🌱 How did La Grange’s early churches share one horseback-riding pastor?

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• How did La Grange’s early churches share one horseback-riding pastor?

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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• Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 85 and low of 68 degrees.
• Sunday: Rain and a thunderstorm, temps: high: 78, low: 66.
• Monday: A couple of morning showers, with a high of 76 and low of 56 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Bucklesberry, Back in the Day: Hickory Grove Church (22) — Neuse News (neusenews.com) — La Grange readers get a look back at how Hickory Grove Church and the La Grange Methodist Protestant mission evolved in the 1880s, including shared pastors and long horseback circuits between churches. The piece traces tensions over denominational changes and explains how La Grange’s mission eventually linked four small congregations across eastern North Carolina.
   

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  Goldsboro High Seven Springs, NC 28578
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  Charles B. Aycock High Goldsboro, NC 27534
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  Goldsboro High Seven Springs, NC 28578
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  Charles B. Aycock High Goldsboro, NC 27534
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🗞 Nearby News

Kinston

• Maceo Parker Way unveiled in downtown Kinston (witn.com)
• Lenoir Community Chorus to Present Handel's Messiah on December 7, 2026 — Neuse News (neusenews.com)
• Man charged after Kinston police investigate report of gun pointed at motorist (wcti12.com)

Goldsboro

• Perfect Weather Welcomes Visitors for Opening Day of Wayne Regional Agricultural Fair (goldsborodailynews.com)

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