Bill Keziah was a deaf newspaperman in the 1930s and 40s. Indian Trail ancient oak tree at Keziah Memorial Park Bill Keziah conducted his interviews through sign language and a paper tablet he carried. Keziah was working as an editor of “The News Reporter” in Whiteville, North Carolina, in 1928 when he decided to move 60 miles east to the coast and launch a newspaper himself—the “State Port Pilot.” The new publication was printed in Whiteville with the “The News Reporter” pri

A teacher for Deaf and hard-of-hearing students at a public high school in North Carolina says she is "a great teacher before lunch but a...

The Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf has been in operation in Wilson since the early 1960s. While the school is weathering the...