“We gather to make sense out of a senseless situation,” said the Rev. Kenneth Hammond, one of the ministers presiding over 15-year-old Catrina Carr’s funeral. Three days earlier, Catrina, an eighth-grader at Chewning Middle School in Durham, was shot while socializing on a porch with some friends who happened to be in a gang. Even […]
Randall Williams
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Holler
On Saturday, June 16, a friend and I drove to Spivey’s Corner to see the 32nd annual National Hollerin’ Contest. We turned into the parking lot and were greeted by a warning sign: “Do not leave keys in ignition/General Parking.” We got out and paid our $5 admission. The festival was being held in a […]