By Larry Efird A week ago, I attended a Martin Luther King Jr., celebration at Duke. The keynote speaker was Judge Jerry Blackwell, a graduate of A.L. Brown High School, my alma mater. My Kannapolis ...

By Pam Bloom Dear Neighbor, When I taught high school, the highly esteemed Latin teacher always gave the same Friday speech to his students, one that spoke to a teenager’s own responsibility over the ...