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Year: 2022
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Man brought gun on middle school campus in his car, sheriff’s office says
Hoke County deputies arrested a man Tuesday afternoon for reportedly bringing a gun onto a middle school campus in his vehicle. Investigators arrested Andre Lamont Grayman, no address given, on charges of possession of a firearm on a school campus and child abuse, the sheriff’s office said in a press release posted on Facebook. Deputies...
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Early voting ends Saturday, primary election is Tuesday, May 17
By Catharin Shepard • Staff writer • Early voting continues this week and ends Saturday, with the partisan primary election set for Tuesday, May 17. As of Monday this week, a total of 1,499 people had cast a ballot during the one-stop early voting period, according to Hoke Elections Director Chassidy Chavis. There are two...
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Avery’s Chapel Church gets ‘Hunger Hero’ award
The Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina presented Avery’s Chapel Church with the Hunger Hero Award for distributing nearly half a million pounds of food to the community in 2021. Avery’s Chapel distributed a total of 491,393 pounds of food last year, the award stated. The church established its food pantry more than...
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Hoke High Drone team sweeps competition
Hoke High School’s Drone team swept the statewide SkillsUSA piloting competition April 27-29. Team members walked away with gold, silver, bronze, fourth and fifth places in the competition. Class instructor and coach Mario Malabunga took nine students to the competition. Winning gold was Nathan Aponte; silver, Shakel Rodriguez Ramos; bronze, Jonah Olsen; fourth place, Alexande...