We are still in lots of mud at Oaklawn and from the looks of the weather forecast we will be in mud for the next week.
My Odell friends and classmates have had a ball identifying people in the 1950 picture.
I heard it thunder on Thursday, Feb. 11, and according to folk lore it should snow in seven days. I am anxious to see if this will come to pass.
The Cabarrus County Public Library features a 50-foot long painted mural, which focuses on the Confederacy, originally donated by the United D…
I have been going through old photographs and have discovered some of the Odell Classes.
I hope all you readers are doing well and that this crisis will soon be behind us. Someone said that it was hard to trust the COVID-19 shot no…
The time is fast approaching to leave Oaklawn and another chapter will begin in our lives.
NAGS HEAD — Three shipwrecks have emerged simultaneously on Hatteras beaches, something locals say is rare on the Outer Banks island.
I made the trip over to Poplar Tent Presbyterian Church on Friday to take the Christmas flowers off of the graves. I can still hear my Mother …
The snow that fell on Friday, Jan. 8, reminded me of snowfalls that I remember in the 1940s and 1950s.
This time of year we always like to review how the previous year went. For many 2020 may not have been good but it looks like at least one ind…
I have written about the ghost that lives at Oaklawn in past articles and I would like to give you an update.
I hope all your readers had a safe and a very Merry Christmas.
Trees, pasture land and countryside are disappearing as development gobbles it up and spits out house after house and strip centers and parking lots.
I was talking to a good friend of mine, Ann Smith Porter, and she was telling me that her family always looked forward to the Sears Catalog. S…
December was a month when I started going through the Sears catalog and marking things that I wanted Santa to bring on Christmas Eve.
I hope all you readers had a safe and good Thanksgiving.
I have been communicating with Mr. Alex Porter, who is the Chair, Preservation Committee, Historical Cabarrus Association, Inc.
I was talking to my friend Ann Smith Porter on Thursday, and she informed me that she had been able to get some persimmons this year and had m…
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It may be more than a coincidence that the United States is commemorating 100 years of women gaining the right to vote during this election ye…
We continue to delight in the old photos found at the former Lawson Bonds-Oxford Studio, and as they are shared, we’re getting more and more i…
I hope you readers have been enjoying these cool mornings and warm afternoons. I know that I have as I've been airing out the house.
A program discussing the history of the Concord area and how it fits into the Black experience in America will be held Sunday, Oct. 4, startin…
CONCORD — Local Girl Scout troops participated in a historic walk in downtown Concord on Sunday to work toward earning a new badge.
Aug. 14 marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. While most of the young men and women who fought the war are no longer with us,…
As we continue our celebration of Warren C. Coleman, it is important to understand that Mr. Coleman did not act alone. There were 20 people on…
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