by Richard Klin | Jun 12, 2025 | Feature
TIFFANY AND Liam Calvert are the owners of Magic Athletics. They have been anchored in the community for years and began their business at the old cotton mill. It was a space they quickly outgrew within six months as enrollment soared. Their next location also proved...
by Tina Neeley | Jun 12, 2025 | Feature
WHILE THE fields no longer stretch unbroken to the horizon, what remains is rooted deep. The land carries the weight of generations — hands that cleared the first fields, feet that walked familiar paths, lives shaped by war, drought, and the steady rhythm of harvest....
by Tina Neeley | May 8, 2025 | Feature
FROM THE corner of your eye, Mt. Washmore looms — laundry stalled by a dead washing machine. The big box store’s helpline? Forty-five minutes on hold, promising you’re “next.” It hasn’t always been this way. Decades ago, washing machines, clothes dryers, and kitchen...
by Tina Neeley | May 8, 2025 | Feature
TRAFFIC CRAWLED along Lincoln Avenue, a backhoe leading the way, soon joined by a Fayetteville Police Department car’s flashing blue lights. The officer eased the machine over, clearing the way for frustrated drivers. As the cab door opened, preteens Chad Mullins and...
by Tina Neeley | Apr 17, 2025 | Feature
MAPS TELL stories of possibility. Not the kind printed on paper but the invisible routes we chart through life’s most challenging terrains. Some journeys are straightforward highways; others are winding, unpredictable paths that require a different kind of navigation....
by Tina Neeley | Apr 17, 2025 | Feature
AS YOU wait in the car rider lane for your student to emerge from one of Lincoln County’s schools, it’s hard to see. The double doors burst open, and students pour out, run-walking to their rides, whether it be the bus or a waiting vehicle. Some laugh with friends,...
