremony at Benbow Park is a chance for Greensboro to celebrate one of its own. It’s an opportunity for a community to thank a basketball icon who never forgot his roots and whose legacy will now be cemented on a court where future generations can be inspired.

McNeil graduated from A&T in 1963 with a degree in engineering physics and went on to serve his country in the United States Air Force. He flew as a KC-135 navigator during the Vietnam War and other operations, rising through the ranks to retire as a major general in 2000.

The Greensboro Chamber of Commerce celebrated major economic investments and recognized achievements by people in education, who continue to contribute to a greater quality of life in the region. …

Sixty-two years to the day after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, thousands poured into Lower Manhattan on Thursday (Aug. 28), linking arms and voices in …

The Greensboro event, staged beside life-size cardboard cutouts of U.S. Sen. Ted Budd and Rep. Virginia Foxx, 5th Congressional District, underscored the urgency residents feel as Congress debates the future of programs that millions rely on.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Aug. 28, in solemn commemoration of the historic 1963 March on Washington, a united coalition of churches and the Black Press led by Dr. Boise Kimber, Bishop J. Drew Sheard, Dr. …

The Sierra Club board of directors voted unanimously to fire its first Black and overall person of color executive director, Benjamin (Ben) Jealous, after he was placed on leave in July

Heads Up for Our Youth (HUFOY), a Guilford County educational-economic empowerment organization, celebrated a decade of serving children by producing a multifaceted Back-to-School Rally featuring …

Ever since the North Carolina General Assembly gaveled back into session a few weeks ago, Democratic lawmakers have not been too pleased with one of their own - Rep. Carla Cunningham …