by Tina Neeley | Oct 12, 2024 | Fayetteville, Stories
“911, WHAT’S your emergency?” We expect to hear it when we dial those three numbers in a crisis. All that’s on our minds is getting the quickest help possible. Television and movies are likely all that’s informed our understanding of how the process works. We see...
by Tina Neeley | Oct 12, 2024 | Fayetteville, Stories
IT’S A time of transition, celebration, and, for many, uncertainty. They hang their caps and gowns in the back of their closets, their tassels on their rearview mirror, and their hopes and dreams on their next forward steps. For many graduates, an unchaperoned week at...
by Tina Neeley | Oct 12, 2024 | Cover, Fayetteville
AS STACY Johnson stands before students in his classes, he sees the earliest sparks of a desire to find their place among those who help us when we’re not able to help ourselves. As future emergency medical technicians (EMTs), first responders, and health care...
by Tina Neeley | Oct 12, 2024 | Fayetteville, Feature
IN THE two-room schoolhouse in Howell, many things distracted students on an average day. Thoughts of recess, the sights of changing seasons, note-passing, and sports rivalries interrupted lessons and note-taking. But the wailing siren of the ambulances operated by...
by Tina Neeley | Oct 12, 2024 | Fayetteville, Feature
SHE SLIPPED into her car, her shoulders and her spirits slumping from the weight of the shift that just ended. In no hurry, she turned the ignition, not to back out but to roll down her window, creating an escape route for her thoughts. She reviewed the most stressful...
