by Tina Neeley | Jun 10, 2023 | Feature
SURROUNDED BY her pre-K students, Tami Schumacher is exactly where she always wanted to be. As a child of a stay-at-home mom, she played school and knew she wanted to be a teacher and a mama. Working at daycares as soon as she was old enough affirmed her heart’s...
by Tina Neeley | Jun 10, 2023 | Feature
FAYETTEVILLE’S MAIN Street is more than brick-and-mortar storefronts and festivals. It’s more than area business owners, leaders, shoppers, and nonprofits. It’s about raising up generations of members with a heart for their hometown. The Fayetteville Main Street...
by Tina Neeley | Jun 10, 2023 | Feature
AMID A sea of orange and white on a clear, crisp fall Saturday afternoon created for college football, the crowd snaps to its feet as the ball crosses the end zone. The band and the fans launch into Rocky Top as the Tri-Star and Power T flags wave across the field....
by Tina Neeley | Jun 10, 2023 | Feature
SOMETIMES THINGS aren’t what they appear to be. After the class bell has sounded, she’s mistaken for a student remaining in the halls. She’s often asked to point out the head coach of the boys soccer team. At 23, Caragan Treola easily recalls roaming the Lincoln...
by Tina Neeley | May 13, 2023 | Feature
LARRY ROBERTSON always answered when they knocked on his door selling brooms and lightbulbs each year. He knew a little about their community service, and he wondered why they’d never asked him to join. Harold Armstrong finally extended the invitation one day, and...
by Tina Neeley | May 13, 2023 | Feature
YOU’LL FIND HIM less on the housetops and more in the office or out meeting customers in the field these days, but Lucas Garrett of T & L Roofing is content wherever you find him. Three years into recovery from addiction to drugs and alcohol, Garrett is learning...
