After graduation from Central Cabarrus High School, three long-time friends take different, but very similar paths By Jonathan E. [email protected] friends Bubba Plott, Brad Mizell and Luke Roberts have always shared a brotherly bond. Like any group of young boys, they’ve also shared in moments of trouble. In eighth grade the three were in the […]
Float designers vying for fifth win in local parade competition By Christie [email protected], white and blue glitter covers the garage that’s home to David Medlin’s truck for 11 months of the year. Every June for the past four years, David’s truck is pushed aside to make way for construction of Laura Medlin and Anita Haskin’s […]
Board moves closer to naming new park, discusses plans for Old Post Office By Christie [email protected] The Harrisburg Parks & Recreation board met Monday to address issues including naming the park on Stallings Road, use of the recreation fields on Sundays and the addition of a log cabin and miniature trains to the Old Post […]
Concord-based medical center hopes, despite state’s denial, to open emergency department in Harrisburg By Ben [email protected] NorthEast Medical Center is moving ahead with its appeal to the state Department of Health and Human Services over denial of an application to build an emergency care facility in Harrisburg. Carol Lovin, vice president for strategic planning and […]
After nearly 12 years of preparation, Roy Hill finally realizes his dream of owning his own pharmacy By Christie [email protected] When Roy Hill set out to open his own pharmacy, he didn’t know it would be a 12-year project. Hill found the location for what would become Medicap Pharmacy in Harrisburg in 1995, and has […]
Did you know?Janet Morrison Two weeks ago, the “Did You Know” column followed Ira Lee Taylor across France and through the Battle of Bastogne in Belgium during World War II. Today we pick up Taylor and the Survey Section of the US Army’s 4th Division, Headquarters Battery — Artillery at the Huertgen Forest in Germany, […]
By MIKE CRANSTONAP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Rod Higgins climbed onto the podium for his first pre-draft news conference since becoming general manager of the Charlotte Bobcats wearing a golf shirt with a Michael Jordan Nike jumpman logo. Higgins isn’t alone in his affinity for the NBA great. Jordan, who became a part-owner […]
Eric Deines interviewed several people on the street today, getting some local reactions to the initial news that Philip Morris is leaving town. Alexander Sacco, 56, Midland “I’m glad they’re closing. As far as I’m concerned, that was the cancer factory. You could smell it all over town. I’m sorry about the people who will […]