To many, the description of “domestic violence” brings to mind physical abuse. A black eye or bruised arms are easy to see and label as domestic violence, but there are many forms of domestic abuse or violence and some may take longer to heal than physical injuries. October is Domestic Viole…
Things are really scary these days and contrary to rumors that have been floating around on social media, Halloween is happening this year. It’ll just look different. It’s been almost like Halloween since April given most of us have been wearing masks in public. All kidding aside, the City o…
The regular meeting of the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners held on Monday Oct. 19 was opened up with a COVID update by Lincoln County Health Director Davin Madden. Lincoln County is 220 days into the COVID pandemic, which is, as Madden pointed out, a long period of time. As of Monday, …
North Lincoln’s Angie Allen (above) and Lincolnton’s Daniel Hopkins were the individual winners at last year’s South Fork 2A Conference Cross-Country Meet at Southside Park in Newton. The Knights swept both the men’s and women’s team championships at the event. High school cross-country co…
The defending South Fork 2A Conference champion North Lincoln Knights run onto the field prior to a game during the 2019 season. The cool, crisp autumn Friday nights just don’t feel the same in 2020 without the sights and sounds of high school football. North Lincoln will have to wait to d…
West Lincoln’s Mason Huitt scampers into the endzone for a touchdown during the Rebels 54-14 win over the Lincolnton Wolves last season. The win was West Lincoln’s second straight over their county rival. The Rebels went on to have a record-setting 10-4 season, including their first two pl…
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Things are really scary these days and contrary to rumors that have been floating around on social media, Halloween is happening this year. It’ll just look different. It’s been almost like Halloween since April given most of us have been wearing masks in public. All kidding aside, the City o…
A woman native to Lincoln County who has made it her mission to make her Domino’s pizzeria the best it could be, has been recognized as the United States Domino’s Manager of the Year. There are more than 6,000 other Domino’s managers across the United States vying for this award. What makes …
Like most children, when she was little, Candee Masters would get in trouble for drawing on the walls. Little did her mother know that as an adult, Masters would make a living painting larger than life murals on clients’ wall. She’s recently achieved a dream come true and opened a studio and…
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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