Year: 2022

By Catharin Shepard • Staff writer • Hoke County Schools students and teachers won’t be required to wear masks indoors starting Thursday, after the school board voted to make masks optional. The Hoke County school board held a special called meeting Tuesday night to revisit its policy requiring students and staff members to wear face...

A woman was robbed at gunpoint and her car stolen in the Walmart parking lot late last month, according to the Hoke County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators are still searching for information that could lead to an arrest in the case. The victim, a 27-year-old woman, had her black 2017 Dodge Grand Caravan stolen at gunpoint,...