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1. The Dead Don’t Tell
2. Assault Allegations Against Greensboro Candidate
3. Around Our Network
4. What We’re Reading
5. Our Recent Stories

Salem Cemetery is the final resting place for many of Winston-Salem’s historic or otherwise affluent figures, including knitwear baron John Wesley Hanes and tobacco titan R.J. Reynolds. The Reynolds family plot is perhaps most impressive. Classical white columns the height of a house mark the final resting place of more than a dozen family members. Behind them: a perfect view of the city skyline.

Situated on 17 acres of rolling hillsides, Salem Cemetery is an impressive—and expensive—piece of real estate. While it’s technically still possible for an average Joe to be buried here, it’s highly unlikely. Current information about the privately owned and operated cemetery is hard to come by, which adds to its mystique.

For today’s story, Tina Vasquez wandered the hallowed grounds.

The Most Elite Real Estate in Winston-Salem Is for the Dead

Salem Cemetery is the final resting place of many of the city’s best-known families. A lack of public information about the storied grounds adds to its mystique.

Salem Cemetery is a lovely place to visit—even if you can’t stay forever.  

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Sexual Assault Allegations in Greensboro Council Race

Last night, our Greensboro team broke the news that a former co-worker of District 3 city council candidate April Parker has publicly raised allegations of sexual harassment, inappropriate touching, and verbal abuse.

Jesse Hoyle worked under Parker at Elsewhere, a downtown Greensboro museum and arts nonprofit; Parker was the organization’s managing director at the time. Hoyle alleges that Parker smacked and grabbed their buttocks in July 2021. “I immediately let her know that was unacceptable, but she did not take me seriously,” Hoyle said. “She basically laughed it off.”

Parker didn’t deny the incident occurred, but said she apologized at the time and learned from the experience. She described Hoyle as a friend and said the physical contact was made “in a moment of celebration” before an event and “was not received as intended.”

Read more in The Thread.

Around Our Network

North Carolina college students are among the millions of Americans expected to lose federal food assistance benefits tomorrow as a result of the ongoing government shutdown, per The Quad.

At least five more homes collapsed on the shores of Hatteras Island this week, succumbing to high tides, strong winds, and choppy seas. Our partners at Inside Climate News look at the mounting climate challenge on the coast.

A new book, The Devil’s Done Come Back, features a slate of contemporary North Carolina writers reimagining classic ghost stories from around the state. INDY talked to its editor.

Fort Bragg is getting a new Army command, CityView reports, as a number of units are combined under the Trump administration’s effort to streamline the Department of Defense.

What We’re Reading

Full Court Press: ProPublica has a deep dive on Chief Justice Paul Newby and his role in consolidating conservative power on the state Supreme Court and beyond.

Don’t Fall for It: Carolina Journal reports on why a court case about a fallen tree branch has opened up new questions about the use of AI in the legal system, after a brief mentioned two fake cases.

Birth Wait: A statewide program helping mothers and infants lost its entire $905,000 budget on Friday, per NC Health News, as part of the stalemate over what the state pays for Medicaid.

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Our Recent Stories

Give Peace a Chance?

For 75 years, local pacifists have organized a “Peace Booth” at the State Fair. Is it exactly what our moment needs, or a relic of the past?

The Fixer

Catty Moore retired two years ago. Then she was called in to help save Forsyth County schools from a financial crisis.

They Called Their Shot: The Babe Ruth Era of Redistricting Is Here

GOP leaders appear to have achieved their goal of shifting a congressional district from swing to reliably Republican.