by Tony Glenn | Oct 12, 2026 | Fayetteville, Sponsored, Stories
Forty-five years ago, a young man with a love for fine jewelry opened his first store in Tennessee. This October, Sabghi Jewelers is celebrating that milestone all month long, and the whole community is invited to join in. David Sabghi’s story with jewelry...
by Wesley Bryant | Oct 8, 2026 | Fayetteville, Letter From the Editor, Stories
The old courthouse square smells of rain-dampened limestone and the sweet, heavy scent of blooming magnolias. There is a specific texture to the past here; it’s in the smooth, worn dip of a marble doorstep and the rough, iron scrolls of a cemetery gate. These are the...
by Mandy Nachampassack-Maloney | Oct 8, 2026 | Fayetteville, Stories
Long after the last funnel cake has been eaten, the final carnival ride has stopped spinning, and the lights have gone dark over the midway, the Lincoln County Fair is still very much alive. Ruthie Jeans knows all about how those quiet moments are still filled with...
by Kali Bradford | Oct 8, 2026 | Fayetteville, Stories
Long before you could stop by the grocery store and grab a gallon of milk, it arrived another way. At one time, milk and other dairy products were delivered straight to the front porch by individuals like C.N. Bates of Sun Rose Dairy. In communities like Lincoln...
by Kali Bradford | Oct 8, 2026 | Cover, Fayetteville
Jerry Mansfield has spent a lifetime serving Lincoln County as a teacher, coach, principal, public servant, and county mayor. But ask the folks who know him best what first comes to mind about Mansfield, and chances are they won’t mention a title or office — they’ll...
by Kali Bradford | Oct 8, 2026 | Fayetteville, Feature
For Lincoln County Mayor Bill Newman, public service didn’t begin with politics. It began on the family farm, in the barns filled with dairy cattle, and in the simple traditions that defined his childhood in rural Lincoln County. Long before he occupied an office in...
