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Election Day is here, and Davidson County voters have one more chance to make their voices heard in the 2025 municipal races. Polls are open until 7:30 p.m., and while municipal elections often draw smaller crowds, their impact on everyday life is anything but small.

A proud native of Lexington, North Carolina, Perez laid the foundation for his discipline and drive on the gridiron. He graduated from Lexington High School in 1998, a high-school career that paved the way for him to play football at Methodist College in Fayetteville. But while sports provided the initial stage, a different kind of performance called him to the microphone. For the past nine years, Perez has become a fixture in the comedy world, evolving into a polished, nationally recognized comedian.

Column: When Faith Picks Up the Call

Jaki Shelton Green is currently the ninth Poet Laureate of North Carolina. In 2022, she was recognized by the Forbes Magazine 50 Over 50 Lifestyle List, 2021 UNC Chapel Hill Frank B. Hanes Writer in Residence, 2019 Academy of American Poet Laureate Fellow, 2019 NC Humanities Council Caldwell Award, 2014 NC Literary Hall of Fame Inductee, 2009 NC Piedmont Laureate appointment, and 2003 recipient of the NC Award for Literature. She recently retired from teaching Documentary Poetry at the Duke University Center for Documentary Studies.

According to the Lexington Police Department, officers are continually responding to complaints from the public about people sleeping on public property and creating a nuisance while soliciting money.

Food pantries across Davidson County expect a surge in visitors following the temporary suspension of SNAP benefits caused by the ongoing federal government shutdown.

The proclamation by the City of Lexington recognizes Cambodian American residents in North Carolina, many who are survivors of the Kamer Rouge genocide and refugees who resettled in this state “in search of freedom and safety...while continuing to advocate for peace, democracy and human rights in Cambodia

The Annual Veterans’ Luncheon will be held from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Friday, November 7 at the DDCC Mary E. Rittling Conference Center located at 297 Community College Road in Thomasville.

It was a young Bob Woodward working for the Metro (local news) section of the Washington Post who helped break open the Watergate investigation that led to the downfall of Richard Nixon.

Galatians 6:11-18 is an interesting passage to read considering our modern situation. It deals with the problem of leadership we see in the modern church where we have everybody and their brother wanting to lead and no one wanting to follow.