May 5, 2021 Services for Isaac Lee Applewhite of Charlotte will be Friday, May 7, with visitation at 11 a.m. and funeral at noon, at Oak Grove Baptist Church, 200 Sims Parkway, Harrisburg, NC. Applewhite died April 30 following a stroke. Applewhite, a longtime participant in the ... Continue Reading →
Sheriff McFadden: Committed to residents in & out of detention
May 4, 2021 Amid a pandemic, rampant gun violence and global unrest, Garry McFadden is still smiling. Nearly every chance he gets. He touts the women's Debate Team inside the Detention Center and challenges outside teams to try to beat them. He fields questions about an Elizabeth City ... Continue Reading →
Adams outlines federal economic relief efforts
April 27, 2021 U.S. Rep. Alma Adams today outlined the American Rescue Plan, American Jobs Plan and the Ignite HBCU Excellence Act, then took questions. The video below focuses on Rep. Adams' presentations and the questions asked. At today's meeting there was also a presentation and Q&A with ... Continue Reading →
NAACP leader on protests after police killing in Elizabeth City
April 27, 2021 Another family mourns. Another city gathers up its resources to sustain a street protest in the name of justice. Another African American is dead after law enforcement action to serve a search warrant. The community's name is Elizabeth City. Keith Rivers is president of the ... Continue Reading →
A visit with Sarah Stevenson
April 22, 2021 Natheley McElrath writes: "Elloree and I visited Sarah outside today and were allowed to touch her as long as we were masked. She was so happy when we hugged her! "She said her whole body hurts when they take her out of the bed and sit her up, so it was a short visit but so ... Continue Reading →
Chief Jennings’ statement after Chauvin verdict
April 20, 2021 A statement by CMPD Chief Johnny Jennings Tuesday afternoon, after Minneapolis jurors delivered their verdicts in the Derek Chauvin trial in the death of George Floyd. ... Continue Reading →
Policing and listening: Nurturing efforts to improve safety
April 20, 2021 CMPD Chief Johnny Jennings offered that when officers talk to residents in neighborhoods experiencing violent crime, residents are also interested in drivers ignoring stop signs, whose habits might endanger the children playing near the street. Jonathan Chow acknowledged that ... Continue Reading →
Activating a community for joint action with others
April 13, 2021 Two presenters reviewed efforts to activate North Carolina's black voters, and to organize joint action with Latinex and other groups to pursue political reform and improvements in the lives of all North Carolinians. For a Mecklenburg audience, it might have been particularly ... Continue Reading →
CMS test scores show proficiency losses during pandemic
March 30, 2021 At a March 3 State Board of Education meeting, staff released a Testing and Accountability Update that showed results of fall 2020 high school testing in English II, Math 1, Math 3 and Biology. The results, when compared with fall 2019 results, showed large increases in the number of ... Continue Reading →
CMS learning to learn amid a pandemic
March 23, 2021 Supt. Earnest Winston and CMS Board Chairperson Elyse Dashew on Tuesday gave an update on how the pandemic has affected students, teachers, families and the entire community in the past year. They noted detabilizing but necessary changes to calendars; success in giving every ... Continue Reading →
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