by Tina Neeley | Apr 15, 2023 | Feature
ALTHOUGH THE first students won’t arrive for several more hours, the lunchroom at Riverside Christian Academy (RCA) is buzzing with activity. Pots and pans clang, cans are opened and produce is sorted as the day’s menu begins to take shape. The time for the first...
by Tina Neeley | Apr 15, 2023 | Feature
ART AND opportunities are found in everyday places, and on rare occasions, the two combine to create a unique career. Jessica Allen wasn’t looking for new work when she and her mother-in-law took a class on a beach vacation that resulted in a one-of-a-kind charcuterie...
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 | Mar 11, 2023 | Feature
LIKE THE electricity powering your home’s heating and cooling, you can’t see it, but you can feel the results of it. At Highland Rim School, that thing you feel is the energy and effect of life in the house of Hornets. The 2022-23 school year is buzzing...
by Tina Neeley | Mar 11, 2023 | Feature
LIKE BAKING friendship bread, teaching requires patience, dedication, and the love of working with the ingredients: curious students, challenges at school, and a supportive community. Teaching encourages growth through the continual kneading, stirring, and baking of...
