Lisa O'Donnell

1 week ago | greensboro.com | Lisa O'Donnell

The 253rd Easter Sunrise Service will be Easter Sunday at Old Salem in Winston-Salem. A solemn and beloved city tradition, the Sunrise Service offers a period of calm and reflection, a counter to these zany times. The service will begin at 6 a.m. in the Salem Square at Old Salem. First held at Old Salem in 1772, the Sunrise Service has changed little over the years, adhering to its original mission of celebrating the resurrection of Jesus.

3 weeks ago | greensboro.com | Lisa O'Donnell

A former administrator with Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools is among the superintendents honored for their leadership during Hurricane Helene. Leslie Alexander, the superintendent of Watauga County Schools, was one of 11 superintendents of mountain school districts who received the Raymond Sarbaugh Leadership Award from the North Carolina Association of School Administrators last week.

3 weeks ago | greensboro.com | Lisa O'Donnell

Amid a growing number of measles cases that has already surpassed last year's total number, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services issued a statement Friday encouraging people to make sure they are up to date on their vaccinations. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 105 new confirmed cases on Friday, pushing the year's total to 483, far above the 285 cases in all of last year.

4 weeks ago | greensboro.com | Lisa O'Donnell

A RICH(ARD) EXPERIENCE: The Lakeside concert series at N.C. Museum of Art Winston-Salem (formerly SECCA), 750 Marguerite Drive, Winston-Salem, returns on Saturday at 7 p.m., with a concert from Dawn Richard and Spencer Zahn. Richard, who hit it big with the all-girl R&B group, Danity Kane, is an experimental R&B singer-songwriter. Meanwhile, Zahn is a neoclassical musician.

1 month ago | greensboro.com | Lisa O'Donnell

Arthur Agee knows what it means to be an underdog. One of two subjects that filmmakers followed in the groundbreaking documentary, "Hoop Dreams," Agee was summarily dismissed from an elite basketball program in high school and wound up in an inner-city school that he ultimately led to the Chicago city championship in 1991. So when he was asked who is going to win the NCAA National Tournament, Agee was ready with an answer.