With a 10% acceptance rate, attending the U.S. Military Academy at West Point is an elusive dream for many. Not so for Lincoln Charter School student Ryan Wiltshire. He’ll be packing his bags and heading to West Point in June. Students accepted at West Point attend with a full scholarship.
One of the things that Robert Pearson said he really enjoyed about working at the City of Lincolnton Water Treatment Plant was the puzzles he got to solve. He started working the night shift at the water treatment plant, straight out of high school, more than three decades ago. He moved his …
At their most recent meeting held Monday evening, a zoning public hearing was heard by the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners and the Lincoln County Planning Board on a request to rezone 11 acres of land located on Ranger Island Road, Mozelle Sherrill Drive and Ranger Island Mariner Road …
BANNER ELK – The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced their Academic All-District Women’s Basketball Teams on Thursday morning, recognizing the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom, honoring Lees-McRae’s…
East Lincoln (16-1) broke a 4-4 tie with two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, then held off the Black Knights of North Davidson for a 6-4 win in Friday’s third-round 2A state playoff contest in Denver.The win sends the Lady Mustangs (16-1) to the 2A West Regional Finals on Tuesday at…
The West Lincoln High School Lady Rebels women’s golf team won the 1A/2A Western Regional Tuesday at Lincoln Country Club. The Lady Rebels shot a team score of 258, which was good enough to secure the school’s first-ever golf regional championship. West Lincoln was led by Leah Matney, who …
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To take up the playing of an instrument and to do it well means practice and lots of it. An eighth grader at East Lincoln Middle School, Pierson Rickard, auditioned and made his way to the seventh chair trombone in the 2021 North Carolina All State Honors Band.
The East Lincoln High School Varsity Winter Guard has continued with their success. Like everything that’s been related to schools this year, COVID has made both practices and competitions difficult.
There’s always costuming and make-up that has to be done for a theatrical performance but creating an ogre for “Shrek The Musical” involved a good bit of creativity for drama students at East Lincoln High School.
I have since come to the understanding that the phrase or hashtag, “All Lives Matter” is considered distasteful and using it in Friday’s paper was hurtful to some. In my simple mind, yes, I admit, I have a simple mind, when I put that hashtag on the front of the paper, it was right after I f…
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, the terms “essential” and “nonessential” have been used a good deal. Under the current North Carolina stay at home order, certain businesses are deemed by government as essential. Those businesses can operate as normal (if there is any normal anymore) and…
These are frightening times. We’re entering into unchartered waters. Despite all of our state-of-the-art medical knowledge, facilities and equipment, the novel coronavirus could well stretch our doctors, nurses and hospital staff to the brink. Yes, as President Trump said, we’re fighting an …
Here it is; the last day of 2019 and reports of disruptive gun fire are starting to surface throughout Facebook. The gun fire is from, at least in part, the annual trek of the Cherryville New Year’s Shooters. One of the two groups, the Cherryville Traditional New Year’s Shooters, made a roun…
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