by Tina Neeley | Apr 15, 2023 | Cover
WORKING IN the summer heat shoveling mortar and toting brick on the job site alongside his father, Joe Hunter, and uncle, Raybon (Shorty) Hunter, 12-year-old Danny Hunter didn’t know he was working on more than someone’s home. Through each summer break and school...
by Tina Neeley | Apr 15, 2023 | Feature
ANYONE WHO has lived in Fayetteville knows Higgins Funeral Home. Sadly, many of us have said goodbye to loved ones inside those walls. While it’s hard, the Higgins family is there for ours. Families all over the area get the respect and care they deserve in the time...
by Tina Neeley | Apr 15, 2023 | Feature
FOR NEARLY 125 years, Carter’s Drug Store on the Fayetteville square has dispensed more than medicine to members of the Lincoln County community. To many, it’s been a steady job in good times and lean years. To others, it’s been the comfort and security of...
by Tina Neeley | Apr 15, 2023 | Stories
EVER CATCH the aroma of a memory? You know the one — your mama’s Sunday pot roast, fried onions and potatoes, chocolate chip cookies, or cinnamon rolls? We do our best to recreate them for our families, but something is always missing. The same food anywhere else is...
by Tina Neeley | Mar 14, 2023 | Stories
Sometimes life just isn’t what it seems. There are situations where we view each other through the fishbowl of life. We watch from outside, sure of what we’re seeing. Meanwhile, inside, life is its own reality, and the days pass with the feeling of someone else...
