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...
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LES Student Council helps support homeless veterans
LES Student Council asking for community's help in supporting veterans this November.
Playoffs begin tonight without Fayetteville City
Up and down legal battle between Fayetteville City and TSSAA ends with Tigers outside the playoffs looking in.
MC Senior Center plans Veteran’s Day Lunch
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...
MC Historical Society meets on Sunday
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...
Heating assistance available for Moore County residents
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,...
Local stars in Much Ado About Nothing
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....
Save the Date: A Tims Ford Christmas
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...
MCHS Student Council collecting items for Thanksgiving gift baskets
MCHS Students Council working to make Thanksgiving a little brighter for some local families. You can help too.
Motlow scholarship an example of targeted giving with a specific goal
LOCAL NEWS | Education — Sepsis exists as a real problem for America’s healthcare facilities. It happens when your body triggers an extreme chain reaction in response to an infection. Hospital patients, especially those over the age of 65 and suffering with chronic disease, are especially susceptible. It affects more than 1.5 million U.S. patients...