Scott Sexton

3 weeks ago | greensboro.com | Scott Sexton

DANBURY - Angela Bonds is typically not a bomb thrower. But right is right, and because she felt her only son had been shafted out of being named the valedictorian of his high school class, Bonds strode to the mic Monday at a meeting of the Stokes County Board of Education to give members an earful. Human error led to spring semester grades not being factored into the rankings, and so Matt Grubb was denied an honor he'd earned.

3 weeks ago | journalnow.com | Scott Sexton

A taut gathering, a prayer circle it seemed, formed Tuesday morning under a towering pin oak outside the old Guilford County Courthouse. Those assembled included clergy and members of Siembra NC, an immigrant-rights group. This coalition of concern was brought together by a confluence of events the previous day. A 23-year-old Guatemalan, Marlon Ivan Mendez, had been swept up Monday outside a laundromat while his very pregnant partner, a U.S. citizen from Winston-Salem, said she watched helplessly.

3 weeks ago | journalnow.com | Scott Sexton

Not that it’s like any sort of surprise twist to a whodunit, but the consulting firm hired by the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools served up evidence this week to fit former Chief Financial Officer Thomas Krantz for the scapegoat suit. HIL Consultants, hired by the school board to tell them what they should already have known, dropped a few eye-catching nuggets in a recent update on its efforts to plumb the depths of dumb.

3 weeks ago | greensboro.com | Scott Sexton

GREENSBORO - The detention of a 23-year-old immigrant outside a laundromat Monday afternoon as part of an apparent Immigration and Customs Enforcement roundup raised a chorus of calls from local ministers protesting the tactics employed by federal agents. "This is not some other state and not some other city where this is happening," said the Rev. Wesley Morris during a news conference Tuesday organized by Siembra NC, an immigrant worker rights organization.

3 weeks ago | greensboro.com | Scott Sexton

GREENSBORO - Details are hazy -- it was 40 years ago, well past the witching hour and alcohol almost certainly played a role -- but some things stand out from the night John LaMuraglia saw Bruce Springsteen in the old Rhinoceros Club. "He was sitting on top of the booth," LaMuraglia said. "And somebody, (owner) John Rudy probably, told him to get off."Sitting on the top of the booth was against the rules. Same with bickering, throwing punches and generally behaving like a lout.