Features Melissa Lefler trains the dogs by making a game out of their training.

Search-and-rescue dogs are trained with love, and a little fun »

Melissa Lefler trains the dogs by making a game out of their training. ANNA J. FORTENBERRY anna@newsatnorman.com Most of us will never need their services, but if or when you do, it is…

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Sheryl Dorsey

King’s Daughters Ministry to bring hope to troubled women and girls »

ANNA J. FORTENBERRY anna@newsatnorman.com Although October 2012 may seem like a long way off, the organizers of the King’s Daughters Ministry volunteers are hard at work getting the ministry up and running…

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Local News

19 suspected street-level drug dealers rounded up in Lincoln County; cops searching for more »

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Deputies and federal officers are out in full force this morning in Lincoln County working to round up some of…

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Candidates field wide range of questions from Denver audience »

Candidates Chris Carney, Martin Oakes and Cecelia Martin with resident Henry Fogle (in yellow jacket) at end of the forum

JOHN FORTENBERRY john@newsatnorman.com About 50 citizens braved a cold and rainy night Monday to become more acquainted with the candidates who will…

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Community invited to one-year anniversary events for Sally’s Y »

ally’s YMCA childcare staff person, Robin Carter, reads to a group of children in Drop-in Childcare. Members receive two-hours of free childcare and enrichment each day while they using the facility. Photo courtesy of Sally’s YMCA.

ally’s YMCA childcare staff person, Robin Carter, reads to a group of children in Drop-in Childcare. Members receive two-hours of…

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Sports

East Lincoln’s Akeyla Forney: Natural leader with a tough mental attitude »

Akeyla Forney leads the Lady Mustangs

Akeyla Forney leads the Lady Mustangs JOHN FORTENBERRY john@newsatnorman.com Without leadership, the East Lincoln girls’ basketball team is not successful. Thankfully for the Mustangs, 17-year-old senior point/shooting guard Akeyla Forney is a natural leader with a mentally tough attitude. “She is an important asset,” said head coach Denise Fisher.…

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Moses Boyter, Jeremy Tarleton lead ELHS wrestling team »

Moses Boyter and Jeremy Tarleton

Moses Boyter and Jeremy Tarleton JOHN FORTENBERRY john@newsatnorman.com Real wrestling is not the junk you see on T.V. where sweaty guys in costumes are acting, and a fake homeless warrior is being thrown through tables. You won’t see someone get hit in the face with a chair or…

Jan 18 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
The People of Denver

Coach Mark Lackey: Every athlete he coaches is the Most Valuable »

Coach Mark Lackey in file photo from his days coaching basketball at NLHS

Coach Mark Lackey in file photo from his days coaching basketball at NLHS JOHN FORTENBERRY john@newsatnorman.com Teachers are often times underappreciated. Their work days begin before the kids…

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Parade grand marshals Raymond and Sylvia Holmes: They put community first »

Raymond and Sylvia Holmes, Denver Christmas Parade Grand Marshals

Raymond and Sylvia Holmes, Denver Christmas Parade Grand Marshals JOHN FORTENBERRY john@newsatnorman.com After more than two decades of service to the Denver community, Raymond and Sylvia Holmes are…

Nov 30 2011 / No Comment / Read More »
News Briefs

Poinsettias for sale at East Lincoln High School

East Lincoln High School’s FFA club has poinsettias for sale through December 20th, according to Justin Blanton, club sponsor. The six-inch pots are $5 and can be purchased between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. daily at the…

Dec 15 2011 / Read More »

‘Another Lost Year’ to perform concert to benefit ELHS academics

East Lincoln High School’s Academic Boosters Club will be the beneficiary of the proceeds from The Plan B Tour by the band, Another Lost Year. ELHS grad Clint Cunanan is a member of the band, and the…

Dec 14 2011 / Read More »

Missing seven-year-old child located in east Lincoln

A seven-year-old child was reported missing from his home on Old Plank Road in eastern Lincoln County early this morning, but was located just a few minutes after a search got under way. The boy was last…

Dec 12 2011 / Read More »
Obituaries

Rankin, Reiner, Silvester, Mika

Nancy Rankin Nancy Elizabeth Neel Rankin, 93, of Stanley died Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 at Presbyterian Hospital Huntersville. She was born August 16, 1918 to the late Avery Young Neel and Pearl Alexander Neel in Iredell City,…

Jan 25 2012 / Read More »

Cindy Cloninger, Virginia Griffin

Cindy Cloninger BELMONT – Cindy Cloninger passed away on Friday, January 13, 2012 at Levine Dickson Hospice House, Huntersville surrounded by her loved ones. She will be remembered for her devotion to her faith and her dedication to…

Jan 18 2012 / Read More »

Delores Welch, William Whitted

Delores Joy Welch Delores Joy Welch, 76, of Denver passed away on Dec. 25, 2011 at the Palliative Care Center & Hospice House of Catawba Valley in Sherrills Ford.  Born on March 17, 1935 in Lake City,…

Jan 12 2012 / Read More »
In Our Schools NLMS Student Council VP Adeline Brady presents check for $1,000 to Hospice Director Lee Wilson

NLMS students raise money for Hospice program

NLMS Student Council VP Adeline Brady presents check for $1,000 to Hospice Director Lee Wilson November was Hospice and Palliative Care recognition month, and  North Lincoln Middle School’s Student Council hosted a “Boo Gram” fundraiser in October…

Dec 14 2011 / Read More »
Casey Read

Casey Read wins Auburn presidential scholarship

  Casey Read Casey Read, a senior at ELHS, has been accepted to Auburn University and awarded the Academic Presidential Scholarship which is worth $60,000 over four years along with a $1000 technology allowance. This award is based…

Nov 2 2011 / Read More »
Opinions

Thanks, but no thanks, to the very generous email offers of kindness

Anna J. Fortenberry WOW.  As the year of 2011 came to an end, I was inundated with offers of amazing kindness from total strangers. Two of those offers stood out as unbelievable.  This, perhaps, is my lucky year! …

Jan 25 2012 / Read More »

Job creation and restructuring education are key platforms for candidates

There was more agreement than disagreement at a public forum Monday night at which citizens had their opportunity to question candidates for local, state and national office. That may be a good sign of what’s to come…

Jan 25 2012 / Read More »

Basic, decent human values and getting tough on crime

Ken H. Fortenberry I’m glad I don’t live in Charlotte, and some days I wonder what is going to become of the Queen City if it continues on its present course. I also shudder to think of what’s…

Jan 25 2012 / Read More »
Area History jacksonweb

Widow of the Confederacy, Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, had deep roots in Lincoln County

Editor’s Note: This year marks the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War, and the following story is one in an occasional series about the war and Lincoln County’s role. Compiled by Ken Fortenberry One of…

Oct 7 2011 / Read More »
Amputation at hospital on Gettysburg battlefield. Denver man died shortly after his leg was amputated

Member of Denver’s ‘Dry Pond Dixies’ sent letters home from Civil War

  Amputation at hospital on Gettysburg battlefield. Denver man died shortly after his leg was amputated Editor’s Note:  The first volley of the Civil War was fired 150 years ago last week at Fort Sumter, SC, and plunged…

Apr 20 2011 / Read More »
Mount Tirzah was on the banks of Leeper's Creek in East Lincoln

From the blood of kings to Lincoln County slavehood; local man bought slaves off ship in Charleston

From an unedited article reprinted in the Louisiana Historical Quarterly in 1919: By F. Brevard McDowell    A letter written in the early part of the first decade of the last century by Judge Joseph Brevard, of Camden,…

Mar 21 2011 / Read More »
Calendar

Week of January 17, 2012

THURSDAY, JAN. 19 Winter Cultural Event Series hosted by ELBA.  History of East Lincoln.  7 p.m.  Denver Fire Department.  Public invited.  Free. SATURDAY, JAN. 21 Free Eye Clinic hosted by Westport Baptist Church.  Patients must be without job and…

Jan 18 2012 / Read More »
Business

New owners of Madison’s at the Lake have more than 30 years experience

You may know it as Madison’s at the Lake…but that could change along with the recent new ownership.  As for now, it will remain Madison’s located at 7913 Natalie Commons Dr. This 3,200 square foot restaurant and…

Jan 25 2012 / Read More »

Latest in breast cancer mammography being offered by Sound Imaging

Sound Imaging of Lincolnton has become one of the first to offer 3D mammography.  It is considered the latest in breast cancer screening for U.S. women and is now being offered in Lincolnton. Sound Imaging is setting…

Jan 18 2012 / Read More »

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