Deirdra Funcheon is a Reporter at Axios. She covers a range of topics including education, higher education, finance, and regional interest, with a particular focus on Florida and Miami. Deirdra's work has been featured in notable outlets such as Bisnow, Yahoo News, and the Asheville Citizen-Times Media Group.
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By: Deirdra Funcheon
CHIMNEY ROCK — After working for years at her family's rug manufacturing company in Gaffney, South Carolina, Lisa Peeler Brady moved into her family's longtime vacation home in Chimney Rock, in Rutherford County. The house sat on South Side Drive between Main Street and Chimney Rock State Park, on a bank of the Rocky Broad River.
FLAT ROCK— A 16-year-old driver was killed when the BMW he was traveling in crashed at 5:16 p.m. Dec. 22 on North Highland Lake Road, North Carolina State Highway Patrol Trooper Andrew Taylor, who investigated the accident, told the Hendersonville Times-News Dec. 23.
By: Deirdra Funcheon
HENDERSONVILLE — Amy Shipman, director of sales at Fairmont Heritage Place The Cedars, announced on Facebook Dec. 18 that a three-bedroom penthouse at the property sold for $2,729,000, which drew ire from people on social media who said it was an inappropriate time to celebrate luxury real estate.
By: Deirdra Funcheon
Air Museum needs funds, volunteers after Helene
HENDERSONVILLE - A 50-year-old man was stabbed and killed in Hendersonville Dec. 23, according to information provided by city spokesperson Alison Justus Dec. 24.
By: Deirdra Funcheon
HENDERSON COUNTY - Blake Ellege was walking through the Asheville Mall at Christmastime when he noticed a group of children, and among them, a boy who looked sad. Then the child turned the corner and saw Santa.
By: Deirdra Funcheon
POLK COUNTY - Three years ago, Donna Cobb rounded up all the toys her grandchildren barely used. She recruited friends and neighbors to do the same. They passed them out to children throughout Rutherford County in an impromptu recycled toy drive.
By: Deirdra Funcheon
COLUMBUS - On Dec. 21, Leslie Ward, 39, pulled up to a barn at The Sanctuary at Red Bell Run, a rescue for horses and other equines in Polk County. Ward had driven from Ellenboro, in Rutherford County, seeking hay for a couple of goats and her two horses.
By: Deirdra Funcheon
HENDERSONVILLE — In early December, Amy Rognstad opened Honeysuckle Holler, a country dance bar at 101 E. Allen St. in downtown Hendersonville.
By: Deirdra Funcheon
A Brevard College student was shot while celebrating New Year’s Eve in Hickory, in Catawba County. according to the Hickory Police Department.
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