🧵 In Today’s Edition

1. Jamilla Pinder was appointed to the Greensboro City Council in January. Now she’s looking to win an at-large seat in her own right.
2. What We’re Reading
3. Around the State

A portrait of Jamilla Pinder
Greensboro City Council Member Jamilla Pinder. Pinder was appointed by the council in January and is looking to win her first election this November. (Courtesy of Jamilla Pinder)

Jamilla Pinder In Her Own Right

In January, the Greensboro City Council appointed Jamilla Pinder to the at-large seat vacated when Yvonne Johnson died in office. Pinder, who has held the position since January, talked to The Thread about her re-election campaign, her background in health care, and what she’s learned since joining council.

Read the full story here.

— Sayaka Matsuoka

Thanks for reading The Thread, a 3x week newsletter written by Greensboro editor Joe Killian and reporters Sayaka Matsuoka and Gale Melcher. Reach us with tips or ideas at greensboro@theassemblync.com.

Off Sides and Holding: A former student was charged with carrying a concealed firearm at a Southeast Guilford High School football game Friday. A security scanner went off, revealing the gun. Guilford County Sheriff’s deputies apprehended Octavius Mustophidae Benton II, 22, and charged him with misdemeanor carrying a concealed weapon and felony possession of a weapon on school property. WFMY reports.

Trial Date Set: The trial of Ryan Routh, the Greensboro native charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump last year, has been set for Sept. 8. The News & Record has the story, via the Associated Press.

Green Hill Billies: A group of volunteers repairs and cleans the gravestones of the Gate City’s oldest public cemetery. It’s their way of honoring those who came before them and beautifying what they see as hallowed ground. Jeri Rowe tells their story for Our State magazine.

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Michael Whatley Is Throwing Out the Tillis Playbook

While many candidates would look at the terrain and hew to the center, Whatley is […]

Flag Burning With a Side of Potato Salad

An anarchist bookstore collective burned American flags in response to Trump’s executive order against flag […]

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Joe Killian is The Assembly's Greensboro editor. He joined us from NC Newsline, where he was senior investigative reporter. He spent a decade at The News & Record covering cops and courts, higher education, and government.