by Tina Neeley | Sep 16, 2023 | Feature
AS WARM summer days linger, thoughts and plans for returning fall traditions cool us, if only in our minds. We plan decorative porches with corn stalk bundles, pumpkin piles, and mums. We dream of lawns with skittering leaves of gold, red, and orange. We long for...
by Paige Cushman | Aug 12, 2023 | Feature
FROM INSPIRATIONAL NBA athletes and talented teammates to dedicated family members and compassionate coaches, former Riverside Christian basketball player Will Eldridge had a slam-dunk support system. His dad and two older brothers were athletes, so he started...
by Paige Cushman | Aug 12, 2023 | Feature
AS FAYETTEVILLE High School’s cross-country program flourishes under former triathlete coach Chris Davis, two of its top athletes have signed with college teams. Their athletic (and academic) achievements are not only a testament to the potential of this young...
by Paige Cushman | Aug 12, 2023 | Feature
MARK TWAIN once wrote, “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born, and the day you find out why.” A few days before the first football game of his senior season, Fayetteville High School (FHS) running back Demarion McCrary was trying to find...
by Paige Cushman | Aug 12, 2023 | Feature
IS THERE anything as polarizing, emotional, or inspiring as Tennessee Orange? Not in this neck of the woods. We wear the T-shirts, the jerseys, and the caps. We show up in the stands or cheer them on from home. We support their players and scowl at their rivals. But...
by Tina Neeley | Jul 15, 2023 | Feature
OH, IF walls could talk! The building at 114 W. Market St. has served the public in one form or another since the 1860s when jail cells encased in limestone housed the city’s inmates. The walls were pages etched with doodles and scribblings to pass the time of those...