Local News Greensboro Mayor Pro-Tem Yvonne Johnson dies at 82, city confirms "Her legacy will forever be a part of the City of Greensboro," Mayor Nancy Vaughan said in a statement.

Yvonne Johnson honored in first Greensboro City Council meeting since her passing Mayor Vaughan said the day should be a day that people work in service because that is what she did every day.

Greensboro honored Yvonne Johnson, its first Black mayor, with a horse-and-carriage procession. Her legacy leaves shoes to fill and a torch to carry on.

The Greensboro mayor pro-tem and former mayor was transported via a horse-drawn carriage during a procession parade in her honor.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The City of Greensboro is paying tribute to the late Mayor Pro Tempore Yvonne Johnson by lowering flags at all city facilities to half-staff. This act of remembrance honors ...

The community mourns the loss of Greensboro's Mayor Pro-Tem Yvonne Johnson.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Councilwoman Marikay Abuzuaiter, Mayor Nancy Vaughan, and Guilford County Commission Chair Skip Alston can all agree: Mayor Pro Tem Yvonne Johnson was more than just a leader ...

Greensboro City Council member and former Mayor Yvonne Johnson will be laid to rest later this week.Johnson, who was the first person of color to serve as mayor of Greensboro, died last Wednesday ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Yvonne Johnson served the Greensboro community for decades right up to her death, nearly one month ago. “A lot of people loved my mother and she loved them so we are just ...

Congresswoman Kathy Manning (D-District 6) made a speech on the house floor to honor Yvonne Johnson, Greensboro’s former mayor and councilwoman who died earlier this week at the age of 82.

Councilwoman Goldie Wells said Johnson wasn’t just a colleague on the Greensboro City Council; she was also her mentor, her sister and her friend.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A longtime Greensboro council member who also was the first Black mayor of North Carolina’s third largest city has died.