by Gabriel Huff | Oct 1, 2022 | Stories
FAYETTEVILLE CITY Schools (FCS) is now participating in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) program, supplying breakfast and lunch meals to all students at no cost to families. The district officially qualified for the program toward the beginning of the...
by Gabriel Huff | Oct 1, 2022 | Stories
ASHLYN KENDALL Poole’s age has been her greatest challenge. Hometown Lenders, Inc. opened up a new branch in Fayetteville earlier this year under Poole’s management, making her one of the youngest branch managers in the country, at 22 years old, she said. Selling...
by Gabriel Huff | Oct 1, 2022 | Stories
FAYETTEVILLE HIGH School (FHS) hired Fayetteville native Billy Jack Netherland as the new head coach of the Tigers baseball team, toward the beginning of the school year. Known as Coach B.J. on the baseball field, Netherland, 56, previously served as the baseball head...
by Gabriel Huff | Sep 1, 2022 | Stories
FITZGERALD HOPKINS desired to take Fayetteville City Schools’ (FCS) basketball to the next level. So he asked FCS director, Bill Hopkins, — no relation — to create a new position. In July, FCS named Hopkins, 28, the director of basketball operations. The new...
by Gabriel Huff | Sep 1, 2022 | Stories
TENNESSEE GOV. Bill Lee and the commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD), Bob Rolfe, announced earlier this year that Ariens Company (AriensCo) will establish operations in Lincoln County, creating 369 new jobs in...
