DENVER – Duke Energy’s Lincoln Combustion Turbine Station was received a Milestone Award from the Lincoln County Economic Development Association for 30 years of operating in Lincoln County. The Lincoln facility consists of 16 natural gas-fired combustion turbines. Natural gas is the primary…
News
LINCOLNTON – Staff at the Lincoln County Department of Social Services continue to offer programs geared to help those who are receiving FNS (formerly food stamps) benefits make progress towards self-sufficiency. This is not a new program, Lincoln County received 100% funding to begin it in …
LINCOLNTON – The Industrial Managers Association of Lincoln County is encouraging local college students to spend the summer working as an intern with a participating manufacturer.
Sports
The East Lincoln Lady Mustangs will play in their first ever softball state championship series this weekend in Greensboro.The best-of 3 series gets underway on Friday evening at 6 p.m. on the campus of UNC-Greensboro. Game 2 is set for Saturday at noon, with Game 3 slated for 3 p.m. on Satu…
GREENSBORO—The three seniors on East Lincoln High’s softball team – pitcher Leah Correll, catcher/captain Betsy Eatmon and outfielder Jaelyn Freeston – had compiled a career record of 72-5 heading into the 2023 best-of-three state 3A championship series at UNC-Greensboro.They had been close …
Lincolnton High School recently held their annual Sports Banquet for the 2022-2023 school year. Individual award winners were for: Von Ray Harris Male Athlete of the Year: Chandler Sneed; Von Ray Harris Female Athlete of the Year: Katherine Hopkins. Richard Smith Award Male (Athlete & Ac…
Obituaries
Steven Darrell Campbell
Gwen Beal Allen Martinez
Agnes Mable Mosteller Rudisill
Larry Neal Somers
Linda Gale Barrows
Arts & Entertainment
DENVER – The Florence S. Shanklin Memorial Library is now home to a lovely bronze statue donated by Elaine Carter of Denver. The statue is of a girl sitting with her dog on a bench reading a book.
LINCOLNTON – The annual “Price is Right for Fighting Child Abuse” remains a popular event for the community with all proceeds benefiting the Lincoln County Coalition Against Child Abuse and the Lincoln County Child Advocacy Center. The event will be held this year on Saturday, March 11.
LINCOLNTON – Lincoln Cultural Center Director, Cathy Davis, approached the Lincoln Theatre Guild last year about the possibility of doing the musical adaption of “The Color Purple,” based on Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. This is the first time Davis has served as a director fo…
Opinion
Every day should be a day for veterans. Instead of just doing it for a day, stores and restaurants should always offer a discount on services for veterans. Many do it for seniors, and that’s great, seniors deserve a discount, but so do veterans. These men and women put their lives on the lin…
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