Mount Airy Downtown Inc. is reviving a local tradition. Sort of. Sunday will be the “fall” Mayberry Food Truck Festival, even though the calendar shows the region is still firmly in the midst of summer. “We used to do it April and October, but the October... See more
Teachers across the country are describing classrooms where disrespect, disruptive behavior, weak academic skills and a lack of meaningful consequences are becoming harder to manage, while some educators say the pressure has reached the point where leavin... See more
A search for a three-month-old baby who had allegedly been taken from a supervised Department of Human Services visit led police through a confusing group of intoxicated adults, a roadside investigation and eventually a hotel room, where officers found th... See more
Poetry The Anniversary Table Three/Two Diners Chicken Lo Mein Garlic Chicken (no mushroom) The Husband It wasn’t this restaurant, another Chinese place in a town hundreds of miles away, closed years ago, bulldozed for a parking lot. But a lot like this, r... See more
Florida sheriff says ‘We shot him a lot’ after a man pulled a gun on deputies to prepare for gunfight A 46-year-old Florida man was fatally shot by Polk County deputies after authorities said he refused repeated commands, rammed a patrol vehicle, and reac... See more
