Photo: Michael 'Spoonie' James at the 2021 National Junior Olympics in Lubbock, Tx. last July. All photos courtesy of James 'Coach' Hoy Michael 'Spoonie' James of Downtown's Third Avenue Boxing has earned a new winning title. Michael “Spoonie” James has returned from the 2021 USA Boxing National Ch...

The annual African American Heritage Day parade kicked off in the Northside on Saturday, August 25 at 11 a.m.  Photos by Ashlee Green This year's African American Heritage Day parade began on Pennsylvania Avenue in the Quik-It Chicken parking lot and ended at Manchester Field. Organizations, dance t...

By Ashlee Green Photos by Clifton Loosier It’s 6:30 p.m. on a Monday night and the city is winding down as workers head home for the day. But for Eric Quarles, 20, of Manchester, and Justin Bermudez, 16, of Perry Hilltop, the action is just getting started. “Let’s go, let’s go,” “Giddy up, giddy up,...