by Jeriah Brumfield | Aug 13, 2024 | Feature
THE LATE summer sun blankets the soccer practice field, filling the atmosphere with exhilarating energy. A group of young girls hustles through drills, their focus sharp and their movements swift. Coach Harrison Camp’s voice carries encouragement and guidance,...
by Jeriah Brumfield | Aug 13, 2024 | Feature
THE CRACK of the bat against the leather ball pierced through the air. Evan Keller crouched behind the plate, the worn mitt an extension of his own hand. Keller had seen this field many times before, but this game was the highly anticipated Moore County game, the...
by Jeriah Brumfield | Jul 18, 2024 | Feature
TIFFANY PARTIN’S heart raced as the sound of the engine faded to silence. She was already on high alert from an ambulance call, and now she raced toward the injured motorcycle rider being wheeled into the hospital. As the gurney drew closer, she felt a surge of...
by Jeriah Brumfield | Jul 18, 2024 | Feature
TRADING IN the familiar clanging of milk pails for the invigorating fragrance of a thousand blooms may not seem like the ideal experience for many farmers, but this was Verna and Sam Lapp’s reality. This couple pushed through unexpected turns in life to find their...
by Jeriah Brumfield | Jun 15, 2024 | Feature
A YOUNG RAY Cobb, barely out of his teens, crouches behind a sandbag in a mock Vietnamese village. Sweat beads are on his forehead, and condensation gathers on his vintage camera lens. The distant boom of artillery rumbles in the background, but Cobb is calm, focused...
by Jeriah Brumfield | Jun 15, 2024 | Feature
IN THE pitch-black darkness of an Iraqi night, with the desert sand swirling around her, Syrenna Patrick found herself in a surreal moment of clarity. Bullets zipped through the air, mirroring the disarray of war. Even through the chaos, she felt a surge of...
