By Ken MacDonald • The reviews are in, and the McLauchlin Park remake is a hit. If it were an Amazon product it would have 4.5 stars. If it were a movie, it would be two thumbs up. If it were a middle school lunch, it would be eaten and not thrown. The City can...
Year: 2020
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Conference Champs
Champions In November the Hoke County High School Boys Varsity Soccer team won the SAC 8 championships. On Friday during the boys’ basketball game, the team was presented with their conference championship banner. The banner will be permanently hung in MacDonald Gym. (Photo by Ed Clemente)
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Related: DNA match brings surprise
By Catharin Shepard Staff writer When Desi Campbell took a genealogy DNA test in 2016, he hoped the results would help him connect with relatives he didn’t even know he had. It did, but not in a way he – or his extended family members – ever expected. Campbell is black, grew up in Washington,...
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Early voting starts Thursday for May primary
By Catharin Shepard Staff writer One-stop early voting begins this week ahead of the March 3 partisan primary election, with many local, state and federal races on the primary ballots. The county will open two sites as one-stop early voting locations. The Board of Elections Office, located at 227 North Main Street in the Pratt...
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First Fridays comes to downtown beginning in May
By Catharin Shepard Staff writer A food truck rodeo, a warehouse jam concert, the return of the mullet roast – with a new twist – and more events are on the way thanks to a new nonprofit set to launch Raeford’s own “First Fridays.” A group of local business owners working with the city of...
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Hoke County is drowning in trash
By Catharin Shepard Staff writer Hoke officials are actively working on possible ways to address problems with trash thrown out on public roads across the county. It’s the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s job to manage public roads, but without saying why, the NCDOT informed local government in January that the roadside trash pickup service...