by Tina Neeley | Jan 11, 2025 | Stories
Small-town Friday nights look similar for teenagers in small, Southern rural communities. When school is in, the seasons determine the meeting spot. It’s Friday night football under the lights, basketball, soccer, softball, and other high school sports. It’s a run to...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 11, 2025 | Stories
“I just want to help people,” he said, his voice soft and calming. It’s the voice you’d like to hear making small talk while taking notes about the issues that brought you to the emergency room. When you’re in the hospital, your mind wandering in and out...
by Tina Neeley | Dec 13, 2024 | Stories
In Lincoln County’s courthouse, addiction’s grip tightened relentlessly. Judge Andy Myrick’s docket overflowed with repeat offenders, their charges a stark reflection of substance abuse’s grip on the community. Theft cases multiplied as desperate...
by Tina Neeley | Dec 13, 2024 | Stories
In a town that wears its history like a well-loved quilt, a local club adds patches woven of surprising cultural threads. From Camp Blount to our long-standing traditions like the Host of Christmas Past, Fayetteville has always celebrated its heritage. Yet amid the...
by Tina Neeley | Dec 13, 2024 | Stories
The trail, long-established yet bearing recent footprints, stretched before him, promising breathtaking views and vistas with undergrowth of wildflowers, moss, and ferns. It also presented steep inclines and rocky outcrops that tested his resolve. As he pressed...
by Wesley Bryant | Dec 13, 2024 | Stories
The people of the year 1000 faced division, uncertainty, and fear for the future. They didn’t know it then, but they stood at the edge of change, transitioning from the Dark Ages to the Middle Ages. Nine centuries later, in 1914, I wonder how people felt as the world...
