Yes! Weekly

YES! Weekly is a weekly alternative newspaper based in Greensboro, NC. It covers a variety of topics including local news, politics, and features on arts and entertainment, as well as nationally syndicated columns and other engaging content. Each week, it distributes nearly 18,000 copies throughout the Piedmont Triad region. You can find YES! Weekly in Greensboro, High Point, and Winston-Salem, along with areas in Alamance and Davidson Counties. The publication is part of the North Carolina Press Association and the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. Charles A. Womack III owns YES! Weekly, which is published by Womack Newspapers, Inc. situated in Greensboro.

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Growing up in Oakdale Mill Village

2 days ago | yesweekly.com | Carol Brooks

Whenever there is a story or tale about a close-knit community, it is usually unnecessary to give last names because everyone knows the subject. Whether it’s Miss Mary, or Mr. Jimmy, Aunt Nell, that person is recognizable to a community that is close. Many of them are related. That is the case whenever Elizabeth Greeson talks about her experiences growing up near the Oakdale Mill Village.
Tax rate and water/sewer to rise in new budget

2 days ago | yesweekly.com | Carol Brooks

The town manager and the Finance Department have been working hard in recent months to craft a budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year. The Town Council has held three special budget meetings, with a fourth two days following its May 27 meeting, to work question items that were prepared as well as suggest other projects. This year, there was not as much discussion as in previous years.
About Town - 6.4.25

2 days ago | yesweekly.com | Norma Dennis |Carol Brooks

Time for teaTea parties can be so much fun at any age and participants at the June 17 A Moment in Time are invited to enjoy afternoon tea at this month’s meeting. In keeping with the theme, participants who wish may dress up and wear a hat or fascinator. The craft for the day will be bird feeders created from teacups and saucers.
NFL and former Ragsdale player to hold football camp

2 days ago | yesweekly.com | Carol Brooks

Larry Ogunjobi, 31, was a standout defensive tackle at Ragsdale High School from 2010-12. To repay the school for the skills he learned under the coaches, he will hold his fifth annual free youth football camp at Ragsdale on June 14 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.The camp is open to girls and boys aged 8 to 14. Registration limited to 100 campers. Spectators are welcome in the stands.
DJ Suzchef brings the Big Apple to Camel City

1 week ago | yesweekly.com | Katei Cranford

All aboard, y’all! DJ Suzchef is pulling up to the Hanes House, spinning the best in Yacht Rock wonders, for the upcoming House Hangs at NCMA Winston-Salem on May 30. When not cooking up the freshest in vinyl digs under her DJ moniker, Susan D. Santos-Mandel is serving in just about every facet of artistry.
Three honored for historical preservation

1 week ago | yesweekly.com | Carol Brooks

The term “too much of a good thing” means that even something that is generally considered to be beneficial can be harmful or undesirable in excess. But too much of a good thing was actually a positive thing for some nominees of the 2025 Mary A. Browning Historic Preservation Award. LaTanya Bowman, Lucille Clauson and Sherry Bundy Royal were all this year’s nominees. Many former Browning Award winners were present to honor them at the May 18 ceremony at Deep River Friends Meeting.
Florence community history runs deep

1 week ago | yesweekly.com | Carol Brooks

These days, many people may think of Florence as just the elementary school, but to do that would be a disservice to the rich history of the Village of Florence, founded in the 1840s by mixed-race abolitionists, including free people of color, who opposed slavery and the Confederate States of America. The village is older than the City of High Point. By the 1850s the Village of Florence had 11 dwellings, a general store, two smith shops, one wood shop and two gun shops.
Teenager safe after kidnapping attempt

1 week ago | yesweekly.com | Carol Brooks

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Overkill clouds latest Mission: Impossible

1 week ago | yesweekly.com | Mark Burger

In their joint effort to make Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning the best in the lucrative franchise, producer/star Tom Cruise and producer/director Christopher McQuarrie have made the eighth outing the biggest and, with a 170-minute running time, the longest. But it’s not the best. Nor, for that matter, is it the worst.
Video Vault - May 28, 2025

1 week ago | yesweekly.com | Mark Burger

PICK OF THE WEEKKINGPIN (Kino Lorber Studio Classics): The Farrelly Brothers (Bobby and Peter) followed up their smash 1994 debut Dumb and Dumber with this outrageous 1996 sports comedy that stumbled at the box-office and earned mixed reviews, then rebounded on cable and home-video to become one of their best-remembered, most-loved films – which some (ahem) consider to be their best.