April 2021
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Bo Wagner | The best therapy money can’t buy
One of the most enjoyable aspects of doing evangelistic meetings and revivals is that one gets to see new places and experience new things. Mind you, some of those “new places and new things” have been roachy motels and meetings that made me ask “what in the world am I…
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Piedmont to perform pipeline maintenance
WADESBORO — A routine pipeline maintenance performed by Piedmont Natural Gas will run through April 16 as part of the company’s on-going efforts to provide safe and reliable natural gas services, while meeting the increased demand of natural gas.
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18+ eligible for vaccine in Anson
WADESBORO — The Anson County Health Department has now opened COVID-19 vaccination appointments to all residents who are 18 years and over.
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Community donates $7k to 4-H
WADESBORO — Even as annual events were forced to cancel because of the pandemic, the community still came together to help raise money for Anson County’s 4-H programs.
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SPCC instructor runs marathon
WADESBORO — A South Piedmont Community College professor prepares to run his 38th marathon on May 1 in Myrtle Beach S.C.
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Car show, food, school supplies for local kids
WADESBORO — Kids and teenagers were treated to free pizza and school supplies as part of the Mopar Car Show Community Event on April 10.
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RCC to hold public Program Fair on April 20
HAMLET – Richmond Community College invites the community to come out for its Program Fair on Tuesday, April 20, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the Cole Auditorium on the Hamlet Campus. The College will be showcasing all of its programs and services with both indoor and outdoor displays.
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Memorial for those lost to COVID-19 postponed due to weather
ROCKINGHAM — The candlelight vigil for the 92 lives lost in Richmond County due to COVID-19 scheduled for Friday has been postponed to an undetermined date in May due to threat of thunderstorms.
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Opinion | FCC, restore limits to media ownership
The U.S. Supreme Court last week upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s wrongheaded decision to allow more media consolidation.
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Francisco Lara-García | The US needs an immigrant integration policy
The thousands of migrants trying to enter the United States at the southern border have sparked a fresh wave of political debate over who should be let into the country and how minors and others seeking asylum should be treated.
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Kate Masur | Lessons from the civil rights struggle
As Americans continue to grapple with racial violence and the legacies of slavery, it is worth remembering the roots of the movement that created the nation’s first federal civil rights law, passed by Congress 155 years ago this week.
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Ray Nothstine | Punching back against woke insanity
In a press conference following a “CBS 60 Minutes” report that Covid-19 vaccination distribution was influenced by campaign donations in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis says he’s “punching back” against a lying media narrative. The deceptively edited banter between Florida’s governor and CBS correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi sparked a firestorm of controversy.…
