LOCAL NEWS — Lynchburg’s angel tree program, Moore County Christmas Stockings, recently opened applications for the 2019 holiday season. Applicants must be Moore County residents, must be the legal guardian of the children enrolled, and must meet the income guidelines. Documentation will be required. Applications are available at the Moore County Resource Center located inside...
For those who love intellectual deep dives on southern culture, Reckon Radio’s become a staple podcast. Produced by the AL.com and hosted by Amy Yurkanin and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist John Archibald, the podcast launched in 2018, with a closer look at the Greek life at the University of Alabama. The inaugural podcasts explored “The...
LOCAL NEWS |Education — The Metro Moore County School Board will meet on Monday, November 11 at 6 p.m. in the Central Office located behind Lynchburg Elementary School. Members of the public will appear before the board to address three items: the BITZ program, the senior trip, and the baseball bull pen/fence. Director of School...
LES Student Council asking for community's help in supporting veterans this November.
Up and down legal battle between Fayetteville City and TSSAA ends with Tigers outside the playoffs looking in.
LOCAL NEWS — The federal government established Veteran’s Day (originally know as Armistice Day) on November 11, 1919. It commemorates the formal ending of World War I on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 when Armistice with Germany went into effect. It is distinct from Memorial Day because...
LOCAL NEWS | The Moore County Historical Society will meet on Sunday, November 10 at 2 p.m. at the Masonic Lodge in Lynchburg. George Stone will talk about Dr. E.Y. Salmon, one of the early settlers of Moore County. Dr. Salmon was a Civil War veteran, physician, entrepreneur, and public official who built the structure...
LOCAL NEWS — Temperatures will be dipping into the teens next week with a chance of snow next Tuesday. The South Central Human Resource Agency (SCHRA) reminds Moore County citizens that open enrollment on the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) happened on October 1. The program provides heating energy assistance to elderly, handicapped,...
EVENTS | Fayetteville — Beginning tonight, the Carriage House Players will perform William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing at the Lincoln County Museum Theatre in Fayetteville. One of Lynchburg’s own, Justin Lendley, will star as Benedick – a role played on Broadway by the great John Gielgud and on the big screen by Kenneth Branagh....
EVENTS | Winchester — Anonymously penned in 1823, Twas the Night Before Christmas, is responsible for most of our modern notions of Santa Claus … especially the tradition of gift giving. On Saturday, December 14 a reading of the classic poem will be part of a holiday celebration hosted by Tims Ford State Park. A...