Author: Tabitha Evans Moore (Tabitha Evans Moore)

LOCAL NEWS | Save yourself a $30 fine and avoid a ticket. Buckle up – especially during Click It or Ticket, which ends June 1.

To honor Memorial Day, we interviewed local Vietnam combat vet Phil Gatto about the real costs of war. He will speak at Monday's Memorial Day Service on the square.

LOCAL NEWS | In a packed room full of educators and residents, the Metro Council approved a $1.7412 tax rate on Monday, and cut the school system budget by $200,000.

FEATURES & INTERVIEW | The Moore County Board of Education recently approved MCHS's first-ever B.A.S.S. Fishing Team. It's an effort spearheaded by former Raider Will Baker.

LOCAL NEWS | It's MCHS Graduation night and the Class of 20255 deserves all the bragging rights. Combined, they earned nearly $4 million is scholarships.

LOCAL SPORTS | On the heels of finding out that their head coach, Randy Morey, is now cancer free, the MCHS Raiders left it all on the field on Wednesday – beating Mckenzie 5-3 in game two of a best-of-three series to force a game three today.

LOCAL NEWS | A state-mandated minimum teacher salary of $50,000 is making headlines, but local school officials say it's only one of several factors driving the need for a significant property tax increase in Moore County. Inflation, unfunded mandates, and a new state funding formula less favorable to rural districts are also straining the school system’s budget. The proposed increase will go before the Metro Council on May 19.