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...
by Tina Neeley | Mar 11, 2023 | Feature
LAID OFF for the second time from his factory job and newly married, Scott Posey considered a career change. He decided college would broaden his opportunities and attended Motlow State Community College and graduated, still unsure of an exact focus as he entered...
by Tina Neeley | Feb 11, 2023 | Feature
IMAGINE YOU’VE planned to spend several hours in your favorite bookstore. You schedule a time to search for a few good books for stolen quiet hours a few times each year. It’s something you always look forward to. You start with a specialty coffee, then head to the...