East Chapel Hill High School seniors Anthony Enoch, left, and, Anton Enoch, right, sit on a bench at ECHHS’ football stadium in Chapel Hill, N.C., Monday, Sept. 7, 2020, after the 2020 season was postponed to 2021 because of COVID-19. Photo © Landon Bost 2020.
Farmer Howard Allen washes off carrots at Faithfull Farms in Chapel Hill, N.C., Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. Photo © Landon Bost 2020.
John Crawford Jr. speaks during a vigil honoring his son John Crawford III on the seventh-year anniversary of his death, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, at the Walmart Supercenter on Pentagon Blvd in Beavercreek, Ohio
Crawford III was killed by a police officer on Aug. 5, 2014, at Walmart while holding a pellet gun that was for sale. The vigil was hosted by Yellow Springs (YS) Speaking Up for Justice.
Southern Durham marching band member Chanya Wyman drums during the 18th Annual NC MLK Black History Month Parade and Block Party in Durham, N.C., Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020.
The theme of the annual gathering was “Acknowledge The Past, Improve The Future.” It was inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech entitled “A Look to the Future” on September 2, 1957, at the Highlander Folk School’s 25th-anniversary meeting in Monteagle, Tenn. Photo © Landon Bost 2020.
Gregory Parrish attempts a shot in a pick-up basketball game during LaRosa's Balloon Glow at Coney Island in Anderson Township, Saturday, July 3, 2021. Coney Island hosted its 21st annual Balloon Glow featuring how air balloons, inflatable obstacles and Rozzi’s Famous Fireworks.
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A child is amazed by the parade procession during the 18th Annual N.C. MLK/BHM Parade and Block Party on Fayetteville St. in Durham, N.C., Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020. Photo © Landon Bost 2020.
After scoring 1,000 points as a freshman, First Baptist Academy’s Grace Dean played her first high school game in 1,021 days after overcoming three knee surgeries, including two torn ACLs.
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The Collier County Sheriff’s Office investigates a deadly shooting on the 700 block 99th Ave. N., Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, in Naples, Fla.
Ahoskie Mayor Weyling White, left, and Hertford County Magistrate Deborah Morrison, right, stand on railroad tracks that divide the predominantly White and predominantly Black parts of town in Ahoskie, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Photo © Landon Bost 2020.
A Pinecrest Elementary School student plays with a balloon during Pinecrest Elementary School’s celebration of its A-rating, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, at Pinecrest Elementary School in Immokalee, Fla.
Pinecrest Elementary School raised its grade from a D-rating to an A-rating in 2021. The school’s celebration featured balloons and music.
A railroad crossing sign sits on the side of Maple St. N in Ahoskie, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020. The railroad company owns the tracks, but Mayor Weyling White has the vision to put a bike trail over them. Photo © Landon Bost 2020.
Billy Lattimore unveils a Sharesse ‘ReRe’ Crossing sign in Avondale, in honor of his daughter Sharesse Lattimore, Tuesday, June 29, 2021. Lattimore, a 7-year-old, was struck and killed by a car while crossing Vine Street, just south of Ehrman Ave.
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Firefighters of Cincinnati Fire Engine 5 respond to a call in Over-the-Rhine, Wednesday, June 16, 2021.
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During a performance of the Black national anthem, “Lift Every Voice And Sing,” demonstrators stand in solidarity to symbolize closing the gaps in Durham’s communities at First Presbyterian Church in Durham, N.C., Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. Photo © Landon Bost 2020.
Renee Nixson of Lower Price Hill plays Connect Four during Summer Safety Fest 2021 presented by Santa Maria Community Services, Inc., at the Swing Park and Aaron Raines Garden in Lower Price Hill, Saturday, June 26, 2021. The event featured free food, music, bike repairs and conversations to prevent violence and substance abuse in Lower Price Hill.
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Skip Williams poses for a portrait at Court View Apartments on W. Court Street in Downtown, Tuesday, July 13, 2021.
Williams has lived at Court View for 20 years and he and other residents were given a 30-day notice to vacate the property. Now, Court View residents are facing eviction after their July 11 deadline to move out expired.
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Mack McNerney zips down the track during the 50th running of the Cincinnati Soap Box Derby Sunday at Ault Park in Mount Lookout, June 6, 2021.
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Todd Goodman of Western Hills fishes underneath the Taylor Southgate Bridge in Downtown to avoid the rain, Wednesday, June 9, 2021.
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The mac daddy photographed, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, at the Twisted Cheesery in Naples, Fla.
The Twisted Cheesery opened recently on 2795 Davis Blvd in East Naples.
Visitors flock to North Carolina's state parks as fall nears. "Being lonely, that brought me out here – seeing nature, seeing people around me." Hillsborough resident Sultan Alenezi, 22, said at the end of the Occoneechee Mt. trail in the Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area in Hillsborough, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019. Photo © Landon Bost 2019.
A fly sits on a flower during Enjoy the Arts at Glenwood Gardens in Woodlawn, Saturday, June 26, 2021. The event was presented by Macy’s and featured performances by the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, The Bacchanal Steel Band and Bi-Okoto.
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Charles Mills, Elmo’s Diner Kitchen Manager, leans on the counter at the Carrboro restaurant after the 29-year-old diner closed permanently on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mills, who worked at the diner for 25 years, said, “I haven't had a lot of conversations with staff because a part of me still feels like I should have come up with a way to keep things going: to give them a paycheck, to give them a job, but I just wasn't able to. And I couldn’t; and, I feel bad about it.”
Attendees clap during The Uncensored Truth Tour, headlined by Dr. Simone Gold, the founder of America’s Frontline Doctors, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at The 20th Century Theater in Oakley. The event featured an anti-mask, anti-vaccine movie screening and keynote speech from Dr. Simone Gold, an anti-vaccine activist and physician, who gained notoriety after the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, where she spoke to the crowd. She was arrested and charged in federal court. Gold is on tour while out on bond.
Cadence Newberry of Fairfield weighs in during the 50th running of the Cincinnati Soap Box Derby Sunday, June 6, 2021, at Ault Park in Mount Lookout.
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Natnael Belay watches fireworks during LaRosa's Balloon Glow at Coney Island in Anderson Township, Saturday, July 3, 2021. Coney Island hosted its 21st annual Balloon Glow featuring how air balloons, inflatable obstacles and Rozzi’s Famous Fireworks.
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