The Silly String was pink and green and yellow and it covered Sam Bethea’s ballcap like a tangle of fluorescent spiderwebs, little bits of it cascading down over his face and onto his shoulders, long ...

His booming voice and oft-repeated message — “Jee-sus SAAAAVES! JEEEEEE-sus SAAAVES! JESUS LOVES YOU, GUYS!” — have by turns comforted and annoyed people who live or work in uptown Charlotte for more ...

If there were a soundtrack for the uptown Charlotte protesting in the days following the fatal shooting of Keith Lamont Scott, Sam Bethea’s raspy two-word chant could be the melody in the feature ...

BETHESDA, Maryland — As President Trump prepared to leave Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Monday, his supporters camped outside the hospital said they couldn’t be happier to see him go.

Have you taken a stroll in uptown lately? If so, you've likely heard the voice of Sam Bethea, 47, bellowing across the traffic and sirens and construction, proclaiming his message: "Jesus saves!" and ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Some businesses said they’ve had enough of the man who preaches about Jesus at the corner of Trade and Tryon streets in uptown Charlotte. Sam Bethea has been facing pressure to stop.