Meet Ava Katherine Socarras, first Miss Lexington’s Outstanding Teen

It was late 2021 when Socarras was named Miss Lexington’s Outstanding Teen 2022. Her passion and social impact initiative, another term for a platform in the Miss America system, is Share a Spare, which emphasizes kidney disease. As an ambassador of the National Kidney Foundation of North Carolina, Socarras has attended meetings with nephrologists, kidney disease patients, recipients of kidney implants and kidney donors; it’s all a way to learn more about kidney disease and how to spread awareness about it.

Op-Ed: Why a small town needs an independent bookstore

Sedley Abercrombie, former teacher and librarian, had another idea. At first a pop-up bookstore, Pig City Books made appearances at local breweries, other public events, and even occasionally on street corners. Sedley grew the bookstore gradually, eventually moving into back rooms of a clothing store on Main Street and finally in June opening the first brick and mortar store in Lexington since 2014. Tucked behind buildings off Main and Center streets, it boasts a recognizable pink door and a growing clientele.

The Rising Star Missionary Baptist Association installs first woman as Pastor

Reverend Dr. Billy H. Casey, Moderator of the Rising Star Missionary Baptist Association and Pastor of New Zion Baptist Church in Linwood, NC held an installation Ceremony for The Reverend Patricia A. Ellison, Pastor of Cunningham First Baptist Church on April 24, 2022. The Installation Service was the first-ever in the 83-year history of the Rising Star Missionary Baptist Association.

Association to Install a Woman as Pastor.