Updated: 12:58 PM EST Mar 1, 2021 WXII12.com Web Staff City officials in Winston-Salem held a brief ceremony Monday morning to unveil an honorary street sign to mark the 70th anniversary of the Winston-Salem Fire Department’s first Black firefighters.The firefighters reported for duty on March 1, 1951, at the original Fire Station No. 4 located at 214 N. Dunleith Ave. Monday s ceremony was held near that site at the corner of East Third Street and Dunleith Avenue. The old fire station has since been converted to a church. Speakers included Mayor Allen Joines, members of City Council and fire Chief Trey Mayo. The honorary street sign designates that block of Dunleith as “First Eight Avenue,” and honors the city’s first eight Black firefighters: Raphael Black, Willie Carter, Lester Ervin, John “Hank” Ford, Robert Greer, John Meredith, George Penn and John “Roi” Thomas. The city hired the eight men after Mayor Marshall K
Beyond senseless : Family, friends mourn teen brothers slain in apparent random attack in Fresno
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By a number of accounts, Jonathan Massey and his younger brother Devin were sweet teenagers.
The two gave back to their community when they could and helped neighbors with yardwork. Devin, 15, walked into any room reflecting a peaceful demeanor. Jonathan, 17, devoted much of his time to football and did not want much to do with matters that did not involve his passion.
The brothers’ characters, illustrated in interviews with people who knew them and memories shared by others on social media, have made it all the more puzzling that they were shot and killed Dec. 12 on the driveway of their Fresno home.
foot work, strength and arm accuracy. his ability to execute the play book and learn the verbage drew rave reviews and today shanahan says, griffin is my guy. robert is going to start out with the first team. we didn t move four picks and give up two number ones and a number two to havebe not the guy. if you give up that much you see something in a guy that s special, that doesn t come around very often. it s been a while since we ve been able to do football things. been doing combines and beauty pageants on pro days. so it s time to get the football, so it felt good to get out here, get a chance to do the things that you study on page, on the paper, and go out on the field and perform it. it was a lot of fun. another focus of today s practice was the other drafted quarterbacks kirk cousins of michigan state selected in the fourth round. also praised by shanahan for his ability to quickly learn the play book. shanahan also said cousins was simply too good to pass up. th
jon huntsman will officially announce he s running for president and one of 162 candidates who have filed to run so far. they come from all walks of life across the country but the hopefuls have two things in common. a dream to become president and enough ink in the pens to fill out the fec paper work. you ve never heard of most of these people and more than a third have tried and failed to win the white house more than once. like willie carter of texas. he s run in every presidential election since 1988. he even has an online store where you can buy merchandise. willie believes, quote, what the usa needs more than anything else is divine help and campaign apparel. deonia dee neveu said she ll use the white house to host fund raising events. the president sold the white house, raffled off the tomb of
move in afghanistan. revealing how quickly he plans to withdraw the u.s. troops from afghanistan. plus, we re going to introduce you to some of the 150-plus presidential candidates you don t know. that s right. there are 150 americans who have filed to run for the presidency. it s june 21st, 2011. first day of summer, everybody. i m chuck todd. we ll start with some developing news overseas. we just learned first lady michelle obama met today with nelson mandela, the 92-year-old met with mrs. obama, her mother and daughters at his home in johannesbu johannesburg, an unscheduled visit. aides said that he was too frail and sick to have a meeting. but he clearly was able to do it this morning. to my first reads of the morning and beginning with the presidential race. less than an hour jon huntsman will get into the campaign hoping to challenge his democratic boss. he ll make announcement at liberty state park in new jersey. it s where ronald reagan kicked off his 80 general e