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The Rev. Brian Thompson and his family were riding in his black Cadillac Escalade about eight years ago when a siren interrupted their Sunday afternoon drive. Thompson, the pastor at Simon Temple AME Zion Church on Yadkin Road, had finished three church services that morning. The family had just stopped for ice cream and were headed down McPherson Church Road when the patrol car with two white police officers pulled him over. The officers approached on each side of the SUV with their hands on their guns, Thompson said. “I was looking back over my shoulder (in the mirror),” he said, “My...

Trying to reduce higher-than-average rates of suspension, the Thames Valley District School Board is training more than a 1,000 staff on alternative ways of…

Trying to reduce higher-than-average rates of suspension, the London district school board is training more than a 1,000 staff on alternative ways of dealing…

An East Ham British Armed Forces veteran’s exploits during National Service 60 years ago will be front and centre of an innovative UK-wide new…

The Satsuma Company begins operations in Tifton.  Submitted photo TIFTON – The Satsuma Company, a citrus packing and shipping plant focusing on crops grown in South Georgia and North Florida, has flicked the switch on its Tift County processing and distribution center. “We discovered this burgeoning citrus industry in South Georgia and North Florida and we feel like it’s exciting and fun,” said Duke Lane, one of the company’s active seven partners. “We wanted to do something fun.” The other active partners are Will McG...