By Catharin Shepard • Staff writer • Fire destroyed part of a local agricultural services business in Hoke County Friday morning. No injuries were reported. Firefighters responded to a report of a fire at FCI, located on St. Pauls Road just outside of Raeford, Andrew Jacobs of county emergency management said. “We received a call...
Four retirees of the Hoke School System received Order of the Long Leaf Pine Awards at the board of education’s recent meeting. State Rep. Garland Pierce presented awards to Queen Ester Hollingsworth-Shaw after her 41 years of service, to Donna Jackson after 31 years service, Patricia Michael, after 43 years of service and Rochelle Arrington...
A woman from Fayetteville was killed Christmas Eve in a two-vehicle accident on Aberdeen Road just outside Raeford. Yvette Marie Allen, 61, of Fayetteville was killed in a head-on crash, according to information from the North Carolina Highway Patrol. The accident happened around 2:14 p.m. Friday, December 24 on N.C. 211 near Sheppard Lane in...
By Catharin Shepard • Staff writer • Two years ago county officials sought grant funding to help address standing water issues in some Hoke County neighborhoods. It’s taken a while, but this month residents in the Goose Pond Road area of South Hoke saw dry land. Andrew Jacobs, grant writer, shared information about the almost...