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Ernie Pyle’s battlefield death touched nation

DANA, Ind. — Thinking the danger had past, he and a soldier raised from a ditch and became ...

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Doing nothing at the beach for a week

We went to Myrtle Beach last week … and did nothing. Elizabeth and I spent long hours sitting ...

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Dr. Paul Nifong lived his faith using a drill

As communist plots go, the fluoride scare of the 1950’s didn’t work out too well for the Soviet ...

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Jury socks it to Mocksville for police firings

A tornado — in the form of a federal jury’s stunning $4.1 million judgment — hit the Mocksville ...

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This voter’s evolutionary journey

CHAPEL HILL — Maybe it was the talk of drinking moonshine in our pasts that went to our ...

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The president that got stuck in the bathtub

It was the kind of news that would naturally stir the interest of little boys: Which American president ...

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2 aging Bataan death marchers have died

They both died over the weekend — my two long-time connections to the Bataan Death March: • Damon ...

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Desperate shopping on Christmas Eve

I had one Christmas job — buy Elizabeth a present — and I had dangerously waited until Christmas ...

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Cooleemee Plantation gets a farmer

It’s hard to imagine a better outcome for the Cooleemee Plantation. The 2,033-acre plantation, held for nearly two centuries ...

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Frost arrives on schedule to nip flowers

Nearly on schedule, frost nipped us over the weekend several mornings. If Oct. 15 is the danger date, ...

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Columbine High School Memorial

COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL — A warren of rabbits played and nibbled on the manicured lawn — 10 of ...

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Letters to the Editor week of July 16 2015

‘Historic’ library? To the Editor: I laughed out loud when seeing the full page ad in reference to ...

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Top 3 factors in casting votes for candidates

Some talk about keeping church and government separate, but there are a lot of people who’d really like ...

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Letter to the Editor – What Clemmons needs

To the Editor: The Clemmons Council continues to surprise. After capriciously forcing experienced and well-regarded city manager Gary ...

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‘New’ mower is a big fan of Ohio State

  It isn’t what I had imagined for my first riding mower. There must be holes in the ...

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Buying Obama’s ‘mom jeans’

Forgive me, Sarah Palin, I may have accidentally bought a pair of mom jeans. The former Alaska governor ...

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Gun toters still banned from village hall

No self-respecting cowboy ever made his receptionist ride point, drawing first fire from the bad guys. By seeking ...

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What about ‘Shane’? More best Westerns

What about “Shane”? That’s what Western movie lover Richard Hauser of Lewisville asked last week. Indeed, “Shane” is ...

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Parallel parking in Mocksville

It is the most dreaded maneuver in driving, and the Town of Mocksville has decided to make us ...

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Did Obamacare influence vote?

Political misses, Obamacare and what we don’t know … There are times when I’m reminded of how much ...

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Missing daylight

Already I miss Daylight Savings Time only a couple days into winter. It was almost dark when I ...

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Southern Living Touts Farmington’s ‘Feed Bag’

Farmington’s Feed Bag, the restaurant with the horsey name, made this month’s prestigious Southern Living magazine as an ...

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Class of 1947 still enjoys reunions

Exactly half, 24 of 48 members of the Mocksville High Class of 1947, are still living. Twelve of ...

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Sara Campbell’s legacy of loyalty, customer respect

This was not an “in lieu of flowers” kind of day. Her friends knew that. So they brought ...

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Burglary suspects fall into lake after home invasion

The life of crime is perilous indeed.Four people have been charged with storming into a High Rock Lake ...

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Gone too soon, sports editor Ronnie Gallagher

Information can spread faster than lightning these days, but it took a while for what I was reading ...

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