🗞️ A barbering family ends a 120-year run

🗞️ Which Road Project Should Get Funded Next?

🗞️ East Forsyth soccer blanks Parkland 4-0 on Senior Night

🗞️ Your Wednesday in Kernersville: morning fog, the last days of early voting and a big Halloween weekend

🌥️ Morning fog, then mostly cloudy | High: 67°F | Low: 54°F

Give yourself a few extra minutes on the morning drive. Patchy fog is likely between about 7 and 10 a.m. before it lifts into a mostly cloudy, cooler afternoon with a high near 67 and a light northeast breeze. Clouds hang around tonight, keeping the low mild at around 54. Thursday brings some sun back with a high near 73.

When Michele Wilson Branch puts away her clippers for the last time this Friday, Oct. 30, she will be closing more than her own nearly 40-year career. She will be closing a family barbering tradition that has been part of Kernersville for more than a century, the Kernersville News reports.

The story starts in 1905, when Michele's great-grandfather, June Harrison, began cutting hair in Kernersville. His grandson, Michele's father Richard Wilson, picked up the trade in 1959 at Brendle's. Richard's daughters followed him into it. Michele's sister, Melanie Wilson Loggins, finished barber school in 1980 and worked alongside their father at Circle R Barbershop, and Michele entered the profession in 1986.

Melanie later opened Third Generations Barbershop, named to honor the family legacy, and Michele was there from its grand opening on Feb. 14, 1987. For Michele, the job was always about more than haircuts. Nearly four decades behind the chair meant generations of customers, countless conversations and the privilege of watching families grow up. Many of those customers became friends, and many became like family.

Melanie sold Third Generations in April 2025 as she prepared to retire, but Michele wasn't quite ready to hang up her clippers. In January she joined the crew at Choppers Barbershop in downtown Kernersville, which let her keep doing what she loves in the town where her family's barbering story began.

Now she's ready for a new chapter. If you've sat in Michele's chair over the years, this week is your chance to stop by Choppers and say thank you before Friday.

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The Winston-Salem Area Transportation Planning Organization wants to hear from the public about which future road and transportation projects should compete for state and local money, the Winston-Salem Journal reports.

This round of input covers projects meant to meet local needs in NCDOT District 9, which includes Forsyth, Davidson, Davie, Rowan and Stokes counties. You can learn about the process and share your thoughts in person on Wednesday, Nov. 4, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Reynolda Manor Branch Library, 2839 Fairlawn Drive in Winston-Salem. If you can't make it, the planning group also takes input online at wsatpo-cows.hub.arcgis.com, where you can drop comments on an interactive map, try a budget exercise that splits limited money among proposed projects, or leave general comments.

The biggest projects have already been chosen. The 2028-2037 plan funds widening U.S. 52 (future I-285) from Salem Parkway to N.C. 65, at roughly $704 million combined, and three more segments of the Northern Beltway from south of I-40 to north of Robinhood Road, at about $766 million combined. That's welcome news for anyone who has enjoyed the newly opened eastern stretch of the beltway near Kernersville. If there's an intersection, sidewalk or bottleneck in town you'd like fixed, this is the time to say so.

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The East Forsyth boys' soccer team sent its seniors off in style, using solid defense and three second-half goals to beat Central Piedmont 7A/8A conference rival Parkland 4-0 on Senior Night, the Kernersville News reports.

Brandon Salinas did most of the damage. He headed in a Dylan Lopez corner kick about 15 minutes in for a 1-0 halftime lead, poked in a loose ball after another corner midway through the second half, then curled a shot from about 25 yards into the top corner. Carter Andrews added a volley with 12 minutes left, and goalie Ricardo Davis made four saves for the shutout. The win improved the Eagles to 9-6-1.

"It was an emotional night, and it was cold too," said first-year head coach Garrett Walker, who credited this year's 10 seniors with helping him through his first season. "They are awesome and I could not have a better group. They have so much passion for soccer and for East Forsyth." Congratulations to seniors Ricardo Davis, Isai Tecipile, Sam Gautier, Dylan Lopez, Anderson Garcia, Alan Torres, Yaphet Ortiz, Brandon Salinas, Cole Bangnam and Abdoul Rashid.

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Here's what to know as Halloween week hits the halfway mark.

Foggy start, cooler afternoon. Patchy fog is likely between 7 and 10 a.m., so ease up on the morning commute. After that it turns mostly cloudy and cooler, with a high near 67. Tonight stays cloudy and mild around 54, and Thursday warms back to about 73.

Four days left to vote early. Both Kernersville early voting sites, the Recreation and Event Center on Shields Road and Paddison Memorial Branch Library on Harmon Lane, are open 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. through Friday. Saturday, Oct. 31, is the last day, and polls close at 3 p.m. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. See sites and hours.

Plan your Halloween weekend. Friday night brings the Spirited Halloween Ball at Körner's Folly and Fall Fest at The Crossing Church. Saturday is packed: the Bunker Hill UMC Trunk or Treat from 1 to 3 p.m., the VFW Post 5352 Trunk or Treat from 4 to 8 p.m. and Downtown Trick or Treat from 6 to 8 p.m. Check the events calendar above for times, addresses and links.

Fall back Sunday. Daylight saving time ends Sunday, Nov. 1, so set your clocks back an hour Saturday night once the candy is counted.