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Category: Events
MCHS HOSA plans clothing drive
LOCAL NEWS | Education — The Moore County High School chapter of Future Health Professional or Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) plans a community clothing drive for the winter. They’re asking locals to clean out their closets and donate any gently-used fall and winter items for a Community Clothes Give Away to take place...
JD BBQ Like a Local: Support the Square Cats this weekend
One of the most charming things about our tiny town is our obsession with our Square Cats. We’re sure you’ve seen these precious darlings darting around the historic Lynchburg Square. They aren’t exactly friendly … most are feral. But they’re curious and really want to be loved on … even if it goes against their...
JD BBQ Like a Local: The art of the team name
Barbecue aficionados formed the Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) back in 1985 to launch a local competitive barbecue cooking team. Since then, it’s bloomed into the overseer of hundreds of “sanctioned” events across the country and boasts over 20,000 members. And many of them belong to homegrown barbecue team with some of the quirkiest names...
Motlow offers help with FAFSA
Need help with those pesky FAFSA forms? Motlow's got an event for that.
JD BBQ Like a Local: The Mystery of Remus Powers
If there’s one question we consistently get each year, it’s who’s the guy in the bowler hat? Legendary barbecue judge Ardie Davis aka Remus Powers visits Lynchburg each October. The Jack Daniel World Championship Invitational Barbecue honored him as featured judge in 2008 and the Judges’ Choice Award in 2002. In 2016, industry leaders inducted...
JD BBQ Like a Local: Lynchburg vet and team compete at The Jack
It’s no secret that tiny Lynchburg will swell by around 40,000 visitors and nearly 150 barbecue teams this Saturday, but a couple of these teams don’t have too far to travel. Both Black Label Smokers and the Swine Time Boys from Lynchburg and Barking Pig BBQ from nearby Shebyville will most compete in the Shade...
Motlow Theatre Dept. will perform Madagascar
LOCAL NEWS | Events — The Madagascar franchise revolves around the adventures of four Central Park Zoo animals who unexpectedly find themselves in Madagascar, and must learn to adapt to the wild. Marty the zebra, Alex the lion, Melman the giraffe, Gloria the hippo, and a host of mischievous penguins starred in a 2005 film...
Raider Baseball plans corn hole tournament
LOCAL NEWS | Sports — The Diamond Club, the support organization associated with the Moore County Raider baseball team, will host a fund raising corn hole tournament on Saturday, November 9 beginning at 3 p.m. at 276 Mechanic Street. Pre-registration deadline is this Friday There will be three divisions (18 and over teams, 18 and...
Cheerleaders plan community bonfire pep rally
LOCAL NEWS | Sports — In advance of the last regular season home game and the annual rivalry game against Huntland, the Moore County High School (MCHS) varsity cheerleaders will host a community bonfire pep rally at the high school Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. Friday’s game will also be Senior Night with a special...