LINCOLNTON – Lincoln County Emergency Medical Services responded to a motor vehicle collision that occurred on March 17 at approximately 1:13 p.m. at 2961 Startown Road. LCEMS Medic 8, Medic 7, Medic 9, and the EMS Shift Supervisor responded to find a motor vehicle collision involving two ve…
News
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…
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 …
Sports
March 16SoftballWest Lincoln 13, Newton-Conover 0Stacia Cowan scattered four hits over five innings, striking out 5 and walking just one in a shutout win over the Lady Red Devils in Vale.Gracie Elmore (home run, 3 runs scored), Amelia May and Cowan all had 3 hits. Chloe Norman drove in 3 run…
Former Lincolnton High baseball standout Lane Hoover (right) is part of an East Carolina baseball trio promoting Pirates Baseball in the Greenville area. Carter Spivey (left) and Garrett Saylor are also on the sign.
West Lincoln High School recenty handed out the individual Winter Sports awards to various athletes. Those recognized included: Indoor Track: Female MVP: Sierra Church; Coaches award: Sydney Huss; Male MVP: Nathan Rye; Team Before Self: Parker Warlick; NCHSAA State Qualifier: Sierra Church,…
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
Donny Wayne Starnes
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 …
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