VOLUME 146 ISSUE 42 | WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2026 | STANLYNEWSJOURNAL.COM
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WHAT’S HAPPENING Democrats feud over stock trading in effort to sharpen anti-corruption case against Trump Democrats are increasingly critiquing each other over their personal stock trades as the party looks to hone its anti-corruption message against President Donald Trump in the midterm elections. In primary races across the country, Democrats are critiquing individual stock trades and the personal wealth of their rivals in a bid to build credibility with voters. Polls show the public takes a dim view of insider trading in Washington and supports more guardrails against corruption. The debates have scrambled ideological lines inside the party, with some more moderate lawmakers attacking progressive rivals over past stock trades. Progressives express skepticism that Democrats who have recently highlighted the issue are offering genuine critiques about money in politics.
Trump: Everything checked out “perfectly” at his medical exam Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump had another medical exam on Tuesday, putting his health under renewed public scrutiny as he has worked to dismiss concerns over his age and stamina. The 79-yearold president spent more than three hours at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for what the White House described as preventive medical and dental checkups. It was Trump’s fourth publicly disclosed medical exam since he returned to office for a second term, and it comes as he tries to project strength ahead of midterm elections that will test his sway with voters. In a social media post after the visit, Trump said that he had just finished his “6 month physical” and that “Everything checked out PERFECTLY.” Trump, a Republican, turns 80 next month and was the oldest person elected U.S. president. His immediate predecessor, President Joe Biden, a Democrat, was 82 when he left office, dropping out of the 2024 presidential race because of widespread concerns he was too old for the job.
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Bridging the way The Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway bridge, pictured earlier this month, crosses the Pee Dee River in front of the Lake Tillery hydroelectric dam, looking towards Norwood.
City Lake Park to host Stanly’s first drone show for America 250 The event will follow Food Truck Friday By Jesse Deal Stanly News Journal
COURTESY OPEN SKY DRONE LIGHT SHOWS
Stanly County’s first drone show is set for June 5 at City Lake Park in Albemarle.
ALBEMARLE — The America 250 celebration will take to the skies next week with a first-of-its-kind event for Stanly County. Set at Albemarle’s City Lake Park, America 250 NC Stanly County will host its “Lights of Liberty” drone show June 5 at 9 p.m.
Badin Opera House remembered with new post office display “The cooperative efforts returned a visible piece of the town’s past.” Better Badin and the Badin Historic Museum
A historic photo honors the former theater site By Jesse Deal Stanly News Journal BADIN — A historic image of one of Badin’s former landmarks is now on display where the building once stood. On May 19, a large-scale photograph of the Badin Opera House was presented to Postmaster Robert Carr Sr. at the Badin United States Post Office, which was constructed on the site of the former theater.
Mayor Demar Huntley was joined at the dedication ceremony by members of the Badin Town Council, Better Badin and the Badin Historic Museum. “The cooperative efforts returned a visible piece of the town’s past to the very site where the landmark once stood,” Better Badin and the Badin Historic Museum announced in a joint news release Sunday. “The newly installed image allows residents and visitors to glimpse the elegance and ambition of See DISPLAY, page A4
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The free event, located at 815 Concord Road, will follow Albemarle Parks and Recreation’s Food Truck Friday concert, giving residents an evening of food, music and patriotic visuals. Organizers describe the presentation as a modern, storytelling-style alternative to fireworks, with 250 illuminated drones creating moving images and patriotic scenes across the night sky, all choreographed to narration and music. As one of Stanly County’s See SHOW, page A5
inside West Stanly softball will face Southwestern Randolph in the 4A state championship.
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