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Pay Increases Approved For Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools
Employees in Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools will soon be seeing larger paychecks.
The Winston-Salem Journal reports the school board on Tuesday unanimously voted to approve a pay increase for all employees.
Budget Director Kerry Crutchfield says that under the budget approved by the state General Assembly, teachers will see a pay increase averaging just over 3 percent.
Administrators can expect to see a pay increase of $1,000 a year.
Crutchfield says a raise in pay for bus drivers may help with driver recruitment.
Most staff will see their pay increases this month.
Winston-Salem OKs Sunday Morning Liquor Sales
Winston-Salem residents will be able to order a mimosa a little earlier than usual this weekend.
Starting this Sunday, alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase as early as 10 a.m. This comes after the Winston-Salem City Council voted eight to zero in favor of the change.
Governor Roy Cooper signed a law this summer commonly referred to as the “Brunch Bill.” It gives local governments the freedom to make their own decision on selling adult beverages earlier than noon on Sundays.
According to the Winston-Salem Journal, Council Member D.D. Adams says “it will bring in additional tax revenue to the city.”
Hundreds Protest On UNC Campus Against Confederate Statue
A few hundred people rallied on the campus of North Carolina's flagship university to demand the removal of a Confederate statue there.
The gathering Tuesday night at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill focused on a statue known as "Silent Sam." People chanted "tear it down" while uniformed officers watched from behind temporary metal barriers ringing the statue depicting a Confederate soldier.
Fox 8 News reports three people were arrested.
North Carolina County Commissioner Calls Slaves 'Workers'
A North Carolina county commissioner referred to slaves as "workers" during a discussion on removing a Confederate statue.
The Times-News of Burlington reports Alamance County Commissioner Tim Sutton made the comments during an unscheduled discussion on Monday regarding a Confederate statue in downtown Graham, the county seat. A group appeared before the board of commissioners to ask them to consider keeping the statue.
Sutton, who admitted he's a chartered member of the Sons of the Confederacy, told the meeting, "I am not going to be a victim of political correctness." He was talking about his great-grandfather's death when he said, "some guys on the farm, you can call them slaves if you want to, but I would just call them workers, that they raised a good bit of my family."
North Carolina Legislative Map Favors GOP, But How Much?
A nonprofit legal watchdog group says newly redesigned North Carolina General Assembly districts would give Republican lawmakers a big advantage.
An attorney with the Washington, D.C.-based Campaign Legal Center said Tuesday that based on past voting history, the proposed House and Senate maps would give Republicans a big and ingrained advantage to keep their veto-proof legislative majorities.
Perfect Game, No-Hitter For North Carolina Little Leaguers
At the Little League World Series, the question now is not whether anyone can beat the team from Greenville, North Carolina.
It's whether anyone can get a hit.
Neither Sioux Falls, South Dakota, nor Rancho Santa Margarita, California, was able to do so against Greenville's pitching staff in the first two rounds.
It's the first time at Little League World Series that a U.S. team has thrown consecutive no-hitters. Japan did it in 2002.