by Kali Bradford | Mar 12, 2026 | Fayetteville, Feature
EACH OCTOBER, as the fall season gets many excited about cooler days and turning leaves, it’s also time for a long-held and beloved tradition to take place at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds. For one special weekend — the juvenile hunt weekend — children ages 6 to 16...
by Kali Bradford | Feb 12, 2026 | Fayetteville, Stories
EACH MORNING before the sun rises over Fayetteville, Dorothea Kolle makes her way to the Hampton Inn. It’s still dark outside when she unlocks the kitchen door at 4:30 a.m., turning on the lights, starting the coffee, and preparing the most important meal of the day...
by Kali Bradford | Feb 12, 2026 | Fayetteville, Stories
WHEN DR. Rickey McCauley looks back on his time as a physician, he recalls a childhood dream of becoming a doctor. It seemed distant, almost too ambitious to believe he could ever follow through. “I had a dream as a child,” he said, “but I don’t know if I really...
by Kali Bradford | Feb 12, 2026 | Fayetteville, Feature
AT PLEASANT Grove Baptist Church in Alabama, a teenage boy named Terry first laid eyes on a girl named Tracy. Her father was the pastor there, and Terry remembers the moment vividly. “As she walked in, I said, ‘I’m going to marry that girl,’” he said. At the time,...
by Kali Bradford | Feb 12, 2026 | Fayetteville, Feature
IN A world that often celebrates grand gestures and dramatic romances, Greg and Cindy Arnold’s story is a reminder that the most enduring love is often the simplest. Married for 35 years, their journey together has been marked not by extravagance but by everyday...
