Each of the kindergarteners picked out a brand new stuffed animal, gave it some love, and then all of the toys were donated to the Family and Youth Agency. “They brought it to school. We named it. We ...

HICKORY—School portraits of Joyce King’s son, Alex, sit on her desk in Hickory’s City Hall. Alex was 14 years old when he passed away in 2000.

March Madness is in full swing, and folks are checking their basketball brackets with excitement, dismay and sometimes despair. Our household is like many others; if there is an NCAA ...