Rockingham, NC News

• Rockingham, NC News
• Bomber pilot’s daughter is touched by the past
• New OB/GYN specialist joins FirstHealth Richmond Medical Group
• World War II veteran recalls sights and sounds of Battle of the Bulge
• Local and national companies hiring veterans June 7 in Charlotte
• Open casting call for ‘Bad Girls Club’
• Three charged after meth lab bust
• Sandhills Children’s Center paraded with veterans
• Richmond County Sheriff’s Office - arrests for May 26, 2012
• Memorial Day closings
• Woman’s Club doles out awards
• Hamlet Middle School announces honors, fifth six weeks
• Arrest made in toddler death
• Youth to help WWII veteran place flags on veterans’ graves
• Rep. Kissell surveys tornado damage in Rockingham
• 150 years of United States Department of Agriculture
• Richmond County man arrested for homicide in Eagle Springs
• HSRC thanks ‘Pesos for Pets’ supporters
• Cultural diversity banquet promotes understanding
• Events near and far draw motorists this weekend
• Animal shelter hours for Memorial Day
• Ellerbe man charged with manufacturing marijuana
• O’Neal School to offer summer day camp programs
• RSHS announces honors, fifth six weeks
• Local families needed for cultural exchange students
• Wildlife photo contest starts next month
• Second primary election set for July 17
• RockStock to help children and honor veterans
• Progress Energy urges customers to prepare for hurricane season
• Richmond County Ducks Unlimited chapter sponsors North Carolina Youth Shooting Foundation
• Friends of Leath donate chairs
• Schools fight Battle of the Books
• West Rockingham Elementary announces honors, fifth six weeks
• Free revolver class offered for ladies
• Rohanen Middle School announces honors, fifth six weeks
• Forgotten foster youth lost after aging out
• Rep. Kissell meets with NC Military Foundation to discuss NASCAR partnership
• Girls Can! raise funds
• Ellerbe Marathon ‘re-run’ to include soldiers overseas
• Inaugural Class at Richmond Early College High turn tassels
• Reach out and Read
• Leak Stree High School announces honors, fifth six weeks
• Wind and rain batter Richmond County
• Pesos for Pets: Fiesta Brava to donate Wednesday sales
• LJ Bell Elementary announces honors, fifth six weeks
• Legislators respond to push for sterilization victims’ compensation
• Fairview Heights Elementary announces honors, fifth six weeks
• Cash and narcotics seized in drug busts
• Farmers warned about burning debris
• Fiddler’s Grove Festival this weekend
• Richmond County GOP hears from candidates
• East Rockingham Senior Center receives certification
• Class of ‘02 donates funds to CIS
• Memorial Day service and call for submissions
• Tourism Day marked travel industry’s economic impact
• Neighborhood safety program to be held in Norman
• Cooperative Extension Secretary receives award
• Ellerbe Middle School announces honors, fifth six weeks
• East Rockingham Elementary announces honors, fifth six weeks
• Dieffenbach awards stellar student with new car
• Rockingham tax rate remains steady
• Cancer specialist to speak at Richmond Memorial Foundation event
• Sorority crowns Horne as 2012 Debutante Queen
• Anonymous tips lead to drug arrests
• Fallen officers remembered during National Peace Officers ceremony
• Canines are officers, too
• Carolina Behavioral Care shuttering Rockingham office
• Scouts take Pine Wood Derby to Cordova School
• Grant promoted to Patrol Commander of Rockingham Police Department
• Change to gas pump labels coming in June
• Hagan applauds Export-Import Bank reauthorization
• Playwrights come to town
• Hazardous weather outlook
• Officers speak on National Police Week
• Author booked to speak at county autism chapter
• Athletes compete in Special Olympics ‘Spring Games’
• NSG North America signs training contract with RCC
• Don’t be vain about vein problems
• Hamlet remembers Honeycutt
• Sen. Kay Hagan fights for post offices
• Richmond Senior High School student runner up in Congressional Arts Contest
• PLAY starts tonight at the Co-Op
• von Drehle Corporation receives 2012 supplier “link” award
• Rabies scare prompts health officials to urge vaccinations
• Beekeepers to sling honey
• 4-H Summer Fun Program registration begins next week
• Annual “golf scramble” registration underway
• Free and discounted health screenings for kids Saturday
• Hamlet City Lake cleanup this weekend
• Sandhills Pediatric makes contribution to Discovery Place KIDS-Rockingham
• Staff Report
• World War II musical at the Ansonia Theatre
• Relay 2012 sees spike in donations
• Harrelson awarded scholarship
• RCC Graduates 279 Students
• RCC pinning ceremony marks completion for nursing students
• Ellerbe sewer project on Rockingham’s agenda
• Twister tears up homes
• Tornado Damage Slideshow
• Severe weather hits Richmond County
• Relay for Life event slideshow. Kelli Easterling | Daily Journal
• Taylor hopes for new lungs, new life
• Reflections on the life of Diane Honeycutt
• Textile victory for Kissell
• Rockingham Police Department - arrests, complaints for May 12, 2012
• Blue collection box set ablaze at post office, second this year
• Students slated to begin state testing on Tuesday
• Perdue Farms honors associates for service milestones
• Norman Post Office to remain open until further notice
• RCC signs agreement with NC State University
• Students tour Daily Journal
• Bucky Covington’s bus crashes into Goodwill truck
• ‘Boe knows’ flowers, family and faith
• Richmond Memorial Park to offer free flags for Memorial Day
• RC Ninth Grade Academy announces honors, fifth six weeks
• Salmonella scare cause for pet food recall
• Griffin Jackson to speak at NAACP banquet
• Sandhills earns chest pain center accreditation
• Richmond County Sheriff’s Office - arrests for May 11, 2012
• Richmond Community Theatre has busy month ahead
• Future Community Center
• Washington Street Elementary announces honors, fifth six weeks
• Daily Journal email woes
• Death of toddler under investigation
• ‘Legacy Class’ graduates from Richmond Early College High School
• Kindergartners went ‘wild’ at Raider Stadium
• Planning Board approves conditional use permits
• UNC Pembroke celebrated 670 graduates
• Lowery Wins 2012 Crumley Roberts Next Step Scholarship
• Keadle may request run-off with Hudson in July
• Distinguished Rotarian for 2012, Rockingham Rotary Club
• Rockingham Middle School announces honors, fifth six weeks
• Amendment One drove voters to polls
• Effect of NC gay marriage amendment unclear
• McCrory, Dalton moving on to fall for NC governor
• Newcomer Ethridge earns seat on school board
• Relay visitors to use different gate at Raider Stadium this year
• Invite to UW partners produced low turnout
• Kissell beats Democratic opponent Williams
• County seeks grants to help Knit-Rite in expansion
• Hamlet Historic Depot and Museum to hold photo contest
• Notes on Quotes — Imagination: Using the Double-Edged Sword
• Child care professionals honored by Richmond County Partnership
• Garner gets most votes of county commissioners
• McLaurin earns Democratic nomination in senate race
• Civitan breakfast sales down, fundraiser ends Wednesday
• Letter carriers stamping out hunger
• National Society of Leadership and Success officers named
• International comedy entertainer David Kaplan comes to Ansonia Theatre
• Rebels rock out at Carolina Rebellion at The Rock
• School Board seeking candidates for appointment to RCC Board of Trustees
• Primary Election day is here
• Homelessness Resource Fair moving to new location
• Road Scholar program to visit Scotia Village
• Planning board to hear several requests
• RCC students inducted into National Society of Leadership and Success Society
• Rebels rock out at Carolina Rebellion at The Rock
• Supermoon may block out meteor shower
• UNC-TV spotlights Richmond County
• Earth Day Grocery Store Bag Project
• 5k draws bigger crowd than expected
• County to assist in relocating Knit-Rite, Inc.
• Walmart to distribute pre-paid cells with local carriers
• Hamlet Police Reports - arrests, complaints for May 5, 2012
• Election Day is coming to a precinct near you
• Studio casting new reality show: life off the grid
• Cordova 5k Run/Walk Slideshow
• Chamber Member of the Month: Broad Street Pure
• Movie experience cranked up with moving seats
• Free workshop for non-profits
• Students seeking votes to keep club alive
• Dozens come out to pray together
• Griffin Automotive Group pledges $25,000 to Discovery Place KIDS-Rockingham
• Hamlet to hold meeting on gaming regulations
• Confusing redistricting won’t affect Richmond County ballot
• County Club golf course to be sold for home lots
• Rockingham man arrested after yearlong man hunt
• Thursday Plaza Jam kicks off today
• Relay for Life just around the corner
• Shoney’s offers 65 cent burgers today
• Mineral Springs Elementary announces honors, fourth six weeks
• 30,000 fans to rock out at The Rock
• Raising funds for rescue
• RCC developing new transfer agreements with NCSU and UNCP
• Sandhills Regional health fair helps hundreds
• Richmond may join Moore, Lee in new development initiative
• Candidates for Board of Education respond to survey
• Retirement ceremony
• Richmond County Sheriff’s Office - arrests for May 2, 2012
• Family hopes to raise awareness about 22q
• Annual ride for RC Special Olympics
• Donate to military charities at Hardee’s
• ‘Live United’ yard sale to benefit non-profits
• Youth Shooting Foundation grows
• Top of the class
• Second Baptist to hold Operation Inasmuch
• County Commissioners share their plans for the county, if elected
• RCC Human Services graduates honored with banquet
• Carolina Eye Associates makes $25,000 gift to Discovery Place KIDS-Rockingham
• LOL at Winn Dixie
• Jeff Allen bringing stand-up act to Cole
• HSRC announces PetFest results, and new adoption partnership
• Thursday is National Day of Prayer
• Hamilton recognized as honorary community member
• A day at the office: Richmond County Partnership for Children
• Friends of Leath Memorial Library Annual Meeting
• The sun should shine on PetFest this weekend
• Manager at Hamlet museum extends hours
• Hamlet to discuss budget
• Quiet tide
• Six RCS educators earn National Board Certification
• Man arrested for Florida kidnapping, other charges
• Poplar Hill Masonic Lodge raised $5,000 in scholarships
• 13th annual ‘tasting’ for the children
• Police investigate break-in on Ellerbe Grove Church Road
• State Senate candidates speak on budget and jobs
• Students plant trees in honor of Arbor Day
• LJ Bell thanks volunteers
• Ride for Relay planned for Saturday
• RCC’s Small Business Center’s Project GATE Creates Community Team to Support NC REAL Potential Entrepreneurs
• Community garden meeting turn-out low
• BK and the Firecrackers “blowing up”
• House of Fish frying at senior center
• Ellerbe Middle students explore careers
• Congressional candidates speak on top issues
• Latimer receives Morehead-Cain Scholarship at UNC Chapel Hill
• Affordable pet clinic called off
• Fundraiser planned for sick child
• Our Daily Bread receives $1,000 from churches
• Social Security Column: Our egg hunt for you
• RC Hospice plate sales benefit community
• Summer Enrichment Course deadline extended, classes filling up
• Local manufacturer makes room for growth
• Restaurant celebrates sale of 10,000 cupcakes
• Sandhills Regional receives Gold Seal of Approval in heart failure
• RCC outgrowing facilities, looking to expand
• Pee Dee Electric CEO elected President of NCEMC Board of Directors
• Historical Society updates members on Camp Mackall history book
• AMVETS receive bus for clinic transport
• Summer day camp recruits campers, volunteers and staff
• Parents see breakthrough, aim to help Cordova School
• Kissell Endorsed by NRA
• Discounted vaccine event to guard against distemper outbreak
• Wright wins $100 in Second Chance Drawing
• McLaurin’s campaign endorsed by Realtors
• Students earn tickets
• Little River Vineyard hosts tours and tastings
• Man arrested for assault of officer
• Agency encourages victims to come forward, receive support
• Scouts camporee fun not dampened by weekend rain
• Let the games begin
• Interest meeting scheduled for Hamlet community garden
• Rockingham Police Department - arrests, complaints for April 21, 2012
• Richmond Senior High School receives long-promised traffic light
• PetFest postponed due to rain threat
• Scouts receive prestigious Eagle Award
• Local births for April 21, 2012
• Buy Local Business Expo sees increase in visitors
• Three artists represent RCC in Raleigh
• 10-year-old girl shoots turkey
• Human Relations' Diversity Banquet moved to June
• Hamlet Police Department - arrests, complaints for April 20, 2012
• IBM visits Monroe Avenue to check program progress
• Linda’s Kitchen is back in business
• One Stop Voting begins
• Chad creates a stir
• RCC Offers Community Screening on American Teacher and Excellence in Education Fair
• Dizzy? Find out how to treat vertigo at health fair
• Race day at The Rock - Slideshow 5/5
• Race day at The Rock - Slideshow 4/5
• County breakfast addresses mental health services
• Blue bins don’t help Richmond County
• Health fair patient benefits from screening
• Richmond County Sheriff’s Office - arrests for April 19, 2012
• County aims to reel in tourists with discounts
• Book sale planned
• Discovery Place KIDS-Rockingham gets BB&T gift of $100,000
• RCC Honor Society Inducts 65 Members
• Clifford the Big Red Dog coming to Cole Auditorium
• Civitans honored clergy in memory of Naval Chaplains
• Rockingham Middle students prep to compete in state-wide science competition
• ‘Ticket to work’ inspires ballroom dancer to dance on
• Perdue associates collect 1,000+ pounds of trash
• Shelter makes plea for community support at PetFest
• One Stop Voting to be held at Cooperative Extension
• ‘Millstone Men’ serving up weekend barbecue
• Run for the Roses
• Race Day at The Rock - Slideshow 3/5
• Rock Steady
• NASCAR camping — it’s about more than the race
• Derby girl inspired by NASCAR driver
• Rep. Kissell’s office accepting applications for Congressional Youth Council
• Big crowd turns out to The Rock - Slideshow 2/5
• Camping at The Rock: The weekend of NASCAR's return. Slideshow 1/5
• Picture-perfect day greets racing fans
• ‘Lost Boy’ to speak at Cole
• Back to the Track
• Rockingham benefited from stimulus funds
• LIKE A ROCK
• Mother Reign kicked off ThunderFest concerts
• Crowds excited at the NASCAR hauler parade
• ThunderFest rocked Harrington Square
• Planning board approves Failing’s furniture sales
• Ewings celebrate 50 years of marriage
• Pat’s Kitchen says ‘thank you’
• Ambush taking the stage at Relay benefit
• Sandhills Regional health fair pre-draws next week
• Hamlet Senior Games
• Deadline looms for Kissell’s 2012 Congressional Art Competition
• Mental health program celebrates another year
• Pee Dee Grammar School reunion planned
• Daniel celebrates 7th birthday
• Track Fever
• Watkins couple turns 90 years old together
• Rockingham police captain receives promotion
• Brown speaks to Woman’s Club
• Hamlet votes against freeway downgrade
• Local teams gearing up for Relay for Life
• Hamlet Senior Center journeys to the Amish Country
• Free WorkKey Tests at RCC
• Sandhills Regional earns end stage renal disease accreditation
• Today’s NASCAR parade headed for The Rock
• RCC provides customized training for Perdue Farms
• N.C. Big Sweep launches video contest
• Bikers invited to ride for St. Jude on Saturday
• Long Leaf Pine winner
• Lewis speaks for Retired School Personnel
• Metal workshop at Arts Richmond
• ThunderFest to showcase NASCAR and UARA drivers
• Gov. Bev Perdue breaks her promise to Rockingham Speedway
• Buy Local Business Expo coming to Cole
• County featured in SPEED TV segment tonight
• Richmond County Sheriff’s Office - arrests for April 11, 2012
• Treasury announced $124.4 million increase in small business lending at NC banks
• Voter registration ends this week
• The Litter Sweep returns
• Cole hosts charity ball
• Jump in the JohnBoy and Billy “Play Pen” at The Rock
• Tax deadline looming
• Commissioner Covington attends National Association for Counties in Washington, D.C.
• NASCAR weekend kicks off with parade
• Bands will ‘Rock the Cure’ this weekend
• Warm winter calls for early horse vaccination
• Second Baptist Church in Hamlet now enrolling for Summer Day Camp
• Rockingham reviews county solid waste plan
• Schools unveil summer programs
• RMH Women’s Series to focus on depression and health care for women
• Fidelity Bank gives $25,000 to Discovery Place KIDS-Rockingham
• Aging Center gets new van, thanks to ART donation
• Back Porch Stories to premiere at writers conference
• Conservation Rangers
• Couple applying to sell furniture from home
• Judge finds weapon sales ban during emergency unconstitutional
• Goins celebrate 50th anniversary
• Tree of the Month
• Third annual folk festival set for April
• N.C. police plan stepped-up patrols to nab speeders
• Rockingham man arrested on drug charges
• Report shows 2011 busy year for police
• Local births for April 7, 2012
• Abundant Life Church to begin fundraising for expansion
• Confidence Building
• Animal shelter holiday hours
• Bowling for Autism tourney, raising funds and awareness
• RCC at forefront of national rrend in adult education
• Former speedway boss honored by alma mater
• New police chief takes office
• Bill Smith wins Basketball Bracket contest
• Funds for United Way
• Soy and corn to be among most planted crops in 2012
• Gifted students showcase science skills
• Raiders ‘rocking for a reason’ tonight
• FSA announces program sign-up deadlines
• Help send a soldier to The Rock
• West Rockingham Elementary announces honors, fourth six weeks
• Talent emerges at ‘Open Mic’ event
• NC product promoters gear up for race weekend
• Historical Society dedicates plaque to airport
• United Way funds
• Students attend conference
• County commissioners continue talk on small farms
• Needs rise for Backpack Pals
• EMS Teachers and Principal Advancing Their Skills
• Pee Dee Electric fills the shelves of local libraries
• Easter pets tossed aside after holiday fun
• Social Security: All about disability
• Kissell Receives ‘Friend of the Textile Industry’ Award
• Officials plan to attend NASCAR race
• Pinewood Derby winners to compete in Charlotte
• Steve Lampley Heads RCC’s new substation program
• Band teachers invite future middle school students to information night
• Small farmers adapt to big changes
• Local family supports scholarship
• Community invited to School Spring Programs
• Most Beautiful Tree tapped
• 4-H target sports victories
• Co-workers unite to help friend
• Grandparents bond with grandkids at Second Baptist Day School
• Washington Street Elementary announces honors, fourth six weeks
• Rockingham names a new police chief
• County sees spike in recycling
• Sandhills Regional spices it up for Relay
• Shelter pets get clean bill of health
• Educators selected for regional principal-builder program
• Monroe Avenue Elementary announces honors, fourth six weeks
• Local births for March 31, 2012
• RCC senior nursing majors win regional competition
• Hamlet Police Department - arrests, complaints for March 31, 2012
• Library ‘friends’ raffling painting
• Baby Who?!
• Clenny Creek event for Moore Co. historical sites
• Weather watchers needed
• Hayden Scholarship to help future business leaders
• Fairview Heights announces honors, fourth six weeks
• School district releases calendars for upcoming school year
• Victims airlifted after campground explosion
• Hamlet man faces sexual offense charges
• Children’s Center thanks donors for new awning
• Artists seek old photographs of buildings
• Future Raiders get preview of high school experience
• First Bank donates to Discovery Place KIDS
• Pinewood Derby racers
• PLAY- People Living Active Year-round
• Auditions begin for RCT season’s last play
• Sandhills Regional spring health fair is April 28
• Dr. John Krahnert is Board Certified in Medical Management
• Hamlet Police nab bomb threat suspect
• Richmond County Sheriff’s Office - arrests for March 28, 2012
• Ellerbe town councilman owes more than $2,000 in property tax
• Ellerbe track gaining ground as major motocross destination
• The Golden Egg has been found
• Discovery Place KIDS-Rockingham receives more support
• Richmond County men guilty of gun, drug offenses
• Pastor reels in cash for charity at fishing tourney
• RSHS announces honors, fourth six weeks
• Young pianists invited to audition for Spain festival
• Girl Scouts are prepared, are you?
• Ellerbe native running for House in Iowa
• Local performer banned, community asks ‘why’
• Apartment project gets city OK
• Community Calendar
• Rockingham Police Department - arrests, complaints for March 27, 2012
• Richmond County Ninth Grade Academy announces honors, fourth six week
• Perdue workers recognized
• Outpouring of support at Pat’s Kitchen fundraiser
• ‘Stuff the Truck’ at Ellerbe Middle
• Piedmont Grown may soon include Richmond County
• Museum seeks Gandy dancer history
• Stewart turns 2
• Church Briefs for March 24, 2012
• K-9 Officer serves as mentor
• Discovery Place KIDS-Rockingham ‘blasts off’ with construction
• Olivia has a birthday
• County readies to welcome NASCAR fans
• Poll shows Kissell has lead over Republicans
• State tourism office and Time Warner Cable Media partner to increase tourism across the state
• FirstHealth Richmond donates to United Way
• Local births for March 24, 2012
• Wood turns 5
• Cancer survivor back in business
• Perdue recognizes workers, March 24, 2012
• Ride the rails and experience spring scenery
• Reward offered in graffiti case
• L.J. Bell Elementary announces honor roll, fourth six weeks
• Voters to choose: Traditional marriage or Adam and Steve?
• Candidates for governor at forum
• Rockingham Middle School announces honor roll, fourth six weeks
• Crusader stops by before big day
• Lodge opens doors for dumpling sale
• Hinson Lake dam project under way
• Law enforcement agencies sign mutual aid agreement
• Deadline to apply for SBA Working Capital Disaster Loans is April 1
• Diner charges original prices
• Senior Games registration reminder
• Rohanen Middle School announces honors, fourth six weeks
• East Rockingham Elementary announces honors, fourth six weeks
• Gasoline and Oil Inspection Board approves new rules for ethanol labeling
• Cubs raced through Hamlet
• Board of Health recognize ‘Golden A’ recipients
• State officials examine ‘fracking’
• Celebrate Spring at Blewett Falls fishing tourney
• Communities In Schools connects to students and community
• Small Farms Tour offered
• Special Olympics atheletes compete at Strikers
• Women and social security
• Mock trial teaches youth about religious persecution
• Blackwell joins Mount Olive Baptist Church
• Perdue Farms honors workers, March 21
• Ellerbe Middle announces honors, fourth six weeks
• ‘Blast Off’ event for Discovery Place KIDS
• Florida man arrested on bank robbery charges
• RCC to offer self defense for women
• Think Pink
• High schoolers share ‘words of wisdom’ with Mineral Springs Elementary students
• DAR announces Good Citizen Award
• Animal shelter closed for illness
• Clues to find $500 egg coming soon…
• Ducks Unlimited to host dinner
• Public hearing to determine construction of new apartment complex
• Jugglers come out to play
• Fiesta Brava owner tears down Hamlet restaurant
• Leviner turns 5
• Richmond County Sheriff’s Office - arrests for March 17, 2012
• Jackson named Manager of the Year
• Business leaders voice excitement about NASCAR’s return
• Annual Christian Educational Institute to be held in Dobbins Heights
• Wilson brings music to children
• Local girl hopes to win big for charity
• Voter registration picks up
• SLRS celebrated 50 years, said goodbye to Gee
• National Nutrition Month May Help to Get Your Body Back in Shape
• Perdue Farms honors associates for service milestones
• Plant a tree on Arbor Day
• Blooms cause a buzz
• The bloom begins
• New country store approved for Hamlet
• Discovery project contractor selected
• Hamlet names official depository
• Richmond County Sheriff’s Office - arrests for March 15, 2012
• Flower show to feature a ‘Wonderland’
• Students will showcase musical and artistic talents during annual Arts Alive event this weekend
• Board of Health meeting time, location change for March
• Bomb threat made at Hamlet business
• Little Texas to rock The Rock
• RCC substation and relay program first in state, thanks to Progress Energy
• Wild Foods Cooking Contest gears up
• Richmond County Sheriff’s Office - arrests for March 14, 2012
• Young workers, spring into action!
• Construction contract readied for Discovery Place KIDS
• Richmond County GOP to hold County Convention
• Biscoe author publishes mystery novel about Asheboro
• Fan Fever contest play begins
• McLaurin launches campaign website
• Marsalis and Calderazzo duo perform at the Palustris Festival
• Hamlet Middle smoked competitors at Dragway Saturday
• Do you know them?
• Historical Society presents “When Cotton Was King”
• Spring forward with Daylight Savings Time on Sunday
• Red carpet to roll out for Hoffman Honor Awards
• Public hearing to be held for game room, country store in Hamlet
• Steele turns 4
• Steele turns 1
• Local births for March 10, 2012
• Fundraiser planned for unexpected cancer survivor
• Students gear up for competition at the dragway
• Battleship to hold power plant program
• The Anchormen debuting new gospel CD in Rockingham
• Girls Can! to join efforts with Kick Butts Day
• North Carolina Symphony brings Beethoven to Southern Pines
• North Carolina Forest Service burns potential wildfire fuel
• Two Dems, two Reps fight for N.C. Senate seat in District 25
• NCDOT to pave county roads for $2.7 million
• Gearing up for scholarship competition
• RCC Trustees approve reorganization
• Whitley rejoins REALTY WORLD-Thomas Realty
• O’Reilly Auto Parts celebrates grand opening
• WIC team says ‘check your plate’
• Teen Health Now!
• Appreciation service slated for Minister of Music
• Hamlet Police Department - arrests, complaints for March 8, 2012
• Soap box derby racing on Main Street
• Our Fan Fever bracket contest begins
• Register for Senior Games
• Board of Elections moving early voting for more space
• Richmond County Sheriff’s Office - arrests for March 7, 2012
• Medicare Part B deadline approaching
• Comedian Jeff Allen to visit Cole
• League raises money for cancer care
• Dems say medical marijuana resolution not ‘up in smoke’
• Missing the ‘Mayor of Main Street’
• Farm Service Agency sign-up opening for Conservation Reserve Program
• New Junior Civitan Club formed for students
• Rockingham Police Department - arrests, complaints for March 6, 2012
• Rep. Kissell announces 2012 Congressional Art Competition
• Massagee joins Covington Investment Properties
• Derby girl catches racing fever
• County’s kids encouraged to read
• Thunderfest to celebrate return of NASCAR
• Thomas Center’s growing network on display at UNCP
• ‘Mathcounts’ for Rockingham Middle students
• Red Cross seeks volunteers, donors
• Kissell discusses Farm Bill, Made in America with local cotton growers
• Croom sisters celebrate anniversaries again
• Cloninger earns promotion at Four Oaks Bank
• Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte announces 24th Season
• Local births
• Alzheimer’s workshop to be held on March 8
• Avant celebrates birthday with family
• County Commissioners to discuss 10-year solid waste plan
• Warm breeze and sun bring in March
• New law requires ID for pharmacy pick-ups
• 11th grade students gear up to take ACT
• Dungeon Boxing Club hopes to inspire kids
• Board of Elections seeking new office space
• Stage Hand Course Big Hit at the Cole
• Richmond County Sheriff’s Office - arrests for March 2, 2012
• RCC Scholarship Reception
• Oh Baby, Baby! Defying the odds, two babies born at RMH on leap day
• Berry Patch owner to put up billboards
• Newcomers file for election on last day
• Doc who helped build Richmond Internal Medicine and Cardiology says ‘goodbye’
• SRLS celebrates 50 years, retirement of long-time employee
• Daily Journal reporters awarded for work
• Join the Arbor Day Foundation, receive 10 free trees
• Youth foundation teaches kids to shoot sporting clays
• Actors talk about roles on stage
• Dieffenbach celebrates groundbreaking at construction site
• Ellerbe native files for County Commissioner post
• Leap Year, a rare occasion
• Name change and growth ahead for Andy’s
• Richmond County Sheriff’s Office - arrests for Feb. 29, 2012
• Morrison Correctional Institution Scholarship Continues at RCC
• Shelter asks community to spay and neuter
• Hamlet author pens Christian romance novel
• Actors reflect on ‘A Raisin in the Sun’
• Veech retires from auto parts career
• Rockingham Police Department promotes officers
• Students surpass food donation goals
• Rockingham Civitans honor clergy
• Parks represents vets on drug panel
• MyOwn Community News is all about you
• Rev. T.J. Leak — A Friend to Man
• Race for 8th Dist. Congressional seat heats up
• Housing authority talks renovation of Gore Drive Community Center
• Hamlet Police Department - arrests, complaints for Feb. 25, 2012
• Local births for Feb. 25, 2012
• Whitley turns 2
• Second Baptist honors Girls in Action and fathers
• Hunsucker turns 1
• Covington celebrates 5th birthday
• Tornadoes possible in region today
• Storyteller captivates students with Nigerian tales
• Fast acting duo save co-worker’s life
• Union reps approach Perdue workers
• Lack of spay/neuter efforts created cat colony boom
• Second Baptist Church to build home in Honduras
• Ethridge files for Board of Education
• Business booming on Main Street
• Small business owners invited to register now for webinars
• Richmond County Sheriff’s Office - arrests for Feb. 24
• Space heater suspected in house fire
• Schools take pro-active approach to bullying
• Housing Authority to host Landlord/Vendor Fair
• BSA Awards Banquet
• Eagles aim to help scouts spread their wings
• Lights! Camera! Action! Celebrate North Carolina film
• Habitat Re-Store ‘Stuffing the Truck’ Saturday
• New pacemaker technology gives patients an MRI option
• Hamlet Cardiology lists 8 mistakes heart patients make
• Rockingham Police Department - arrests, complaints for Feb. 23, 2012
• Gastric sleeve offers third weight-loss option
• Call for North and South Carolina poets
• County leaders tour Camp Mackall
• Richmond Memorial Hospital to resume services
• Call goes out for grant requests
• ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ continues tonight
• Judicial candidates file for election
• Drug bust leads to three arrests
• Comfort Keepers agency announces move
• RCC head expresses budget concerns to legislators
• Hospital gets a scrub down
• The search for Richmond County Eagle Scouts
• Former Industrial Sheet Metal workers keep in touch
• Earn (and keep) more money
• Schools prepare to welcome students and parents for Kindergarten, Pre-K registration
• Democrats and Republicans schedule precinct meetings
• Domestic violence victims find new beginnings
• Small container gardening class for seniors
• United Tribes of N.C. hold annual conference
• Around the clock efforts made to rid bats from hospital
• Bats force patients from Richmond Memorial Hospital
• Interest in ancient Chinese martial art growing
• McInnis files for reelection to school board
• ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ performances begin
• Emergency notification system employed in Richmond County
• Keys celebrate 60th anniversary
• Richmond County births for Feb. 18, 2012
• Tree of the month
• Gilliland celebrates a century of life
• Hamlet Police Department - arrests, compaints for Feb. 18
• Mabe celebrates 2nd birthday
• Smith twins turn 1
• Wallen makes Dean’s List
• Richmond Memorial Hospital suspending inpatient care immediately
• Program offers seniors self-defense strategies
• Black History Month program brings pastor home from mega-church
• County commissioners to face challenger
• Carolina Alpaca Celebration draws growing numbers
• Review of Rockingham plan shows success
• Historical Society presents Boyd family history
• Rockingham Police Department - arrests, complaints for Feb. 17, 2012
• Carolina Farm Credit offers new scholarship
• Candidates continue to file for election
• Psychic invites you to receive ‘Messages from the Other Side’
• ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ opens today
• Richmond County Sheriff’s Office arrests - Feb. 16, 2012
• Delco Transport, Inc. makes $25,000 gift to Discovery Place KIDS–Rockingham
• Family appreciates Hospice care
• RCS partners with UW
• Legal Aid N.C. offers free tax preparations at council meeting
• The value of exercising after breast surgery
• Mentees paint for Black History Month
• County has more than 100 homeless children
• Hamlet teen charged with murder of Michigan man
• City of Rockingham appoints interim police chief
• ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ opening tomorrow
• Chamber Member of the Month
• A big love starts with small ties
• Election season begins, candidates step up
• Community mourning loss of educator, school board member
• The gift of life
• Fans mourn death of Whitney Houston
• Community writers take center stage for Open Mic at St. Andrews
• A Valentine Tip
• Rockingham council meets tonight
• Berry Patch owner seeking approval for billboards
• Sheriff’s Office announces promotions, new employees
• Simmons honored for PR excellence
• Sandhills Farm to Table Winter Market
• Carolina Rebellion announces concert lineup coming to The Rock
• Rep. Kissell announces HUD grants for Rockingham and Hamlet
• 9-1-1 operators answer the call
• Ellerbe artist to showcase woodworking in Anson County
• Berry Patch owner seeking approval for billboards
• Appalachian State University announces Fall honors
• Spencer celebrates 10th birthday
• Watkins celebrates 96th birthday
• Geralds celebrate 50th wedding anniversary
• RCS unveils proposed calendars for next school year
• Lumberton book fair, raising funds to lower crime
• A History of African Americans in North Carolina
• Green celebrates second birthday
• Local births in Richmond County
• Bat colony evicted from hospital home
• Show sparks flurry of interest in storage auctions
• Former NFL star shares secrets for success with students
• Candidacy filing begins Monday
• Southern Spring Home and Garden Show
• St. Andrews team to participate in NCICU Ethics Bowl
• Hamlet mobile home set on fire, suspected arson
• Conservation program sign-up begins soon
• Rockingham police chief resigns
• Students win, RSHS to offer new class
• Busy election year on tap
• Kissell pushes Keystone XL pipeline
• Masonic Lodge named Lodge of the Year
• UNC Pembroke announces honors
• College transfer courses expected to be next RCC enrollment boom
• Carolina Rebellion ticket prices announced
• Man dies at Rockingham nightclub
• Learn about tax credit for children with disabilities
• Marston residents cut off from highway access
• St. Andrews to present arts award
• Jerome John makes the most of opportunities
• RSHS Choral Students participate in 2012 North Carolina High School All- State Chorus
• Ellerbe man suspected in double homicide
• Birmingham Drug Company takes on veteran emergent prescriptions
• RCC President’s List addition
• Rohanen Middle School announces honors, third six weeks
• Blue, Woley to wed
• Paxton celebrates 2nd birthday
• Perdue Farms gives $1,000 gift to MLK Committee
• Scott celebrates 100th birthday, honored in Hamlet
• Richmond County Sheriff’s Office - arrests, complaints for 2/3/2012
• Perdue Farms holds annual service banquet
• Richmond County Airport receives upgrades
• Coaches and youth wanted for shooting foundation
• 1M birth control packets recalled
• Sorority presents annual dance at The Highlands in Laurinburg
• Minimally invasive procedures allow Pulmonologist to diagnose/stage chest diseases with higher accuracy, fewer risks
• Robin Sage is moving back into the area
• Students ask public to vote on new idea
• Teen chops locks — for ‘love’
• County no longer processing passport applications
• Student honored at Wolfpack women’s basketball game
• Mail set ablaze at Rockingham Post Office
• Perdue’s choice could affect marriage amendment
• Tax season is upon us and help is available
• Carolina Rebellion coming to Rockingham Speedway
• Rep. Kissell discusses promoting American manufacturing with WearUSA
• RCC announces Fall Honor’s List
• Rockingham mayor to run for Senate
• USDA announces plan to change school lunches
• Chris Sturdivant retires from RCC after 25 years of service
• Scott celebrates a century of life
• Wall earns second degree from NC A&T
• Bostick turns 5
• Gibson turns 5 years old
• Community writers take center stage for Open Mic at St. Andrews
• NC Retired School Personnel holds January meeting
• Church breaks ground for new sanctuary
• Winter Blues
• Scouts clear land at Ledbetter
• Displaced refugees find work at Perdue
• Covington honored as Citizen of the Year
• Pinehurst Resort Hosts Career Expo
• Volunteers maintain wood duck boxes
• Spelling champs face off
• Rockingham Police Department - arrests, complaints for 1/27/2012
• Leak Street student nominated for Naval Academy
• Fire and Ice Gala to showcase cakes
• Two killed, three injured in U.S. 1 crash
• Burned structure cleared for new fire station
• Fatz and VeggieTales teaming up for coloring contest
• Teachers advised to be cautious online
• Neil Berg to take the Cole stage, perform Broadway music
• Driggers named RC Hospice ‘employee of the year’
• Hamlet teachers selected for Region Four Team of the Year
• Emergency operations center training offered
• Commissioner Covington appointed to Lumber River Council of Governments
• Richmond County Sheriff’s Office - arrests for 1/26/2012
• Discovery Place KIDS-Rockingham receives $100,000 from Unimin
• State offers tax relief
• Golden Sky
• Rep. Ken Goodman to seek reelection
• Casting under way for new reality series
• Democratic Women
• Tracks in Time
• N.C. primary may impact GOP nomination
• New study shows diet determines cancer risk
• Sandhills Farm to Table Cooperative sign-up incentives offered
• Former student appointed to RCC Board
• N.C. Board of Agriculture to meet in Raleigh Wednesday
• Students recognized for honor roll at N.C. A&T
• Age is just a number to some senior weight trainers
• New tracking system to battle meth labs
• New Happy Meals make debut
• NC legislators receive worst scorecard ever
• McGuire celebrates 2nd birthday
• Students branching out to complete graduation projects
• Richmond County Sheriff’s Office - arrests for Jan. 21, 2012
• Births in Richmond County for 1/21/2012
• ‘Cuttin’ Up’ coming to Charlotte
• Rohanen Middle School Announces Honor Students, second six weeks
• Kissell visits Birmingham Drug
• Rockingham Lion’s Club holds Christmas party
• Five generations
• N.C. State students make Dean’s List
• Sex offender registration violator sentenced
• Strawberry Shortcut Big Berry stops traffic on 220
• Governor offers additional reward in Hoffman murder
• Our State magazine features Rockingham
• Stalking victims can seek protection
• Carolina Motors at the Rock opens new location
• DJs set to pack the house at Club P3
• Artist preserves old homes in replicas
• Richmond Transitional School students create gifts for rest home residents
• Twist and Shout
• ‘America’s Got Talent’ audition in Charlotte
• Bringing down language barriers
• Pigweed scammers are making their rounds
• Artist alters books with flair
• 2 men arrested in Rockingham homicide
• Man arrested on rape charges
• IRS kicks off 2012 tax season, extends deadline
• Credit card use down, now up?
• Overwhelming turn-out at DeWitt’s Ladies’ free shooting lessons
• Drug shortages continue to increase
• It is Stalker Awareness Month
• Strawberry Association Scholarship offered to young future growers
• Kissell discusses invisible wounds with Patriot Outreach
• Chamber of Commerce member of the month
• Community celebrates King
• Richmond County — embracing change
• Planning begins for Sandhills Go Tell Crusades
• Congress urged to reauthorize Violence Against Women Act
• Richmond County Sheriff’s Office arrests - 1/14/2012
• Lifetime passion grows into new business
• FirstHealth, Pinehurst Surgical open general surgery practice in Richmond County
• Clinical trial offered for patients with colorectal cancer
• Tax court OK’d foster pet deductions
• City offices to close for holiday
• Eugenics victims can receive $50,000 if they come forward
• Richmond County Hospice Haven to offer general inpatient level of care
• Biofuels Center speaks to Woman’s Club of Hamlet
• Cooke celebrates first birthday
• Material Culture and Decorative Arts of the southern Backcountry
• Hamlet sees new Masonic Lodge officers
• Missionaries speak at Second Baptist
• Highway markers tell North Carolina’s civil rights story
• Edwards celebrates 93rd birthday
• Students hope to create new class with your votes
• MLK poster contest shows talent
• January ‘Smoking Cessation Month’
• Radon Action Month: Is Radon seeping into your home?
• Radon — Frequently Asked Questions
• Students can apply to science camp, expenses paid
• Richmond County Board of Realtors recognized
• Kissell urges guard and reserve participation to recognize employers
• Hamlet Police Department - arrests, complaints for 1/13/2012
• Rockingham poised for new growth, says Our State magazine
• Rockingham saw new construction in 2011
• Second half of DeWitt Series coming to Cole
• Board sets hearing on request for transportation dollars
• Audience member speaks out of turn at county meeting
• Hamlet grants rezoning request
• Eat smart, move more
• Discovery Place KIDS-Rockingham reaches funding milestone
• Sumpter named as award recipient
• Richmond County poised to celebrate MLK Day
• Partners in Ministry spreads energy savings, safety on MLK day of service
• Richmond County Sheriff’s Office - arrests for 1/11/2012
• Kick off healthy resolutions with free dance lesson
• Helping Hands build ramp
• Liars host fifth competition
• RCC firefighting courses nationally certified
• Emergency services seminar offered for firefighters
• FSA seeking minority farmers for community voice
• Dan Forest announces for the office of NC Lt. Governor, launches statewide announcement tour
• From ‘Hee Haw’ to Rockingham: Brian Free & Assurance set to perform
• FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital to Offer Inpatient and Outpatient Dialysis Services
• City Council considers update of land use plan
• RSHS cheerleader shines in spotlight at Capital One Bowl
• Community rallies to keep author at bay
• Mummies of the World attracts milestone 50,000 visitors in 50 days
• Farm Service Agency to elect Chair of Committee
• County Commissioners first monthly meeting of 2012
• New reward in Hoffman murder, sheriff asks community for help
• Can Richmond County dig it?
• Congressman talks rural issues with ag officials in Rockingham
• New apartments for seniors being built
• Peach growers to gather
• RCC registration up 12 percent over last spring
• Richmond Pines purchase on the horizon
• Alfredson’s is open for business
• Tickets on sale now for Chamber banquet
• Library postpones controversial book signing
• Richmond County’s unemployment rate drops
• Gearing up for Relay 2012
• Brrrrrr! Is your car ready for cold weather?
• Board aligns policies, formalizes partnerships
• Free workshop offered to parents
• Communities in Schools program gears up for students
• Behind the scenes of a battleship
• N.C. auctioneer to conduct 26th annual Quail Unlimited celebrity auction in Georgia
• Did the stimulus plan impact your business?
• Author, convict become very close
• Happy New Year, baby
• Load up, ladies
• Turner completes FIC course
• Public meetings set for Revolutionary War Heritage Area
• Fire and Ice
• New resolutions for a new year
• ‘Shake it Off’ in 2012
• More than 30 new laws on the books
• Offices are closed
• 2011: The year in review
• Writer shines spotlight on county history
• Parties and Taxis
• Law enforcement gearing up for holiday weekend
• Deputies deliver bikes, toys for Christmas
• Hamlet looks forward to 2012 progress
• Small towns look ahead
• Unified Family New Year’s Eve Party at P3
• Children’s Center counts its blessings
• First Baptist Church of Ellerbe helps Operation Christmas Child
• City of Rockingham looks toward the new year
• County commissioners look to new year for economic growth
• Party at Liberty Place on New Year’s
• Kissell secures $100,000 grant for Central Park N.C.
• S.C. attorney general asks judge to allow Immigration Law to take effect
• New gun law has some ‘up in arms’
• Healing events lead Hamlet man to sing gospel
• Seeking best pictures
• Our Hamlet
• Good luck foods for New Years
• Christmas celebration held at Somerset Court
• NC’s cultural resources offer family fun — before, during, after holidays
• NC Prevention Partners recognizes FirstHealth hospitals as Gold Heart Standard
• Local stores hold after-Christmas sales
• Santa starts vacation
• Mineral Springs Elementary teachers receive special Christmas gifts
• Cobb Memorial Baptist sends shoe boxes to Virginia
• Prevent holiday fires in the home
• United Way receives 1K
• Dear Santa: Letters from our kids to the big guy
• Holiday Traditions
• Facebook users a target for thieves
• Pooches get presents
• Hungry to feast with fellowship
• Perdue Farms receives a thank you
• ERFD honors members
• East Rockingham Men’s Club Raffle Winners
• Winners of Schools Christmas Card Art Contest
• Richmond County Scouts elect Order of the Arrow
• Richmond County Health Department awarded re-accreditation designation
• FirstHealth of the Carolinas announces $150,000 to Discovery Place KIDS-Rockingham
• Teachers moved by gifts from students
• Give more from the heart, less from the wallet
• New K-9 officers graduate from K2 Solutions, Inc.
• New accountants say hello to community
• Fatz to stack flapjacks for skii trip
• Mt. Olive Christian Childcare Center receives new director
• Declining gas prices help boost NC auto travel during holidays
• Winter driving tips for motorists
• Winter solstice means shortest days are over
• Girls Can! finishes successful first year
• Scout extends helping hand
• Energy Assistance Program applications continue to climb
• Progress Energy Carolinas increases rates
• Quick to serve Christmas food
• Safety tips for joyful holidays
• Name Change
• RCC Helped Nicholson complete five-year goals
• Millikin Building donated to Hamlet
• RCC receives Jobs for the Future’s Accelerating Opportunity Initiative
• Chavis celebrates 2nd birthday
• Last Constable Standing
• Flag flies in honor of Blackwell at Leak Street School
• East Rockingham mill being cleaned up
• Additional reward offered in Hoffman murder
• Spanish students ‘breaking down barriers’
• Homeless during the holidays
• Young authors blossom in AIG
• Seniors get in the holiday spirit
• Free shooting lessons to include pistols
• Vandermark lands scholarship
• Vet’s last wish: to visit Hamlet museum
• Second annual Local Food conference brings farm and fork together
• Sheriff investigates Cordova shooting
• We want your recipe!
• Norman post office will stay open until May
• Board OKs military vocational school
• Bayless steps down, Buie steps in
• Council begins new term
• Chamber chooses Covington for Citizen of the Year
• Blackwell to be honored with White House flag, 21-gun salute
• Senior Center holds ‘Blessing of the Van’
• Skateboarding complaints take off
• Local pastors respond to People of Faith Against the Death Penalty
• Meeting to wrap up plans for Ellerbe sewer line
• Hamlet CSX makes donation to “Christmas Angels” program
• Chamber of Commerce Member of the Month
• Hamlet welcomes the Christmas season
• Calling all cooks! Win prizes with recipes
• Taylor spearheads TEAS test prep at RCC
• RCS Educators receive ‘Bright Ideas’ Grants
• Backwards free thrower exceeds his own record
• CDC reports youth at risk for STDs
• Fellowship United Methodist gives the gift of food
• Ellerbe firefighters awarded at Christmas party
• Scouts sell butts to raise funds
• Mayor and councilmen to be sworn in to office
• AMVETS present meal of appreciation
• Hamlet celebrates Old Fashioned Christmas
• Free shooting lessons for women
• New dye will lead to more efficient solar energy technology
• Home for the holidays
• 800 kids receiving new shoes for Christmas
• Students graduate RCC’s Senior Adult Education program
• Four Season banquet held in Laurinburg
• NCDOT: Property owners are paid for land
• NC Farm Bureau Federation holds annual meeting
• Dieffenbach contributes $25,000 to Discovery Place KIDS-Rockingham
• Rohanen High School, class of 1961 reunion
• Hamlet Christmas parade draws crowd, wows spectators
• Uncommon Presents
• School administrators to take new assignments after holidays
• New laws proposed for minors working on farms
• Planning and Zoning Board to discuss military training facility
• AmVets selling Christmas trees for charity
• Two men charged with illegal alcohol distribution
• County board reappoints Chairman Robinette
• Dobbins Heights decorations tour and Derby Christmas coming up
• The Four Tops coming to Cole
• Cole bids farewell to furry friends
• Hamlet readies for Christmas celebrations
• Griffin Toyota delivered new van to Children’s Center
• Night-time clay shoot at DeWitt’s Game Farm
• Black Farmer discrimination settlment
• Rep. Kissell collects Toys for Tots
• L.J. Bell Elementary School to perform at Governor’s Mansion
• Charity benefit reading scheduled for Wednesday
• AMVETS present plaque of appreciation
• Rockingham celebrates 15th annual Christmas on the Square
• Live nativity crew gearing up for Hamlet performance
• Produce stands close shop, move for bypass
• Wiley women cooking up a storm in new restaurant
• CDC unsure how long flu vaccine will be readily available
• Santa’s making an appearance today
• Ellerbe celebrates its 100th Christmas
• Cole Auditorium overrun with CATS
• Big Dipper TV starts series featuring local artists
• Protect yourself with common sense awareness
• County board to elect officers
• Townsend joins RCC faculty
• Christmas on the Square today
• Are you disaster ready?
• Fun, food and free eye exams, at Christmas on the Square
• Hamlet church to celebrate 70th anniversary
• Sandhills Farmer to Farmer to visit Peregrine Farm
• Rockingham family builds home for Honduran boy
• Roldan joins RCC faculty
• State AMVETS choose winner of poster essay contest
• 10 th grade students gear up to take PLAN assessment Tuesday
• Community wants answers in murder case
• Let us deliver your letter to Santa
• Arts Council to feature artists for Christmas on the Square
• Richmond Pines Country Club auction ends bidless
• Is it December already?
• Transitional School students build teamwork skills, confidence at Big Pine Retreat
• McCaskill joins RCC faculty
• Daily Journal to launch new online contest
• Discovery Place KIDS-Rockingham receives a gift from Albemarle Oil and Swink Oil
• Trail lovers champion new Scout badge
• Ellerbe Hometown Christmas set for Thursday
• Hamlet celebrates 25th annual Christmas Tree Lighting.
• Civil War camp open to the public Saturday
• Food Lion gives $3k to Backpack Pals
• Goodwin joins RCC faculty
• Schools to spread holiday cheer with Christmas programs
• The box office is open Tickets on sale for Richmond Community Theater’s Christmas show
• General Assembly cuts holiday short
• Black Friday Fallout
• Granting Christmas wishes
• Ford joins RCC faculty
• Opportunity Hunt for Disabled Children
• Anticipation mounts for first production at renovated Ansonia Theatre
• County planners approve permits for Internet Cafes
• Fighting diabetes with healthy living
• Black Friday customers ‘shopped ‘til they dropped’
• First Baptist Church holds Thanksgiving dinner
• Farm-City Banquet a big success
• Rockingham police warn residents of scams
• Doctor receives letter of concern
• Former NYT columnist, author Tom Wicker dies
• Emanuel joins RCC faculty
• Rewards offered in Hoffman murder
• Middle District to collect $4.3 million in civil and criminal actions
• Happy holidays on tap around county
• Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday court shoppers
• Kids say they ‘want to help’
• Hamlet artists win Independent Artist awards
• Second Baptist of Hamlet collects 300+ shoe boxes
• Rockingham Lions Club building community park in west Rockingham
• Little Kingdom Daycare gives thanks
• Are Chinese imports making pets sick?
• Don’t wait to donate
• Perdue to light Christmas tree
• Philadelphia Brass to perform in Southern Pines
• Davis joins RCC faculty
• Shopping extravaganza goes ‘round the clock
• Small businesses prepare sales for holiday shoppers
• FirstHealth patient: True-open MRI ‘10 times better’ than closed
• Folks are thankful for good health, family and more
• Operation SCOTS leads to multiple arrests
• Chamber encourages residents to shop local
• NC State board OKs proposed tuition and fee package
• Kissell praised for stand on gun ownership
• Three churches come together for free show
• Free ‘Youth Fitness Focus’ event open to all
• Where to go to apply for heating assistance
• New Faculty and DL Facilitator at RCC Meet Enrollment Growth Challenge
• Animal shelter closed for Thanksgiving
• Chamber Member of the Month
• Gunshot victim found dead in Hoffman
• Ellerbe Farm Parade has good weather, big turn-out
• Farmers gather for luncheon
• Christmas in November
• Who will be the Next Citizen of the Year?
• Pets love turkey too, just hold the bones
• Dobbins Heights holiday garbage collection
• Family works to feed community
• Candidate announces senate bid
• Residents concerned about Baker House
• Water needs differ for Fox Road and Old Cheraw Highway
• City of Rockingham garbage schedule change
• Young, beautiful and diabetic
• Auction Wars
• Rockingham remembers a teacher and mentor
• Ellerbe native ‘bringing funny back’
• Free $1,000 in coupons, offer ends Tuesday
• Ellerbe-Rockingham sewer line project still in the making
• Law enforcement and EMS aim to help baby
• Rep. Kissell Joins Former textile workers for ‘Mill Worker Homecoming’
• Lucas Nixon scholarship funds available soon
• McLaurin Center hosting holiday decor sale
• Public hearing for Internet cafes to continue next Tuesday
• City council won’t advance nightclub plan
• Native American students benefit from cultural showcase, additional services
• Bailey rolls over competitors in biscuit making contest
• Animal Shelter announces 1 month kill-free status
• Cooperative agents receive awards
• A guided hunt for physically disabled children
• Rep. Kissell honored veterans during holiday
• Storms likely, tornadoes possible for our area
• Richmond Community Theatre rehearsing for Christmas show
• Farm-City Week begins with parade, ends with banquet
• Philadelphia community youth attended college night
• Are we headed for a White Out?
• Brothers work to keep dad’s memory and business alive
• St. Andrews University open house scheduled for Saturday
• Changes made to Low Income Energy Assistance Program
• Ellerbe vote recount yields Jim Lane as victor
• U.S. 1 widening project complete
• Parent Assistant to provide parents access to student information
• Program collects shoes for needy kids
• More than 700 attend Federal Contracting Symposium
• Rockingham Housing Authority to meet
• Victim advocate certification training offered
• City council meeting tonight
• Internet cafes on Planning and zoning board agenda
• Richmond County GOP to meet
• Big Lots provides ‘real-world’ learning opportunity for student
• Inspiration and perspiration: On the road to achieving military fitness
• Baker House to open this weekend
• Dismissing diabetes: Never a good idea
• Main Street Cafe changes hands, and name
• Hospice honors veterans at luncheon
• Four Oaks campaigns for United Way
• Penick Village hears Duke Chorale
• Sandhills Regional honors its veterans
• Fiesta Brava: Rising from the ashes
• Recount for Ellerbe Town Council seat
• WWII U.S. Navy 8th Beach Battalion reunites for last time
• See The Hoppers in concert Sunday
• Gamers wait hours for midnight release of MW3
• Be a Holiday Hero to a child in North Carolina
• “Stars” of Festival of Trees
• High School students invited to participate in College Application Week
• Raffle winners pick up new truck at Dieffenbach dealership
• First Baptist Church honors veterans at service
• Veterans to be honored at VFW
• Discovery Place gets $25,000 gift from Vulcan Materials
• Nurse battles rare cancer, fundraiser planned
• RCC signs $15,000 contract with FCC NC
• Hope’s Doorway 2011 “Baby Bottle Campaign” a huge success
• Cox wins new truck, twice
• Deserved respect and appreciation
• Seaboard Festival draws thousands depsite rain
• Early voting slow, turnouts low
• Sandhills Alternative celebrates Halloween with donations
• Pumpkin decorating winners at Monroe Ave.
• Everyone should buckle-up
• Candlelight Reflections to remember caregivers
• State collecting ideas, opinions related to propane tank rules
• Student assaults teacher, still at large
• Conflict at the high school, parents advised
• From martyrs to Tootsie Rolls
• Halloween has arrived: Let the spooky fun commence
• Tree of the Month
• Three churches partner on Christmas concert
• Sandhills Regional offers a few tricks for Halloween treats
• Local artist to feature work at Seaboard Festival
• Marks Creek Church to celebrate 150 years
• Rotary’s Country Store opens once a year
• Meetings to discuss discrimination against Native Americans filing for farm loans
• Hodges awarded Principal of the Year
• Test yourself on Halloween safety
• Adams and Morris recognized at RCC annual banquet
• Students say no to drugs during Red Ribbon Week
• Barber Certified by Oracle Academy
• Local Births
• Getting Ready for the big Showdown
• Halloween events readied, trick-or-treaters suit up
• Student mobilizes effort to keep Gov. School open
• Richard Conder named RCC Foundation Citizen of the Year 2011
• Winners of bikes at county faior announced
• Sheriff thanks Loch Haven, distributes checks
• Media Journalism class lends helping hand to Humane Society
• North Carolina school report cards to be released today
• Second Baptist Mission Team builds houses, relationships in Honduras
• Goodman honored
• Embedded in Robin Sage
• Rep. Kissell’s bill to return fish hatchery to N.C. passes house
• All Aboard! Seaboard Festival coming up
• Seaboard Festival Afterparty on tap
• Leave old meds at the festival
• Shelter closed for festival
• Small Business hosts roundtable with Lt. Governor in Southern Pines
• Free Internet service up and running in downtown Rockingham
• Two arrested on drug charges
• Counting down to Rotary’s big day
• Richmond County medical community reaches $250,000 goal to Discovery Place KIDS-Rockingham
• Red Clay Ramblers coming to Cole Auditorium
• Blanton’s Auction House to Open Sat.
• NCEMC elects officials to board of directors
• Fish for free race tickets at the Rock ‘n Reel Tourney
• Early voting keeps elections office busy
• Sandhills Alternative Academy educates on mental health issues
• Shagging for Sandhills dance benefit raises funds and fun
• 50th Reunion Ellerbe High School Class of 1961
• Author pens first children’s book
• Kids book, the first in series
• 83-year-old author releases first book
• Richmond Senior High School honored by state
• Miss Marlboro Academy Pageant Nov. 5
• District to recognize hard-working students
• Richmond Senior High to host Financial Planning Seminar Nov. 7
• Polls open for early voting
• Hamlet man nabbed for alleged metal theft
• Sheriff’s Office and Walmart reward students and teachers at Rockingham Middle School
• Richmond sheriff joins Toys for Tots campaign
• Scout aims to help the needy, asking for your help
• Search for Sam is over
• Savvy Salon switches hands
• Walk to end farm animal cruelty
• Kissell to host thrid annual Federal Contracting Symposium
• Let’s Talk friends and family day set
• Coming up next month: Farm-City Week
• Rep. Kissell accepting Congressional Service Academy Applications
• Rock solid tribute — Locals travel to nation’s capital for MLK Memorial dedication
• Farmland preservation grants available
• Stars head to ‘The Rock’ for filming
• Monroe wins big at MD road show
• Mineral Springs Elementary reaches out to parents
• Vigil planned to honor domestic violence victims
• Chapter begins project for the year
• Don’t quit your day job — Reporter learns being a racecar driver isn't easy
• Head Start reaches out to community
• Paranormal at the plantation
• Civitan news
• Trio charged with break-in
• GREAT 3D Classroom
• More coupons on the way for readers
• Traffic stop teaches parents how to strap in kids
• Author from Hamlet inspired by his roots
• History meets mystery
• Ledbetter Lore
• Golden Spring Ghost
• The most haunted house in Richmond County?
• RCC and public school officials work on Career and College Promise
• Book sale is at Leath Memorial Library in Rockingham
• Man, 61, arrested for stealing dolly
• Who is Jo Jo?
• Operation North State gets gifts to soldiers
• Last day for voter registration is today
• Ribbon cutting and courtyard dedication at Millstone 4-H Camp
• Richmond Service League to host Bowling for Breast Cancer Monday
• Be-Bopping in Cheraw at the S.C. Jazz Festival
• RCC Board partners with Scotland County Business Incubator
• Students treated to traveling troupe’s stage tales
• James Miles named director of St. Andrews University Sandhills Program
• Think pink in October
• Sixth grader asks Hamlet City Council for help
• Bane stays busy and young at heart
• Communities in Schools welcomes executive director
• Rockingham council OKs heavy industrial zoning
• Asian-Indians celebrate Navratri Festival
• Fire Prevention Week: Help prevent wildfires
• Dobbins Heights mayor earns another term
• Students face fears, public speaking challenge met head on
• Still living the dream
• Norman Fest draws large crowd
• Rat Pack tribute opens DeWitt Series at RCC’s Cole Auditorium
• Rotarians gear up for truck raffle, annual auction
• Still thirsty for knowledge at 72
• Dobbins Heights candidates ready for election day
• Raider pride knows no limits
• Computer donations cause for celebration at school
• Rockingham’s ‘Idol’ signs new record deal
• Paranormal team opens haunted plantation for second year
• A UNCP degree at RCC
• Saturday’s Draconid meteor shower: big storm or weak display?
• Race lovers get green flag for weekend reunion
• Wellness Screening Day set for Oct. 8 at Richmond Memorial Hospital
• Library readies for book sale
• Fun day to find out about fire safety
• Barbecue and helicopter rides await festival goers
• Alltel turns stores into casting studios
• Green thumbs making money in school’s new greenhouse
• QR codes coming to the Daily Journal
• Fire Department readies for Friday’s BBQ sale
• Richmond Community Theater gets cast ready for Christmas show
• SECU members award RCC students $5,000 scholarships
• Businesses change hands, join together
• Apple says company co-founder Steve Jobs has died
• Scouts hold Court of Honor
• Progress Energy makes $40,000 contribution to Discovery Place KIDS-Rockingham
• A smaller glass, filled to the top
• Superintendent shares leadership lessons with Fairview Heights Elementary Students
• Dr. Masoud Ahdieh’s office celebrates ‘first in county’ recognition
• Hindus to celebrate victory of good over evil
• County, city helped secure NASCAR’s return
• Commissioners discuss overgrown lots, smoking by the judicial center
• HSRC aims for record adoptions during ‘National Adopt a Shelter Dog Month’
• RCC celebrates tutors during National Tutor Appreciation Week
• Rockingham Housing Authority welcomes executive director
• Special to the Journal
• Appalachian State announces summer program graduates
• Chamber welcomes new cellular store to Rockingham
• RSHS gears up for Homecoming and Spirit Week
• College Night helps high school seniors with options for the future
• Commissioners to discuss overgrown lots, demolition and Norman Post Office
• Calendars roll over to October
• Alleged robbers in jail
• Cole Auditorium reveals DeWitt Series performance schedule
• Police seek third man in armed robbery
• John Coltrane Music Fest to spotlight county’s talents
• Hamlet adds new business to its roster
• Scotland County hosts Highland Games on Saturday
• Nominees selected for NCSU Park Scholarship
• Western shows this weekend at St. Andrews Equestrian Center
• Several municipal elections are on tap
• Bullies go after children in many ways
• Book fair to support hospital volunteers
• United in prayer
• USDA Farm Service Agency has guaranteed loan limit increases
• AT&T extends mobile broadband in Hoffman and Marston
• Dogs, fish and fun at Greenwing
• Police looking for suspect in robbery
• Scouts hope to recruit new members Saturday
• Auditions for “A Christmas Carol” to be held Oct. 10-12
• Andy’s re-opens in Rockingham
• Red Cross honors dedicated volunteer
• Center for the disabled turns old decorations into new projects
• Caviness retires after 30 years with RCC
• Kissell attends 881st Engineers Day
• Chamber helps shore up leadership skills
• St. Andrews University wins two equestrian shows
• Fun and food at the Richmond County Fair
• “The Rock” gets ready for NASCAR
• Teenager gets prison for overpass death
• Norman continues fight to keep post office
• Sellers named Citizen of the Year
• Man arrested for possession of cocaine
• Run all night? Some say ‘all right’ Hinson Lake’s 24 hour run set for Saturday
• Early voting begins today for Dobbins Heights
• Flash flood warning in effect for this afternoon
• A-buzz at the fair
• Veterans reflect on the Flight of Honor
• Progress Energy names power plant in honor of Sherwood H. Smith, Jr.
• Barrels of Fun at Weekengo Farm
• St. Andrews to become a university
• Equestrian Center opens 2011-12 competition season Saturday
• Habitat Tourney was a Hole in One
• Local law enforcement strengthening ties with U.S. Attorney’s Office
• First fair night full of family fun
• Steele Stampede revving up engines on Saturday
• Legislative tour to bring Goodman, Purcell to RCC on Friday
• Bridge finished at Moore County line
• Career Tech Education class gets makeover
• Exciting entertainment lined up for the fair
• Flock to Greenwing
• Fort Bragg regional group aims to eliminate ‘Not’ from society’s vocabulary
• Leak Street opens Kids Cafe
• Wrestlers’ night goes to the dogs
• Historic rail line discovered
• Daughter inspires family to help others
• County thanks older workers
• St. Andrews Pipe Band finishes 2nd at Charleston
• Constitution Day
• World War II veterans depart from Rockingham for Flight of Honor
• ‘Dust Bowl Sailor’ recalls training pilots
• Rockingham Rotary donates dictionaries to students
• It’s Fair Time Richmond County Fair opens Tuesday
• Congressman Kissell Welcomes Richmond County Business Leaders to Washington for Economic Summit
• Extra! Extra! Meet a wrestla!
• Chamber welcomes Godfather’s with ceremony
• BIG Pull Strongmen take to ‘The Rock’
• Windblo peach farmer recalls Okinawa and Japan during and after WWII
• Schools begin to implement process to encourage positive behavior
• Legionnaires are back from 93rd Annual National Conference of the American Legion
• Richmond County Chamber of Commerce Member of the Month
• More RCS students participate in SAT
• Autism Society invites caregivers to meet
• Community unites for a ‘Day of Caring’
• Raleigh-bound seniors gear up for State Finals
• Council insures program continues
• America Celebrates U.S. Constitution DAR Promotes Constitution Week Awareness
• St. Andrews ranked among best colleges
• Hamlet City Council moves to re-apppoint Culler
• Dan Bennett to present Ellerbe Telephone Company’s history
• New program launched to study electric cars
• NC voters will see same-sex marriage ban on ballot
• Police: Man commits suicide after domestic calls
• RCC enrollment reaches all-time high
• Church celebrates 100 year anniversary
• St. Andrews named to Military Friendly Schools List
• Wrestlers fighting for shelter pets
• House approves marriage question
• Habitat for Humanity invites every church to breakfast
• Volunteers asked to ‘Care for a Day’
• Firefighters honored at annual 9/11 memorial
• Rockingham Middle School remembers 9/11
• Stirk charged with growing marijuana
• Sprite to give back to schools through sweepstakes
• World War II flight nurse collected wounded from Okinawa beaches
• Outreach to Irene victims
• Dispatchers learn to communicate with the deaf
• Farmers Furniture opens in Rockingham
• 4-H goat show attracts kids from 10 counties
• USDA outlines SURE eligibility requirements for Richmond County 2011/ 2012 crops
• HSRC inviting all to celebrate National Pet Lovers Weekend at Sycamore
• Board of Education discusses BioMoto Challenge
• County commissioners discuss Ashley Chapel AME Zion Church
• ‘The Rock’ is back on track
• Flash flood and tornado watch in effect
• Conder named to first class of county Hall of Fame inductees
• RCC recognized for ‘Beating the Odds’
• College Colors Day
• Students to benefit from school supply collections
• World War II veteran trained killer dogs for Canine Corps
• Two appointed to RCC Board of Trustees
• Imperial Foods — 20 years after the fire
• Officers’ stun-guns under review for safety
• Sheriff keynote speaker for ‘Blue & White’ event
• Program helps displaced workers start a business
• Football game postponed due to lightning
• Another Chapter
• US Marshals apprehend Patricia Ewing after six years
• Locals still hope to attend King memorial dedication
• Dove season: A Labor Day tradition
• Clinic offers advice on divorce process
• Auditions opening soon for Christmas show
• Don’t cash that check
• Sliding into September
• RCC now offering longer hours at financial aid office
• Retirement party is today for library director
• Building a reputation
• Progress Energy feeds hungry children through Backpack Pals donation
• Library Cards
• World War II Veteran transported captured German soldiers
• Spared by the storm
• A dozen years with RCC, Deese surpasses her goal
• Our email is down
• Love it or hate it, ‘The Help’ has people talking
• Capstone Engineering Project Challenges RCC Students
• Irene churns up coast, weaker but still ferocious
• Saffie Mill worker recalls sleeping in foxholes in WWII
• Lt. Gov. Dalton visits Monroe Avenue Elementary School
• First United Methodist Church hosts Family Movie Night
• Chamber welcomes LCB Outfitters
• No shelter for the homeless this winter
• Pennies for a second ‘Chance’
• Shelter making room for Irene’s victims
• Kissell announces Real World Design Challenge
• Daily Journal on early deadline
• N.C. Forest Service urges caution when cleaning up after storm
• Food bank prepares service area for Hurricane Irene
• Second annual Norman Fest to have helicopter rides
• Progress Energy Carolinas preparing for possible effects of Hurricane Irene
• Hold on for Hurricane Irene
• Storms we remember
• ‘Major Disasters’: Hurricanes in N.C.
• Be aware of flash flooding
• Last charity fishing tourney this year — threatened by Irene?
• School begins anew
• Prevent property damage
• Free Q&A session with Richmond County doctors
• Vehicle crashes into Sheriff’s Office
• Coal miner recalls invading Philippines
• Richmond County teachers appreciated
• Kissell leads fight against Korea Free Trade Agreement
• Helping your pet through an emergency or disaster
• HPD keeping kids safe
• Yes, Your House Was Shaking
• Big Tobacco growing smokeless business
• Time to get back in the swing of things
• Heavy, drenching rain blankets area
• Richmond County USDA: Foreign persons must report agricultural land holdings
• Dictator Obama
• Conference for families of wounded warriors
• Veteran newsman takes over at the Journal
• Water Interruption in Ellerbe
• Hillenburg installing soft walls at ‘The Rock’
• Hamlet files suit against museum
• Flag still flies over Roberdel
• Back To School Bash for Dobbins Heights Summer Program
• Hamlet Presbyterian Weekday School celebrates 50 years
• Building parent teacher relationships
• Bikers to ride for Children’s Center
• Descendant of General shares Harrington history
• Free Marketing Seminar at Cole Auditorium
• World’s largest radio telescope project will not include U.S.
• Tree-killing bug may be on its way
• New program to unite communities with schools for at-risk kids
• Farmers urged to prepare for storms
• Defense Trade Show helped business leaders network
• Vehicle overturns, no one injured
• Type 2 Diabetes linked to red meat
• Board of Health reviews annual report
• Training offered for school bus drivers
• Haunted Watauga County, North Carolina Tim Bullard, Laurinburg native
• Healthy Eating on a Budget
• Keepsakes remind WWII veteran of service in Japan
• Senior center offering driving ‘refresher’
• Should Seniors Hand Over the Keys?
• Search on for shooter
• Company has stopped making heartworm treatment
• Downtown Corporation welcomes new faces
• Free Car Seat Safety Check
• Scouts explore N.C. war history
• Scouting lessons to teach your kids
• WWII veteran disabled during basic training
• Richmond to open football season vs. Sun Valley
• Relief from heat
• Beef recall due to E. coli threat
• Reunited after 45 years
• A trip down memory lane
• Free movie viewing to give youth hope
• REaCH 10th graders challenged by rope courses at Big Pines
• Preserve to be featured in Garden & Gun
• Covington attends National Association of County Officials
• Chamber of Commerce Member of the Month - July
• Gas Lease & Mineral Rights Information Meeting
• Chamber Member of the Month - August
• Abandoned houses in Pee Dee Village causing concern
• New teachers gain insight on what to expect
• Teaching Fellows Scholarship not available this year
• Swiney named a Kenan Fellow
• Debris removed from Hitchcock Creek
• People get vaccinated after restaurant scare in Fayetteville
• Vineyard to open tasting room Saturday
• Policy change to protect city water
• World’s Strongest Man competition may film some of show at The Rock
• Moose fun for all
• Summer readers learn ‘Beastly’ lesson from novel
• Full moon may not affect last meteor shower of summer
• Bass require a more gentle approach
• Physical activity
• Know what’s below: Pee Dee Electric reminds residents to call 811 before digging One free call to 811 gets utility lines marked; prevents injury, expense and damaged infrastructure
• Bountiful Gardens prepares for holiday plants
• Backpack Pals invite students to dinner
• Bojangle’s to host ‘Back to School Bash’ Saturday
• Board rejects property bids
• New Community Theater Director speaks Japanese, knows miming
• Sandhills to raise funds for Children’s Center
• Descendent of Gen. Harrington to speak at Historical Society meeting
• Ellerbe Senior Center celebrates “Kids Day”
• Coon dogs show what they’re made of
• People find new best friend at Adopt-A-Thon
• Millstone campers give back to 4-H through Learning Center
• Norman citizens meet to discuss Post Office closure
• Watkins family preserves past for future generations
• Laurel Hill teen back home
• Wadesboro mom searching for missing teen
• McKay Retires From RCC After 33 Years
• Community asked to pray for victims of accident
• Plastek a part of everyday life
• Teenager returned to family
• TRG Sign Company open for business
• Rockingham’s D-Rocca to perform at Summer Jam XXV
• NC 4-H Learning Center coming to Millstone 4-H Camp
• Girl takes English holiday from home
• Laurel Hill teen missing since Tuesday
• Missing teen has Richmond County connections
• County ‘Stuffs the Bus’ for under-priveleged students
• Apple’s iPhone 4 rated #1 smartphone
• State measuring stick shows growth at all county schools
• Watson spent his life along the rails
• Ellerbe farmer survived Battle of Okinawa with no injuries
• Last Derby Day will have tomato fight
• Early College gets early start on school year
• “Cruise-In” to Main Street
• Academy proud of progress with patients over past year
• Rockingham to purchase new street sweeper
• Sandhills Farm to Table’s first year in county a success
• RCC Trustees Welcome New Members and Applauds Employees Success
• Farmers Home Furniture opening soon
• Night Out is a success, graduates police cadets
• Franklin Street sidewalks almost done
• All About August
• RPD to offer churches course in crisis preparation
• Fiesta Brava to get new start in Rockingham
• Boards oppose RCC merger study, plan defended
• Schools get waiver on five more days in classroom
• Picky eaters
• Displaced Burmese migrate to Richmond County
• Overheated horse back on her feet
• Community helps kids win new van
• Catfish stocking suspended through August
• Next trip to courthouse likely to cost more
• Commissioners seek speed limit drop on U.S. 1, turn signal added
• County looking for industry to relocate
• Boutique opens in Rockingham
• Carolina Comedy Show coming to the Cole Rockingham native and soldier balances life with comic relief
• Former county resident wants to help others share gift
• Shelter invited to hold an Adopt-A-Thon
• School board to discuss federal funds
• Tonight is ‘Night Out’ for Rockingham
• Hogan returns home
• World Breastfeeding Week begins
• Richmond County Awarded Federal Funds Under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program
• Mackall training camp remembered in new book
• 12-year-old invited to cheer at pro bowl
• Tax free weekend coming
• New abortion law passed in North Carolina
• Students end Leak Street summer program
• NWS issued heat advisory all week
• Police stress high risks, perils of substance abuse
• Clerks retire
• Another year’s Summer Reading ends
• Cordova Baptist struck by lightning
• BB&T welcomes new Center Leader
• Finding Fun Furniture For Less
• Schools off four properties, raise about $90,000
• Woman in hospital after car accident
• RCC’s June Wright Plans for Student Academic Success
• Top brass says thanks by serving staffers breakfast
• Norman Post Office under review to close
• “Elvis” does show at Rockingham Manor
• CSX funds McLaurin Center’s kudzu removal
• A Flash Mob is Coming! A Flash Mob is Coming!
• Meteor shower tonight
• School choice offered at Min. Springs, Mon. Ave.
• Four vie for three seats of Rockingham Council
• Fighting Childhood Obesity
• Voluntary Agricultural District awarded grant of $4,000
• Daily Journal delayed by press problems
• Rockingham family visits Kansas for Troy war hero memorial
• First Sandhills Farm Tour a success
• Click to vote! Community readies to help kids win van
• Hunger among the elderly
• Son organizes tourney to aid parents
• Leak on roof of Judicial Center to be fixed
• Farmers’ generosity helps young farmer get started
• Police, Crime Stoppers to have Night Out with community
• Pawn shop and 24-hour tanning opens in Hamlet
• Back to Nature
• Scouts raced soap box cars down Main Street
• Live grenade found at illegal dump site
• Man shoots at patrol car, under $400,000 bond
• RCC registration up, process streamlined
• Agricultural agent wins Achievement Award
• Raw milk is illegal in North Carolina
• Couponing craze sweeping the nation
• Three schools make preliminary AYP
• “Staycation” trend on the rise
• Patients rights group fights for Purcell amendment
• Unopposed Norman candidate hopes fest will fuel growth
• Rematch of 2009 set in Hamlet mayor race
• Community turns out in support of Bailey’s book
• In search of family: a dedicated pursuit to document history
• “Stuff the Bus” on Aug. 5, 6 at Wal-Mart
• Sheriff’s Office arrests statutory rape suspect
• DV shelter marking year since opening
• Pair of state reps weigh run at Kissell next year
• Turner survives fall, encourages blood donations
• Housing Authority offers kids “step forward”
• Office Administration Prepares Grads for Jobs
• Chamber thanks Maheshwaris for contributions to county
• Kissell to run again in new Eighth District
• Heat wave creeps into county
• “In a Different Light” author holding court in Rockingham
• County becomes Pinelands once again this weekend
• Rockingham man overcomes disease, life on streets
• GM Superstore wins Mark of Excellence for fifth time
• Soap Box Derby Revival
• County’s young farmers have it hard
• Overnight camp for kids Friday
• School properties to be bid off Monday
• Warning shot for dilapidated property owners on U.S. 1
• If you’re going on the Sandhills Farm Tour
• New Certificate Programs Available at RCC
• Richmond Community College Practical Nurses Receive Nursing School Pins
• Rare species of the Sandhills
• D.H. mayoral candidate hopes to follow in father’s footsteps
• Pregnancy Fair at FirstHealth Richmond
• FirstHealth adds new physician to staff
• Should government protect obese kids from parents?
• 14-year-old wins big - again
• First Sandhills Farm Tour to kick off
• County could have two state representatives next go-round
• Assistance for Grandparents
• Sisters use Journal to keep informed, stay sharp
• 64 years of roller skating
• Pine Barren Tree Frog population not doing well
• Businesses beware check cashing scheme
• Lawsuit filed against officials
• Hamlet, Dobbins Heights races heat up
• Program extended to assist the laid-off
• What’s “moving” in Hamlet
• Young people take the stage
• The big nectar flow is over
• Teachers learn to use phonics in classroom
• Robson found guilty of stabbing
• Stretch your way to better health
• Farmers reminded of election nomination deadline
• Hamlet Produce: a 30 year success story
• House of Fish owner seeks clarity on sign ordinance
• Hamlet Proclaims Lyme Disease Awareness Month
• Sheriff arrests Humane Society suspects Sheriff makes arrests in Humane Society case
• Smith honored for service to community
• Summer Reading keeps kids engaged over break
• City Council moves forward with property demolition
• Summer crafts and drawing at Arts Richmond
• Maness celebrates 20 years with name change
• Ham radio operator recalls first and last NASA shuttle launches
• AYP numbers come out Thursday
• Domestic disturbance leads to attempted murder, suicide
• Fishing for food: Tourney to benefit Back Pack Pals
• County Water Interruption
• Dobbins Heights, Rockingham see challengers enter race
• County sells foreclosed properties
• Hamlet Middle gets funds to go high-tech
• Ham radio operators to work with Emergency Services
• Register for free Legal Aid Clinic
• Online business seminar set for July 20
• Peach Workshop for beginners
• Big Rock Sports keeps Richmond County folks employed
• Covington family struggles with loss of member
• ART for more than just Medicaid, says health director
• County Water Interruption
• Man killed in weekend collision
• Decrease in tax goes unnoticed
• Stinson returns as sports editor
• New company joins The Ballroom
• Get rid of pests without poisons
• Heat to climb into 100s this week
• Missoula Children’s Theater to return to Cole Auditorium
• Elaine Pickens Strawbridge McDonald
• Nelia York White
• Nelia York White
• Hunting preserve in Ellerbe was high school dream
• Ladies with Style and ‘Hattitude’
• Gearing up for The Hamlet Hundred
• Friday has one more incumbent file in race
• Council to review rezoning request
• Rockingham and Sweet Haven Church discuss property purchase
• Richmond County veteran assisting environment in Iraq
• Three drop off sights in the county for old electronics
• County Planners to discuss Summer Duck Farm billboards
• Teachers gear up to share new Common Core standards
• Shelter discounts ending soon
• 100th birthday draws crowd from far and near
• Lightning kills 20 cows
• Two more join electoral race
• Cagle Credits RCC With Helping Her Reach Her Career Goals
• New Auction House Opens
• Rescue Squad Poker Run slated for Sunday
• FirstHealth Center for Health & Fitness expands to meet growing need
• Flight of Honor sign-ups still underway
• New Ellerbe Senior Center Director hired
• Life in the “Stroke Belt” a threat to health and memory
• State Archive needs Richmond County’s Bible records
• List of incumbents grows
• Deadline nears for farm disaster relief
• McQuage Auto Rentals serves county for 25 years
• Three more file for municipal offices
• D.A.V. receives large contribution, buys van
• “Hamlet - Train Town” debuts ThursdayUNC-TV
• Rally biker hospitalized after head-on collision
• NCDOT uprooting farms, businesses for future bypass
• Shelter says theft could be “blessing in disguise”
• Farm tour to showcase Sandhills farmers
• Progress Energy Carolinas seeks wind power projects
• Applications being taken for Junior Police Academy
• Pee Dee Co-op reaches out to area charities
• Girls Can! ends on a high note
• Four in custody, one at large in Hamlet murder
• Cutest kids contest votes counted
• “How boxing changed my life”: a girl’s story
• Kissell introduces bill to level playing field for U.S. factories
• Hamlet’s Buie only challenger ofter first day filings
• County Republicans to honor vets at VFW Saturday
• Fireworks displays for the professionals to put on
• County has new Emergency Services Director
• Celebration specials at shelter end soon
• Grant helps airport take flight
• RPCC revamped and ready for newbies
• Ministry looks to quarter old soldiers, serve vet population
• Heat on tap for holidays
• Schools name new principals
• Jumping into July
• Schools go up a dime on lunch, gamble a dime at end of year
• Community takes action to help seniors
• Schools to ask for waiver for 5 more days in class
• Four days of family fun start today
• Two arrested in connection to break-ins
• Leaders call state proposal bad idea
• Watkins crowned Debutante Queen at ‘The Golden Ball’
• Injured animals, great and small - what to do, who to call
• 4-H’ers bring home gold
• Loans available to small businesses help build jobs
• New Ellerbe Lions added to club
• City of Rockingham changes trash schedule for holiday
• Fireworks not so fun for pets
• Family Fun Day on the Fourth, in Hamlet
• Ellerbe Lions Club to host fireworks and music
• RCC reaches out to job seekers with new career center
• Rockingham Rotary honors Rotarian of Year
• Poultry industry makes changes to quantity, quality
• Reward offered for information on stolen a.c. units
• Rash of car break-ins in Rockingham under investigation
• Bikers set for rally at the Rock
• Businesses thank bikers
• County struggles with unemployment rate
• County budgets to upgrade water plant; work to begin soon
• Job possibilities narrowing for teens
• Wi-Fi coming to East Washington Street
• Weather alert
• School board to choose officers Wednesday afternoon
• Elderly need fans to beat the heat
• RCC Spanish Instructor Helps Students Find The Right Career Path
• Ministry hoping to change Ellerbe Main Street
• Will new FDA labels on cigarettes curb smoking?
• Wildlife photo competition underway
• What’s a-bloomin’ around here
• Change to concealed weapons law worries some
• Smokeout XII comes to dragway for third year
• Auction to help with budget cuts
• NC’s largest chicken house opens in Ellerbe
• Book signing was held in Norman
• RCC ceremony awards nearly 50 graduates GED and Adult High School Diplomas
• Text scams draining accounts
• Cordova man accused of attempted murder
• Chamber asks businesses to welcome guests
• Reassignment requests are due June 30
• Rockingham Dragway and area welcomes bikers to Smokeout
• Horse rescue at Camp McCall
• Summer enrichment in full swing, opportunities abound
• ‘Laura’s Law,’ ‘Run and You’re Done’ met with approval
• Perdue Foundation donates $100K
• Safety celebration set for Saturday in Dobbins Heights
• Senior pie bake-off deadline is near
• School lunches don’t take a break for summer
• Evangelist forms ‘Gathering’ in troubled area
• “Meet Me at The Lake”
• Yearly water testing over for livestock farmers
• Municipal elections filing period to begin July 1st
• Learn how to draw
• FirstHealth RMH becomes a Magnet
• Flight of Honor to lift off for last time
• Legislative complaint filed by Rockingham activist
• Habitat taking bids for next week on boat
• Bikers rally for boxers
• McLaurin Center starts summer car wash
• County line bridge to be completed this month
• STHL likes what it hears at meeting
• Redistricting in Raleigh could redraw Richmond lines
• Kissell gets funding for regional wastewater project
• BB&T is the Chamber Member of the Month
• Beware: Pests are lurking
• Today is the longest day of the year
• Several pot growing operations recently busted
• Goodman finishes wild and wooly first GA session
• A Big Apple adventure helps kids connect life to faith
• McRae accepted to principal-builder program
• Odyssey Adventure for Scouts
• Bryant’s Turf hands over $300 trimmer and cash
• Community organizations reach out to Ellerbe Middle School
• Mower racers raise funds
• Church of God of Prophecy State Convention and Camp Meeting, August 3 - 6, 2011
• East Rockingham man sentenced for pool room stabbing
• Johnson’s Peaches dread displacement
• Traditional dishes for the peach lover
• Cemetery scares visitors
• Teachers spend time on the force
• No Excuse For Elder Abuse
• Meet Dr. Joe Gibbons, doctor of osteopathic medicine
• County hoping for $600,000 toward Fox Road waterline
• Busloads of seniors tour Hamlet
• Heat and rain coming
• Bikers ride for boxers
• Water service to be interrupted
• Hamlet Council votes on upcoming budget
• Collective community art work on permanent display
• Jewelry store owners meet in Rockingham
• Ellerbe schools get new phone numbers
• Pair of drug busts in city end in four arrest
• Salvation Army holds fact finding meeting
• Sandhills Farm to Table helps youth ministries
• Libraries kick off Summer Reading and Prize Give-A-Ways
• Scouts are Philmont Bound
• Responsible pet ownership expected from Rockingham citizens
• ‘Dancing With the Stars’ recruiting talent
• Richmond Senior graduates 407 at Raider Stadium
• Physicians, physical therapist to discuss pain during FirstHealth Richmond Foundation event
• Society to observe holiday hours for Father’s Day weekend
• Shelter reaching out to surrounding communities
• Cordova School benefits from bikers
• Richmond County bear population expected to increase
• Officers respond, forced to tase nude man
• Foundation golf tourney a success - need magnified
• Rockingham artist inspired by colors
• Horseback riders could be restricted in Uwharrie
• Let’s Talk opens its doors to community
• Frye delivers Leak Street commencement speech
• McKinney Lake Kids Day made a splash
• Rotary awards second batch of grants
• RCC Spring Semester Honor’s List Released
• Charter school cap to be lifted
• Historical Society may deed depot to Rockingham
• GATE opportunities may be nearing end
• First Miss Butterfly Pageant this Saturday
• Two individuals arrested for assault with a weapon
• New Cordova School graduates special class
• Bryant’s raffling off $300 trimmer for shelter benefit
• Ducks Unlimited supporters to gather for annual feast, discuss projects
• City Council and Police Chief to discuss tethering dogs
• Board to look at bond, projects
• City Council to OK Discovery Place, Inc. purchase of McKenzie Furniture building for children’s museum
• Sweatt appointed as shelter’s program coordinator
• Nurse hero receives posthumous degree
• Opponents celebrate death of dog hunting bill
• Family dog being observed after incident with child
• Schools feel budget pinch from state cuts
• Schools to allow black pants with uniforms next year
• ID requirement may reduce voter turnout
• Children’s Theatre registration begins tomorrow
• N.C. Co-op welcomes new staff member
• The Cole Foundation Announces New Board Member
• Heatstroke is no joke
• Heat index to break 100 degree mark - means extreme caution
• Sheriff’s inaugural ball this Saturday
• Faith Assembly starting summer lunch program
• Richmond County Farm Service Agency Committee nominations begin Wednesday
• Ellerbe senior wakes up in flames
• First reported bath salt arrest in county
• Butler returns home after treatment for severe burns
• K2 Canine Directorate talks to Economic Development Team
• Firefighters face three fires in three days
• RCC In Top 8 of 58 Community Colleges
• Head Start grads prepared for kindergarten
• Former Chief Justice Frye to speak at Leak Street High School graduation
• Costly historic preservation not a priority for Rockingham’s downtown
• County keeps taxes flat, dips into reserves to bridge recession
• Hatchery fish will be biting this Saturday
• New act says teens under 18 must have permission to tan indoors
• Dobbins Heights issue not resolved
• HIV/AIDS epidemic turned 30
• RSHS Class of 2011 nets $2.4 million in scholarships
• Ducks Unlimited to hold fundraiser
• Anna Lee Crump wins Chamber Golf Ball Drop
• 14-year-old wins big in catfish tourney
• Golden Seashell found near Moose Lodge
• Commissioners hash out budget proposals
• Breakfast proves good for businesses
• Family fun in the sun at The Derby Store
• Rotary awards grants to non-profit organizations
• Schools proclaimed ‘Turned Around’
• Rockingham businessman accused of child sex offense
• Laurinburg Area Campaign for St. Andrews surpasses goal
• Dobbins Heights working to open pool
• For local politicians, it’s all in the family
• FirstHealth program takes behavioral approach to chronic pain
• Walmart re-opens after remodeling
• Hunting bill dies in Raleigh
• New courses offered at RCC
• Cornerstone Church expands into new location
• Commissioners to hear proposed budget
• RCC to train next generation of power plant workers
• Police ask witnesses to come forward
• Breakfast With A Prime small business registration
• Scouts volunteer for Cordova field day
• Alpha Mu Sorority celebrates 46th ball
• Highway 74 littered with aluminum cans
• Veterans seek means to honor deceased
• Law enforcement at ready on bath salt ban
• Seatbelt campaign kicks off summer in Rockingham
• Heat and humidity here to stay
• Backpack Pals receives much-needed donation
• Rockingham photographer on display for first time
• Sleeping with the fishes: first all-night tourney of the year
• Greene selected to receive music educator award
• Homes included in bank-owned real estate auction
• Police looking for assault suspect
• Mower racing for JRA
• Car Show numbers down
• Elusive seashell still not found
• Cutest Kid voting underway
• County school given 50,000 pounds of spirit
• NC Senate tosses around state budget
• Animal Shelter Memorial Day Weekend Hours
• BOJANGLES’ HONORS TOP AREA AND UNIT DIRECTORS
• Some go belly-up in heat
• Inland flooding major cause of death during hurricanes
• Plan for traffic this weekend
• Rockingham meets to talk budget
• Police find missing toddler sleeping
• Foul play suspected in death
• “Gran’daddy Junebug” to share talents at ball
• Textile bill to have another go-round in D.C.
• Southern Builders receives award
• Veterans visit World War II memorials in Washington, D.C.
• Officials urge hurricane awareness
• Week two of Hitchcock Creek clean-up
• So many cute kids, so little time
• Balls for a cause
• Franklin Street Scape taking shape
• Summer Day Camp 2011
• Jimmie Phagan
• Bedford Jackson “Buck” Page, Sr
• Walker retires after over 20 years of service
• REaCH heads home for summer, principal retires
• World War II veterans leave for Charlotte
• Surviving the Rapture
• Local clergy warn against ‘false prophet’
• Atheists agree to pet sit
• Chamber “after hours” takes to the sky
• Utility reaches out to low-income neighborhood
• Celebrating the Armed Forces
• Sandhills Alternative kids weld rams for Sheriff
• United Way outstanding contributors honored
• Outlook for hurricane season shows high activity
• Deputies arrest suspected serial burglar, NJ fugitive
• Republicans lay out plan for schools
• RCC Summer Enrollment Up 200 Over Last Summer
• Rockingham KFC Wins Awards
• Rockingham Pizza Inn Wins Awards
• Rockingham author signing books
• Proposed budget plan for Rockingham maintains pay freeze
• Ollies opens, more businesses could follow
• Foul play not suspected in death
• Blue Knights’ next charity a 100 mile ride for Cordova
• Lotus Lounge builder has hopes for City Limits
• Progress Energy considers aiding needy
• Drama class to perform on community stage
• Civitan fundraiser tallied
• Captain D’s manager shines, spikes sales
• Resident collage artist teaches technique for community art piece
• Veterans prepare for flight to memorial
• Discover Place KIDS-Rockingham to purchase McKenzie Furniture building for museum
• Corporation discusses changes in downtown Rockingham
• County law carry torch of Special Olympics
• Civitan breakfasts selling like hotcakes
• City street more like family
• Pat’s Kitchen fundraiser exceeds expectations
• Teacher offers new skill through class
• UNCP and RCC Higher Education Leadership Institute
• Water Service to be interrupted
• Richmond County Relay raises almost $100k
• Lawmakers hear county concerns, vow to address
• Golden Seashell, pile of greenbacks up for grabs
• Cute Kids Want Votes!
• One dead after Monday wreck
• Students slated to begin state testing next week
• RCC Graduates 226 Students
• Discovery Place KIDS – Rockingham Receives Campaign Gifts from Pee Dee Electric and North Carolina’s Touchstone Energy Cooperatives
• Family warns of EOG stress
• Fundraiser tallied
• Ollie’s opening NASCAR style
• Ellerbe schools reach out to Hispanic parents
• Hazardous weather predicted for Monday
• Free Online College Readiness Course
• Transitional students gift Crime Stoppers
• World War II time-capsuled USO kept above Birmingham Drug in Hamlet
• Samaritans reunite to celebrate success, recovery
• Pinning ceremony marks completion of nursing program
• Polish-American World War II veteran recalls France beaches
• Veterans prep for deployment
• MRH surgeons to speak on vascular issues for Reid Heart Center series
• Leaders come out to meet the public
• Today I graduate
• RCC President makes case for college funds
• Dad doing triathlon for son
• Cordova kids and Scouts “start their engines”
• May Chamber Member of the Month
• RCS Foundation sees impact of technology at Rock Middle
• Annual Child Care Appreciation Banquet Held at Cole Auditorium
• Kindergarten students go “Wild about Wellness”
• Derby Day struts strawberries
• Girls Can!
• Rockingham Council and Police Chief discuss dog chaining ordinance
• Budget proposals could set education back
• Survivors celebrate life at Relay breakfast
• RCC founder recalls serving country in World War II
• Unemployment extensions grinding to a halt
• Discovery Place KIDS - Rockingham receives $2 million challenge grant from the Leon Levine Foundation
• Rockingham post office delivering food
• RCC Foundation looks to build contacts on links
• Hitchcock Creek clearing to start next week
• Say Goodbye to the Wagon Train
• Hamlet considers charging for ‘white goods’ pickup
• Roller wins RCC Foundation Golf Tournament
• County comes into full view on Internet
• Relay for Life event this weekend
• Grand Marshall appointed for Carolina 200
• RCC shuts down Spring semester Tuesday
• Army vet recalls German subs outside New York City
• L.J. Bell School honors Growing Readers volunteers
• Break in on Alcan Road
• Prison guard charged with sex offense
• Rockingham Parks and Recreation Summer Day Camp 2011
• Sons of Confederate Veterans pay tribute
• Ellerbe, RCSO renew agreement
• Historical Society received monetary gift
• RCC Electronics Engineering Students Tackle Bearing Assembly Project
• RCC holds Fun Day for kids
• Rockingham Parks and Recreation to hold Summer Day Camp 2011
• Cordelia Steele Named NASW-NC Social Worker of the Year
• Relief, service, dedication featured at St. Andrews Commencement
• Former L.J. Bell principal recalls boot camp as fun
• Donations make trip possible
• Lightning strikes Wade Manufacturing
• Pair appointed to advisory committee
• R’ham Baptist men prove Good Samaritans after storm
• Hitchcock Creek Clean-up goes to best bidder
• 25 years of Hospice barbecue
• Color Me Healthy celebration gets kids moving
• Teachers shown appreciation across county
• Rockingham Mayor thanks employees
• Kissell Calls for hearing on oil speculation, gas prices
• Pee Dee Baptist Educational Congress of Christian Education to meet next week
• Students fight Battle of the Books
• Sign up for Farm Bill conservation programs
• Who’s the cutest kid in Richmond County?
• Lions Club adds mower racing date
• Day of Prayer marked in county
• Cinco de Mayo celebrated, but not overly so
• 4-H cookoff is looking for best chili around
• No time is a good time for alcohol, when you’re pregnant
• Some things you ‘May’ not know
• Play Cow Pie Bingo for $1,000 prize
• Relay hosts free breakfast for cancer survivors
• Animal Shelter to observe Mother’s Day Weekend hours
• Veteran fulfils duty to country and God
• Farmer’s Market opens for season
• Schools prep for expiring stimulus
• Accused custodian steps aside
• Golfers rally behind RCC foundation
• Rubber hits tough road on county budget
• Pre-dawn meteor shower to put on show in South
• Youth group nearing goal to fund D.C. trip
• Positive indications from legislature
• RCS students embrace technology
• Dobbins Heights celebrates Easter, youth
• NAACP to hold annual Mother of the Year banquet
• Bluegrass Festival at the Malcolm Blue Farmstead
• Sheriff asks stores to pull soon-to-be banned bath salts
• County doesn’t see expected return on Progress
• Synthetic THC also banned in bill
• Five-dollar jewelry sale to benefit Relay for Life
• Hospice serves up barbecue, kindness
• Congressional art competition taking entries
• Richmond Memorial designated as a Joint Commission Stroke Center
• Buddy Roe is calling all bikers
• Discovery Place holds contest to win a week- long summer camp
• Navy veteran rebuilds ship he served on
• Local reaction to bin Laden assassination
• New structures tower over Hamlet
• Goodman poised to reject House budget today
• One week left for turkey hunters
• Youth show skills at state level
• Derby natives needed for story sharing
• Board to get update on budget
• From Tragedy to Triumph: A Soldier’s Mantra
• A little less caffeine can go a long way
• Navy veteran recalls end of war in Philippines
• Drug dealers make gift to D.A.’s Office
• Sandhills Game Lands is calling all adventurers
• Campaign shows value for Boy Scouts
• Community, artist to make art together
• County leaders supports threatened GoldenLEAF
• Judge, sheriff to share concerns with commissioners
• Leath Library starting free fitness class
• Pair charged with trying to steal A/C units, other materials
• Bacon retires from position as director of the Richmond County Humane Society
• RCC offers new programs this fall
• High winds make tree damage a major threat
• Power outages follow storm
• Teens accused of vandalizing dealership
• Kissell opposes Medicare reform plan
• New librarian aims to reach kids
• Water Service to be interrupted in some areas
• Children invited to annual Kids’ Day event
• Leath Library holds book giveaway
• Veteran recalls leaving farm for Navy world trip
• Tournament to be biggest yet
• World stricken with wedding jitters
• Police looking for purse snatching duo
• Foreclosures steady since ‘07 in county
• Eleven equestrians representing St. Andrews at three different National Championships in 2011
• DavidCrowderBand toperformJune3
• Sandhills Community Care Network changes its name
• History revived in reenactment
• Woman struck by lightning tells tale
• Cost share funds available
• NWS issues tornado watch for area
• Man’s best friend has a tough stomach
• County eligible for aid
• Sheriff’s office reaches out to towns.
• Lightning is a dangerous threat
• Chamber welcomes new law firm to Rockingham
• Sailor to see memorial in D.C. for first time
• Pedestrian struck, killed; driver gets DWI
• Woman steals cop car; sends police on high-speed chase
• Kids take a crack at annual Easter egg hunt
• County looks for way to benefit from state tourism
• Richmond County Tourism gives gift to Discovery Place KIDS Rockingham
•  Debra T. Parsons Earns NAR Short Sales and Foreclosure Certification
• The other side of Easter
• Man’s faith put on display
• Overcome the odds
• County prepares for budget cuts
• State budget taking shape
• Outreach for Jesus holds annual reenactment
• Kissell forms 8th District military families council
• Church returning to former glory
• Liquor houses taken down in Richmond, Scotland
• Richmond County got lucky
• Pair of international students to graduate from RCC
• AmVets to raffle off scooter
• Tourney gives gifts to children with autism
• Fair shows students their options
• Detectives awarded for service
• 66 years of ministry - a lifetime of scholarship
• Expo awards buisnesses
• Teens need network for suicide support
• Beekeepers get grant for mobile honey extracting unit
• Sandhills Regional’s health fair draws hundreds
• Chamber looking for buisnesses interested in LeaderCast
• Hicks family hunts Easter eggs for a century
• Bikers raise thousands for St. Jude’s
• Moon to hide meteor shower
• Rising gasoline prices push city, county budgets
• Hoffman officials to take message to Raleigh
• Fire warning, threat issued in area
• Scouts brave weather to enjoy camp
• Award offers oppurtunity for Early College graduates
• Pet lovers take a walk around Hinson Lake
• County youth to meet Obama
• Mary Love suspect in custody
• A month of spring concerts kick-off tonight
• World War II Veterans to Celebrate Armed Forces Day On Rotary Flight of Honor to World War II Memorial
• Rockingham taking part in Sandhills Farm to Table
• Hamlet lays plans incase of water shortage
• Ross opens shop in Hamlet
• Marshall Office Supply is April Member of the Month
• Water services to be interrupted
• Golden Egg Second Chance Drawing winner announced
• STARworks to host art sale for Japan’s victims
• Singh moved practice to Rockingham
• Rain postpones PetFest
• GIS Department to map cemeteries
• Water shut off
• RCC features student poets at reading
• Pianist invited to festival in Italy
• Accused janitor to be suspended, fired?
• Bikers take rain day
• Kids, parents invited to fun day
• Hitchcock Creek Project receives state funding
• RCS janitor accused of indecent exposure
• Law has way with words
• Jefferson Park sewer line complete
• 12 th Annual Run for the Roses Wine and Beer Tasting
• National Healthcare Decisions Day
• Sandhills Farm to Table numbers struggle in Richmond County
• Hamlet approves property for subdivision construction
• Health fair saved her life
• Anger management classes come to Rockingham
• Hoffman car lot a planning board go
• Schools look to bid off properties, avoid cost
• County could lose a judge in border battle
• Luncheon to appreciate telecommunicators
• Bowling tourney spreads word, awareness
• Richmond Thunder- 12U AAU Spring Nationals Champs
• Rockingham PD nets 3 in 2 busts
• School opens summer day camp
• Wells receives awards and scholarship
• Meet Prospective Employers at RCC Career and College Fair
• CSX offers $2,500 reward
• Autism a ‘spectrum’ disorder
• Unemployment extension program could go by wayside
• Rotary fellowship inductees honored
• Licenses to get new look
• Planning board to consider car lot tonight
• Scotia residents learn about Northern Ireland from exchange student
• Longtime educator to receive 2011 Distinguished Alumni award
• Norman stays posted
• First Bank Participates in Teach Children to Save Day
• Softball players pretty in pink
• County tells Gov.: ‘Hands off fund balance’
• Early College students see future in environmentalism
• Second robbery found, arrested
• Countdown to PetFest underway
• Baking contest temps seniors’ sweet tooths
• Training center aims to provide better service
• Boy fights cancer with unique treatment, community support
• May the cleanest road win
• Richmond County drought no longer severe
• Early Colleges to celebrate Earth Day
• RCC Honor Society named
• Judicial Center loses fixture, gets new life
• Church makes good on gosple
• Awareness week warns against invasive plants
• Rising Raiders get high school preview tonight
• School board protests charter school bill
• Racers, ready your lawnmowers
• Bikers give back
• Delinquent taxes readying for print
• Annual fish fry to raise money for Relay for Life
• Brain imaging shows meditation reduces pain
• RCC Board of Trustees on the move
• Students participate in the 2011 UNCP Honors Band
• Perdue staff collects half-ton of trash from Hitchcock Creek
• Commissioners table municipal tax matters
• Harris-Hicks dedicated to women’s health
• ‘Guys’ offers glimpse into male psyche
• Parrish’s art on display at play
• Michigan families scramble for wreck victims
• N.C. House to reconsider medical marijuana
• Luncheon asks for mothers’ rights
• Order of the Eastern Star Holds Annual Installation of Officers
• Summer programs unveiled at RCS
• Police arrest man, 22, for robbery
• A haunting in Hudson Brothers
• Camp helps kids deal with their grief
• Richmond County rocks
• Spring Break traveler dies in county
• Chamber welcome new business to Rockingham
• La Wanda Goodwin Retires from RCC
• April tree of the month named
• A Beatles fan band comes to Cole
• Drug bust catches suspects in the act
• PetFest celebrates our furry friends
• Stoplight to be added on U.S. 1
• Dr. McQueen; serving his community over 40 years
• Perdue associates help beautify Hitchcock Creek
• Board of Commissioners to meet Monday night
• Goodman meets special interests in Raleigh
• The Golden Egg has been found
• April a month of history
• Wet, cold weekend ahead
• House bill would allow guns in bars, parks
• New business opens in Hamlet
• Event ensurse safe drug desposal
• Heart issues not always obvious
• Study: Half county tenants sacrifice to pay rent
• Turkey season expected to open with a bang
• Workshop has buzz about it
• Charter school bill to come up for vote
• Graham Bridge Road to close for about a month
• AIG Science Fair Kicks Off
• Hamlet Middle steps up for Japan
• More and more go hungry during recession
• Olympians on the ball in tourney
• Neighbors feeding neighbors
• Hamlet names business of the month
• Chamber accepting nominations for business of year
• Man arrested fro kidnapping
• Farmers learn about adding value to agriculture
• Breakfast helps feed demand
• Contest half over, golden egg still not found
• Weather watchers wanted
• Ellerbe returns for fun day
• Diabetes drop-in day today
• Raider grad gets royal treatment at NCCU
• Kissell honors troops, Rockingham business
• Contractor kills three historic trees at Charlotte federal building
• Freeze Warning for Richmond County
• Kids to mine for gems on April 9
• East Rockingham names honor roll students
• Casscades scholarship targets industrial workforce education
• Students explore the world of Robotics
• Suspicious fires probed in county
• FirstHealth and Wendy’s offers discounted swimming lessons
• Tick numbers rising in Piedmont
• Suspect arrested after stolen I-pod pawned
• Viking Pools re-opens Rockingham facility
• April showers are on their way
• Worms help compost for garden
• Second Baptist plans weekend family outreach
• Seagrove potters are coming together
• RPD seize poker machines from two stores
• RCC inks deal with NCSU for Poultry Science program
• Commissioners impressed with Discovery Place KIDS
• Lunch and Learn at Sandhills Regional Medical touches on colon cancer
• New community watch group forms
• Bottled water vs. tap
• There are ways to get help
• FUNd Run-4-Life coming Saturday, April 9
• 5th Annual Storytelling Festival of Carolina coming April 1 - 3.
• 36th Annual Cheraw Spring Festival is April 1-3
• Students informed on dangers of smoking
• Artist teaches technique to art teachers
• For allergy sufferers, pollen is nothing to sneeze at
• Unemployment up from 2010 ending
• Pawn Shop opens in Hamlet
• Red Flag warning for Richmond
• Richmond County receives certification
• GOP gets new face in county; possible city candidate
• Austin wants to take GOP further
• FirstHealth mobilizes on Diabetes Awareness Day
• WIC gives mothers some privacy
• DA’s clear questionable SBI cases
• Do a good deed, plant a tree
• Quake shakes state border
• Habitual felons sent to prison
• Carla's County Day opens in Hamlet
• Police arrest man with multiple offenses after theft report
• Childcare teachers return to classroom
• FirstHealth mobilizes on Diabetes Awareness Day
• Brush fire damages vehicle, outbuilding
• Pastor searches for ghost railroads
• U.S. 1 project not yet finished
• Outreach to caregivers as dementia numbers rise
• Accused Rockingham burglar under bond
• RCC and N.C. State to sign on Poultry Science agreement
• Bamboo an ideal choice
• L.J. Bell welcomes grandparents
• Cheers to the ‘chase bash to salute Stoneybrook’s 60th
• Officials: Jail numbers down, inter-agency cooperation up
• Supermoon to rise tonight
• Stogner shares a lifetime of entrepreneurship
• Magistrate steps down
• Dropout stats still down in county
• Ammo Shack open for business
• Liars, laughs and the art of storytelling
• Bed bugs creeping into town
• County has black bear, rare for Piedmont
• Commissioners to visit Discovery Place KIDS
• Home invasion investigation leads across border
• Ellerbe to be without water Sunday
• Kissell stays course on McKinney Lake
• New bill would raise cigarette tax $1
• St. Patrick’s Day party on-tap
• Commissioner reports on D.C. trip
• Wild and wonderful in Ellerbe
• Board faces funding issues
• Helping kids kick the boob tube addiction
• Interactive Beatles concert coming to Cole
• Accused Ellerbe kidnapper facing charges
• GOP events eye 2012 presidential election
• Breast cancer focus of luncheon
• The impact of nuclear fallout
• Auditions for Claybournes this week
• Partnership for Children exceeds state standards
• North Carolina Coalition selected to host National Signature Let’s G.O. event
• Boost health and savings with diet
• Catfish biting at charity tourney
• Ellerbe kidnapping suspect arrested in Illinois
• Richmond Transitional School students see dangers of driving distracted
• Daughters of the American Revolution honor Good Citizen
• Start planning for summer fun
• Parents, students consider early college program
• New bill gives rights to children
• State tax refunds on the way
• Live feed for Arts Alive today
• Emergency officials respond to Honshu Tsunami
• ‘Natural fit’ between Richmond and Lumber River
• What Time IS It?
• Iron Horse Auction Company, Inc. to Conduct Estate Auction of Dr. Pressley R. Rankin, of Ellerbe, NC
• Gas prices still climbing
• Homeless children numbers on rise
• The Taxman Cometh …
• Census reveals growth in Hamlet
• Cancer: The silent killer
• Cops have caught on to “doctor shopping”
• Blue attends summit, black mayors support Nigeria
• Kissell, textile manufacturers fight Korean Free Trade
• Richmond County under storm watch
• Hamlet appoints ABC board member
• City rejuvenates Rotary Lodge at Hinson Lake
• Dog hunting rules may face opposition
• Network brings entrepreneurs together
• Senior Games registration deadline nears
• Time short to win trip to Masters
• Brothers arrested for drugs again
• Sandhills Regional surgeon to give updates on breast disease at lunch and learn
• Heart program pioneers to open Reid Heart Center series
• FHC paramedics win S.C. regional competition for 5th straight year
• Chamber names member of the month
• Racing enthusiast slows down
• Health care showdown today in Raleigh
• Hamlet teens face car break-in charges
• County passes on school properties; switches boards
• Homelessness, job training outlined for commissioners
• Hamlet begins spring cleaning at lake
• World premiere of “Guys” to include playwright
• RCS to welcome Kindergarten & Pre-K registration
• Man arrested after leading police on foot chase
• New plan for waste saves city money
• Hitchcock Creek blockages under review
• Ellerbe goes wild again
• Students return home to volunteer
• Motorcycle safety being taught out-of-town
• Mad about March
• Complaint leads to multiple arrests for drugs
• Bostick awarded for achievement
• Parent, teacher feedback factor in setting 2011-12 calendar
• Dems to counter charter school bill
• Transitional students train on i 3-D technology
• Drug bust results in 3 men arrested
• Habitat house dedicated
• County to consider accepting school properties
• A soldier’s birthday
• Richmond County WIC program celebrates National Nutrition Month
• Keep safe in severe weather emergencies
• Elderly focus of scams
• Police arrest two for drug possession
• Competitors go fishing for philanthropy
• Widow considers closing shop
• Little arrested for murder
• Middle schools look to improve
• Understanding severe weather watches and warnings
• Tourney fights breast cancer
• Red Cross: Lowest blood supply in a decade
• RCC developing four new programs
• Birds are the new black
• Chicks hatch at East Rockingham Elementary
• Books, reading celebrated on Dr. Seuss' birthday
• Turn around, don’t drown
• Students test welding without torch
• Schools get rid of properties
• N.C. STEP launches 4th “No Spit” All-Stars campaign for baseball
• Nobody hurt in Rockingham house fire
• Transformer ignites tree in Rockingham
• RPD gets traffic investigation tools
• Vineyard makes a splash
• Sheriff’s Ball to benefit local charities
• Tornadoes: North Carolina’s night-time killer
• A Taste for the wild
• Community Hospice of Rockingham to host pancake breakfast
• Kissell meets with area poultry growers
• First Bancorp announces cash dividend
• A Grassroots Revival
• School board scraps calendar changes
• Police seek armed robbers
• When thunder roars, go indoors
• Cutest pet in county crowned
• RCC writing lab big hit with students
• Award-winning Scottish fiddler presents concert at St. Andrews
• Business center announces grant competition
• Chamber names member of the month
• Beloved community member passes
• Perdue lays off catching crews
• Civitan honors clergy
• Hospice recognized for honoring veterans
• Severe Weather Awareness Week starts Monday
• Hamlet students mean business
• FirstHealth Richmond celebrates grand opening of Ortho Clinic
• Counting chicks before they hatch
• Gibson hangs up the orange vest
• County looks to lure tourists
• School funding down, expenses up in budget proposal
• Indie companies say “keep it local”
• A Soldier’s Homecoming
• RCC President shares budget concerns
• Perdue vetoes spending cuts, as expected
• These numbers are for the birds
• Moped accident kills man
• Audience taken on 'A Walk in the Forest'
• Bryant, Moss acclimating to commission
• Contest down to the wire
• Piece of city history restored
• Volunteers speak up for children
• Commission to go paperless
• State still battling flu
• Taking “family-friendly” to a new level
• Richmond Senior High School Band Students participate in 2011 Carolina Band Festival
• Organic farmers face deadline
• Man charged with repeat sex offense
• Officials: Don’t burn debris
• Your roses are dead … Now what?
• County sees two years of double-digit unemployment
• St. Andrews Presbyterian College to hold tuition steady
• Great Backyard Bird Count today
• Budget focus of retreat
• Let the cuts begin
• Church Briefs
• Votes rack up for cutest pet
• City takes action to save money, cut back
• Mayor Blue goes to Washington
• Foundation event to focus on comprehensive Richmond County heart care
• Student go back to basics
• Police rule fire not an accident
• RCC welcomes governor’s plan
• Richmond County in severe drought
• Zoo visitors may catch glimpse of baby chimp in spring
• Man arrested for possession during police search
• ‘Dinner with a Doc’ to tackle hot topics for women
• West African storyteller spellbinds students
• Gregory brings show to Hamlet
• Starting Seeds for Spring
• Fiesta Brava family fights to re-open
• FHC-supported Sandhills Race Series gives ‘group power’ to events
• Patton to face sentencing
• World premiere of ‘Guys’ coming
• Governor gives State of the State address: Perdue’s proposals surprise many
• Critics clamor over speech
• Scott to share success story
• Not fit for human consumption
• Sandhills brings environmental awareness to community Feb. 17
• Love songs to echo through Cole Auditorium
• Farming abroad gives participants worldly experience
• Robin Hayes returns to Rockingham
• Is Bigfoot lurking in the county?
• Drop your old drugs
• Clothing costs on an upswing
• Hamlet man accused of sexually assaulting an elderly man
• Second Baptist on its way to Honduras
• Livingston Chapel Missionary Baptist to celebrate 47 years with Pastor Covington
• Class of 1961 holds reunion lunch
• It has to go somewhere: Council finds other option for waste
• County has some big bucks
• Richmond beating neighbors in new jobs
• State funds key to success
• Synthetic cannabis fake but just as dangerous
• Humor shines through on holiday
• After 50 years Haltiwanger given award for service
• What are kids up to online?
• RCS names dropout prevention coordinator
• FAFSA Day Feb. 19 at RCC
• Police locate stolen vehicle, suspect arrested
• Grads find jobs with law enforcement departments
• Groups seek funds to make county better
• Still each others' Valentine
• Robinette to join Wingate Trustees
• Dog-owning teens are more active
• Weather goes from snow to sunshine
• New tire shop coming to town
• Presentation reports no firefighters lost
• Rotary accepting applications
• Commissioners move to extend Fox Road line
• Discovery Place KIDS could help Hamlet
• Taylor sends letter from Egypt
• BRAC may bring jobs
• Parents share ideas for Mineral Springs Elementary
• Carolina Eye Associates, P.A. Hosts NC 2011 Symposium
• Sorority presents its annual dance at Cole Auditorium
• Agents Honored at 2010 Realtor Awards
• Schools float idea of changing calendars
• County Commissioners discuss job incentives
• Finance a key factor in Plastek move
• Snow may be on its way
• Business before hours begins
• Art impacts many lives throughout history
• Second Baptist on the way to Honduras
• Progress Energy one step closer
• Use both hands to steer
• Two busted for drugs in motel room
• UNCP releases honors lists for Fall Semester
• Overcoming adversity not impossible
• Church holds 70th anniversary
• Rush awarded scholarship
• Retailers ready for Sunday’s mad rush
• Fans prep for parties
• DWI patrols in store for big game
• Sandhills paints hospital red for heart disease awareness
• A lot of facts about a little month
• County to talk about possible funds
• Table to feature Crossley
• Commissioners to look over incentive package proposal
• Board told schools need $49 million
• Library lovers embrace Black History
• ReStore collects cans, builds homes
• Format for Arts Alive revamped
• Bluebirds begin search for love nest
• Man charged with attacking a person with a machete
• BRAC to provide update on progress in Richmond County
• RSHS student participates in 2011 SEDBA District Band
• Forest Service and Wildlife Commission sign Stewardship Agreement
• McIntosh establishes scholarship in memory of high school teacher
• RCS to offer bus driver training
• Humane Society Ups Voucher Prices
• BRAC To provide Richmond County update
• RCS to offer bus driver training
• Uwharrie dedicated to cleaning up county
• Von Drehle’s Mission: ‘Reduce, Re-use, Recycle’
• Hamlet bank robber nabbed, charged
• County lawmen get new tool to ID people
• Life as an artist
• Phil sees no shadow
• Contest deadline this Sunday
• Sandhills Feature Q&A
• Welch arrested in connection with multiple break-ins
• Zumba craze hits FirstHealth fitness
• RCSO seeks info on home invasion
• Bank robbery leads to five county chase
• Ellerbe sweetheart voted off: Spivey leaves The Bachelor
• Progress crews lend a hand in D.C.
• Lesson links jazz and reading skills
• Guard Soldier killed on motorcycle
• Board to consider giving buildings to county
• Humane Society increases spay/neuter voucher price
• Board to consider giving buildings to county
• Ellerbe's Centennial celebrates the people
• Internet entrepreneur gets creative
• Officials applaud DNA collection
• Gov’t says ‘eat less salt, America’
• Man dies in traffic accident
• Poore leaves library after 14 years of service
• Stage prepares for 100th performance
• Steele named UNC-P Alumni Director
• Local educator attends NCCAT seminar
• First Bank Names Bryan Leggett Vice President
• Wicker given the Senior Citizen Outreach Award
• Upgraded RSHS softball field sees first action
• GOP shapes Senate, policy
• County cheers for Spivey
• Rabid bobcat terrorizes Hoffman woman at home
• Pre-Valentine’s Day to beat holiday crowds
• Warmer weather here for weekend
• Heart Center now open for patients
• FHC Home Care nationally recognized
• Newspaper carrier gets lucky lottery ticket
• Medical Community gets to the heart of the matter
• Thomas to serve 10 years in state prison
• Pines improves quality of greens
• Townsend returns home after hospitalization
• Snow Ball to be filled with art, dance
• Hagan named to banking committee
• Threat made on Congressman Kissell’s office
• Bike lane along U.S. 1 a possibility in the future
• Water service to be interrupted
• Storytime added to Saturday lineup
• Budget at center of Assembly concerns
• Goodman joins General Assembly
• Local eating trend grows
• Farmers come together to talk peaches
• Monroe named Member of the Month
• FirstHealth therapists earn certification
• Sandhills Featured in “Wounds” Journal
• Be a hero!
• BB&T introduces free downloadable iPad App
• Firm banned from doing business in NC
• Water services to be interrupted Friday
• General Assembly returns to Raleigh today
• Some people may have to wait for tax refund
• Kissell crosses party lines to cut spending
• N.C. AG: Beware auto service contracts
• Richardson to lead RCC Student Services
• Girls of Action celebrate annual Princess Ball
• Elegant decor, designs don’t have to cost a fortune
• Corporate Committee chosen
• DIY seminar coming to Rockingham
• State of the Union speech tonight
• Competition gets tough
• Cold weather coming back
• Webb named RCC Foundation executive director
• DeWitt Series ready for 2011 lineup
• Easterling joins Daily Journal staff
• Registration for Senior Games begins Valentine’s Day
• TRU celebrates Tobacco Awareness Week
• White honored by Chamber
• People gotta eat
• Spring Writers’ Forum schedule announced
• Layton named chief assistant DA
• Family thanked with dedication
• College enrollment increases 13 percent
• Lessons shock L.J. Bell students
• Accident won’t stop Honeycutt
• Hoffman mayor touts Obamacare
• Satterfield named region’s top principal
• Board pleased with latest numbers
• Adams to return from deployment
• State gets ‘F’ for tobacco control
• State Special Olympics gets Cole Foundation grant
• Financial campaigning next on Discovery Place KIDS agenda
• Chamber invites businesses to breakfast
• Public Workers thanked for work in community
• Take a whirl around the dance floor
• Citizens not needed to serve jury duty
• Monarch to offer special Valentines
• FSA looking for advisors for County Committee
• New internal medicine physician joins Richmond Medical Group
• Richmond Community College names honors
• Makeover continues at Leak-Wall House
• Board seeks M.I.A. voters to update info
• U.S. 1 work progresses despite weather
• Plaza Jam announces line-up for 2011 season
• Perks of city Wi-Fi discussed
• O’Neal to hold open house
• March moves dream forward
• Luncheon celebrates changes since 1968
• County capitalizes on packaging
• Cute pets wanted
• Benefit raises over $3,000 for family
• Ingram honored at gala
• It’s not too late for a flu shot
• Little receives national honor
• Core named Miss America preliminary talent winner
• Theatre marks 100th production
• Defoe sentenced for 2006 murders
• March to honor King’s dream
• Company to bring 64 jobs to Hamlet
• First fire set for Monday
• Ball to celebrate the arts
• Early storms could be trouble for annual budget
• Some counties to make up snow day on holiday
• RCC faculty learns about the Millennium Generation
• FSA to aid farmers with losses from 2009
• Community Calendar
• Church Briefs
• Students return to school after four day weather break
• Commissioners pass hunting regulations
• New name to reflect new vision
• Gala event to kick off MLK weekend celebration
• Stinson building project bid accepted
• County lauded for fiscal stewardship
• St. Andrews receives grant to enhance program
• St. Andrews receives grant to enhance, expand program
• Ellerbe celebrates centennial
• Sheriff’s Office looking for fugitives
• Snow, ice may affect exam schedules
• Too much fluoride has bad side effects
• Pee Dee Electric mourns loss of employee
• Duke Energy, Progress Energy share benefits of merger
• Men arrested in connection with gang activity
• Donor services offers opportunity for community to learn about donating organs
• City recovers from winter storm
• Roads cleared but ice lingers
• Chamber honors citizen of the year
• MLK weekend’s message still true
• Fatz benefit to assist victim’s family of car accident
• Store worker accused of fake report
• City meetings rescheduled due to inclement weather
• Officials say 'Stay off roads'
• Schools closed Tuesday
• Snow covers county
• Storm causes county closings
• Richmond reacts to Arizona shooting
• Duke, Progress to merge
• RCC closed Tuesday.
• Richmond County schools closed Monday
• New pastor joins Sandy Ridge Independent
• Clemmons settles into new role with ease
• Board to make ruling on hunting issue
• Program to build better leaders
• City Wi-Fi discussed further
• Internship options available
• Students rewarded for academic achievements
• County warns of snow
• Community Calendar
• Church Briefs
• Handymen dedicated to help wherever they can
• ABC system faces hard look in 2011
• Grant to improve student technology
• RCC Faculty members refine assessment processes
• 2011 year looks to have a bad flu season
• Rite Aid looking for “big losers”
• Chance of snow low for area Friday morning
• Memorial inspires vets to do more
• McInnis returns to post on school board
• New member ready to get back to work
• Police respond to area shooting
• Organic farming deadline approaches
• Water Service To Be Interrupted
• Saunders sworn in as new district attorney
• Holidays don’t help unemployment rate
• Volunteers dedicated to making seniors look good
• Pandolfi to perform at Cole Auditorium
• Rockingham man accused of multiple home break-ins
• Group ensures troops get their coffee
• Memories from 2010 still alive for people
• Economic outlook optimistic in county
• Hospice names Employee of the Year
• Hughes asks family be given proper grave markers
• Gas prices on the rise
• Health certification deadline has some clients worried
• County remembers leaders lost in 2010
• Lindau makes first film appearance
• Church Briefs
• Most common names of 2010 announced
• Board to discuss dog hunting compromise at Monday meeting
• Authorities caution pipe maintenance during winter
• Home for the new year
• Protecting your pipes
• Concert to welcome in New Year
• Counterfeit money loose in county
• Party goers reminded to be safe this weekend
• Holiday extras donated to needy
• Lost room brings back memories
• Flu season not over despite warmth
• Chamber names Member of the Month
• Rooms uncovered below sidewalk
• Poverty doesn’t stop lottery ticket buyers
• Animal lovers remember Richmond’s ‘Cat Woman’
• Hamlet is hit hardest by storm
• Suspect attacks police during response to disturbance
• Government offices to be closed Friday or Monday
• Writer comes home for book signing
• Warmer weather is on the way
• Plans are to move graves
• As new year draws closer, resolutions are drafted
• New law provides added protection for women in safe homes
• Shelter to observe holiday hours
• Snow makes brief appearance
• Buyers looking for deals
• Church sets goal to feed 1,000
• Man finds money you have now can get you out of debt
• N.C. DOT keeps most roads clear
• Giving tradition continues
• Pastor to retire after 36 years
• Snow visits Richmond County
• Scout leader makes mark
• Church group donates to center
• Church tells story of Christmas
• Inmates pitch in to help the needy
• Author returns to Hamlet for book event
• Tree salesman caters to last-minute buyers
• Community Calendar
• Church Briefs
• Chance of a white Christmas lower for Saturday
• Cakes, fruit were once enough to satisfy a holiday wish list
• Christmas comes early for Billy
• Wreck closes Greene Street
• Man charged with sexual abuse of a juvenile
• Travelers warned about holiday travel
• Wreck forces closure of street
• FirstHealth to introduce Reid Heart Center with open house
• Town leaders help seniors with gifts for the holidays
• Arson reward increases again
• Smoking ban making headway
• N.C. may see a white Christmas
• Wi-Fi could blanket city of Rockingham
• FirstHealth to unveil Reid Heart Center
• Parks fights for marijuana rights
• Society battles Multiple Sclerosis disease
• Fires damage two homes in Hamlet Saturday
• Animal Control, shelter post holiday hours
• Hamlet responds to two house fires
• Welding helps teen stick with school
• County scores low in health report
• Reaction mixed on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
• Season of giving has dark side
• Service award named in honor of Charles White
• Police uncover drugs during search
• Services to observe holiday hours
• County earns low marks in health report
• Chamber names service award in honor of Charles White
• Program planned on "Local Foods"
• Area youth reach out to others
• Lights burn so others can enjoy holiday
• Two killed in car wreck
• Woman, 42, arrested for obstructing traffic
• Hunt for the perfect gift still on for many shoppers
• UNCP trustees revise tuition hike to 6.5 percent
• Morris retires as Scoutmaster after 17 years
• Head-on wreck kills two
• Gibson nominated for conference in D.C.
• East Rockingham Men's Club holds drawing
• DAR learns about Native American history
• Donors making sure kids get shoes, toys
• Schools may feel lottery pinch
• Workers to get extra benefits
• Hotel takes on new role as ‘Main Street Central’
• Services remind people of county to stay safe
• Community Calendar
• Church Briefs
• Chamber closes out the year with after hours in Hamlet
• Alpha Plastics workers to get TAA benefits
• ‘Swim Club’ rehearsal begins at Richmond Community Theater
• Earwood named citizen of the year
• Reward increased for arson information
• Drivers face slick roads
• Ethridge sets new goal for 2011
• Police report arrests
• Police ask for help finding probation violators
• Reward increases for arson information
• Richmond schools on two-hour delay
• Local educators attend NCCAT seminars
• City gets another tract for canoe trail project
• Pump prices inch higher
• Hamlet OK’s dam contract
• Transplanted teen finds joy in giving to those in need
• Scotland Memorial Hospital to renovate lobby
• DIRECTV to pay $13.25 million for misleading ads
• Rockingham to host two championship races
• Richmond braces for icy blast
• Child involved in shooting remains free
• Reward offered in case of arson
• New tax law adds to confusion
• Sinclair scholarship fund established at St. Andrews
• Santa visits kids in Rockingham
• Someone tries to set town hall on fire
• Snow, ice still in forecast
• Two cars collide on East Broad Street
• Sinclair scholarship fund established at St. Andrews
• Town holds Old Fashioned Christmas
• Snow, more cold is on the way
• Girl, 2, dies in wreck
• Musical show to spread holiday cheer
• Donations can replace late fees
• Rockingham police respond to loose dogs
• Ellerbe firefighters honored for dedication
• Girl, 2, killed in auto accident
• Elections board to hold recount Wednesday
• Wallace inducted into the Phi Sigma
• Hamlet celebrates Christmas holiday
• Caretaker honored by property management group
• Pair could face the death penalty
• Couple accused of child abuse
• Picket plan draws fire
• Near record cold to keep its grip on NC
• Hamlet wraps up three days of festivities
• Taxes still uncollected in Dobbins Heights
• Candidate list for board seat finalized
• Community Calendar
• Church Briefs
• Ellerbe to get $13,400 fire grant
• Volunteers needed across the county
• Hunting decision still not made
• Application deadline today for board seat
• Fire fighters tackle two house blazes in one day
• Woman charged for assault with a deadly weapon
• Temperatures expected to climb
• Foundation-funded changes to RMH ICU improve safety, efficiency, comfort
• Roundtable talks about future of state, budget
• Seniors celebrate the holiday season
• Mabe ready to get down to business
• Richmond County employees honored at annual dinner
• Foundation-funded changes to RMH ICU improve safety, efficiency, comfort
• Hicks keeps women informed on incontinence
• Rockingham responds to fire
• Fire destroys home
• Governor visits RCC's Honeycutt Center
• Annual parade today in Hamlet
• Nativity scene comes to life in Hamlet
• Toys for Tots seeks presents over cash
• Wilson dies same day new board sworn in
• Chamber program looking for leaders
• Motorists urged to prepare for lingering cold weather
• Officials discuss school budgets
• Flu shots urged for holidays
• Rockingham honors city employees
• VFW holds golf tournament
• St. Andrews makes 33rd appearance at ethics symposium
• Donor helps save hundreds of lives
• Entre Nous literary book club releases minutes
• Agricultural Services Center to offer animal waste classes
• Ellerbe comes together for Christmas
• Lawmen: Shooting could have been avoided
• Man’s legacy marches forward
• Principal finds freedom in wood
• Auditions for 'Dixie Swim Club' coming next week
• Fresh-cut Christmas trees retain their holiday place
• Hoffman holding tree lighting ceremony on Monday
• Parents arrested for role in shooting
• Alarms sought for seniors
• Over 100 vendors on tap for Christmas On The Square
• Man charged with burning car reported stolen in Richmond
• Humane Society shelter to be closed Saturday
• Historical book to be on sale Saturday
• Man charged with burning car stolen in Richmond County
• Race fans help feed the hungry
• A new sheriff in town
• Jobless numbers drop for third month
• Rain can’t dampen holiday spirit
• Internet gambling operations close in Richmond
• Man, 52, arrested on multiple charges for cocaine
• Moore auxiliary celebrates 80 years of fundraising balls
• IRS to distribute refunds never received
• Dieffenbach honored by Chevrolet, Buick
• Nephrologist joins active medical staff at Richmond Memorial
• Sheriff Furr resigns early
• Help on the way for rabbit lover
• Tax reform on back burner for now
• Sandhills Ringers perform to help others
• Sumpter honored at ceremony
• Sandhills Community College has “cool” instructor
• RCC named ‘Military Friendly School’ by G.I. Jobs magazine
• Sheriff Furr to resign tonight
• VFW hosting charity golf tournament
• St. Andrews to host holiday program Sunday
• Sandhills has “really cool” instructor
• ‘Fake pot,’ gambling facing deadline
• Lawmen report slow holiday
• Organization approaches four decades of helping seniors
• IGA Meat Market to open doors Wednesday
• RCC named 'Military Friendly' school
• Community invited to school holiday programs
• Two area teachers attend NCCAT program
• Class of 1955 reunites
• Rockingham High class of 1961 holds reunion
• Mentally challenged man may get help with rabbits
• U.S. 1 project enters home stretch
• Extended family spreads the joy
• Shopping kicks into high gear
• Homeless women still out in the cold
• A lifetime of work pays off for Ellerbe horse trainer
• Church Briefs
• Raiders end season in third round
• Ellerbe runs a 99 yard touchdown
• Bulldogs 41, Raider 14
• Butler 34, Raider 14
• Butler 27-14 at the half
• Butler goes up 21-14
• Richmond 14, Butler 14
• Fumble leads to Butler score
• Richmond 7, Butler 7
• Raiders 7, Butler 0
• Butler wins toss, to kickoff
• Raiders, Bulldogs to face off tonight
• Town Creek to hold stargazing program
• Caution urged in winter weather
• Shoppers to hit the streets on Friday
• Church makes sure hungry get fed
• Firefighter credits course with saving his life
• Open-wheeled Modifieds to put on display Saturday
• Bunnies for Billy: Mentally retarded man grapples with loss of friends
• Food tops the wish list for many
• Groceries flying off the shelves as holiday approaches
• Classes planned for teachers
• Farming headlines annual banquet
• Sandhills Regional adds new gynecologist to staff
• FirstHealth CEO to retire next year
• Group holds program on Hospice
• Eye surgeon Anna Fakadej speaks at Brazil conference
• Medical Assisting Technology students meet author
• Lawmen join forces over the holiday
• Sandhills Regional adds new gynecologist to staff
• Kids know what to be thankful for
• Fans given chance to help
• Raider pride drives sales
• FirstHealth offers diabetes screening
• Motivational Speaker returns to share message
• Shelter to observer holiday schedule
• Parade puts focus on farming
• Ties between farmers, city residents stressed
• Christmas decorations coming soon
• Holiday traffic to be brisk
• Students learn to teach others about life
• Deadline approaches for Martin Luther King Jr. grants
• Two Richmond seniors win award
• LaMotte to perform in Dec. 2 concert
• JC Penney customers asked to support 4H
• Pfeiffer student earns statewide Community Impact Award
• Hamlet’s Southern Baptists travel to Honduras
• Butler celebrates 100th birthday
• RCS celebrates Native American Heritage Month
• Schools encouraged by student success stories
• City prepares for holiday season
• Retired teacher mourned
• Club transforms baked goods into books for nurses
• Train exhibit hits the road
• False health inspector scamming restaurants
• Church reaches out to homeless, needy Wednesday
• Raiders win 45-21
• Allen interception sets up Raiders to go up 38-21
• Walter Ellerbe, Connor put Raiders on top 31-21
• Raiders lead 24-21 going into fourth quarter
• Conner field goal sends Raiders up 24-21
• Butler, Mallard Creek on top
• N.W. Guilford scores, score tied 21-21
• Raiders forced to punt
• Walter Ellerbe puts Raiders up again
• Vikings back on scoreboard.
• Raiders answer back with touchdown
• Score tied in Richmond game
• Raiders go up 7-0 in playoffs
• Raiders to play N.W. Guilford tonight
• Chamber sets new direction
• UNC-P reaches out to region
• United Way appeals to donors for help
• Ellerbe farmer’s parade open to all
• Glenda Blakely wins cake contest
• Rockingham woman dies in house fire
• Benefit to be held for injured man
• FirstHealth CEO to step down next year
• Wilson honored for service
• Report critical of state school funding
• Hamlet planning holiday events
• Ten Richmond seniors compete in state games
• Thieves steal drugs before victims could get them from pharmacy
• Smokers asked to quit habit for one day
• Suspicious vehicle ends in arrest of two men
• Center offers tips for patients with diabetes
• Rockingham resident now managing health center
• Holiday Ball proceeds to help “Rehab Village”
• Center offers tips for patients with diabetes
• The few help many at blood drive
• Cutbacks may prompt tuition increase
• Vendors to flock to square for event
• Talent show to focus on the domino effect
• College to hold open house Saturday
• RCC’s GATE program helps hair care professional open business
• College to hold open house Saturday
• Board looking for good replacement
• Marines donate books for kids
• Newcomers poised to take office
• Kids showcase talent during annual show
• Hamlet prepares for parade
• Chamber to hold gathering for members on Thursday
• Group opens pantry to those in need
• REaCH closes gap between high school and college
• School announces policy for Friday's game
• Ministry to hand out free food
• Actor to speak at UNC Pembroke on Nov. 29
• Civil War Roundtable to meet Nov. 18
• Twins run in the family
• Board closes book on elections
• Family awaits trial of accused killer
• Children respond to ADHD treatment
• Goodman moves up from the classroom to Scotland boardroom
• Ellerbe cooks up holiday event
• Youth to put on show, raise awareness
• New trustees bring business experience to the table
• Raiders advance to second round of state football playoffs
• Raiders 35-0
• Richmond 28, Providence 0 HALFTIME
• Raiders pull ahead 21-0
• Raiders 14, Providence 0
• Raiders go up 7-0
• Belk hosting blood drive on Tuesday
• New trustees bring business experience to the table
• Hamlet adopts stricter dog law
• Hospital hosting program on arthritis
• Army specialist from Hamlet to take to the stage on Saturday
• Veterans remembered on holiday
• Richmond County potter finds inspiration in time-honored craft
• Schools seek replacement for Goodman
• Hamlet Senior Center honors vets
• Rockingham flag makes return trip from Afghanistan
• Soldier back for now from the war
• WWII vets have trip of a lifetime
• Log truck overturns on U.S. 74 Business
• UNC Pembroke chancellor to visit Richmond County
• Nine arrested in S.C. crime sweep
• 'The Dinner Party' opens tonight at St. Andrews
• Community invited to clean-up neighborhood party
• Program to teach if timber is being put to full use
• Williams places second in biscuit making challenge
• Program planned on forestry potential
• New heart surgeon joins team at FirstHealth
• Hamlet provides an inspiration for book
• Richmond WWII veterans visit Washington memorial
• RSHS releases policy on playoff tickets
• Pedestrian struck, killed by vehicle
• Some county water service to be interrupted
• Ben Moss prevails in election recount
• Moore County man wins $500,000
• Man dies in accident on Airport Road
• Some county water service to be interrupted this week
• Dancing competition aids Hospice’s Haven
• Saturday’s fundraiser to benefit Johnson family
• Event supports kids with cancer
• Festival of Trees to benefit children
• Moss prevails in vote recount
• Murder has kin looking for clues
• Donors make dancing pay for Hospice
• Family continues holiday tradition
• Support shown for hurt officer
• Tribute paid to area veterans
• DAR seeks new members
• Raiders to host Providence in first round
• Poet, press founder reading at Forum
• RHS Class of 1961 meets for lunch
• New exhibit added to annual art show
• RCS to offer lunch vouchers
• Holloway named Citizen of the Year
• Veterans honored at ceremony Saturday
• RCC to kick off air conditioning program
• Four arrested for string of burglaries
• Rockingham officer injured in blast
• Time changes this Sunday
• Church Briefs
• Senior citizen events now in Gibson
• Woman shoots man in neck
• County schools to offer lunch vouchers
• Farmers, producers urged to vote
• Run-offs delay winners until end of month
• Police arrest group charged with break-ins
• McNair Lecture puts different spin on evolution
• Election results could change
• “Dancing With The Stars’ to benefit Haven
• Drivers facing changes in law
• Veterans to lend a hand to create state memorial
• Center offers activities for seniors
• Park Scholars announced at RSHS
• Rockingham officer arrested on sex charges
• Schools celebrate Red Ribbon Week
• Boy severely injured at friend’s house, in stable condition at hospital
• Benefit Saturday to aid cancer victims
• State holds tax holiday
• County to put off property revaluation
• Clues sought to history of photos
• Program to look at the real-life effects of autism
• Goodman, Purcell part of Raleigh minority
• County leaders vow to work for Richmond
• With Tuesday’s Rotary auction, total climbs to over $1 million
• Antibiotics can do more harm than good
• Workshops to discuss farm ponds
• RCC experiences high pass rates
• Antibiotics can do more harm than good
• Clemmons’ election win a historical mark
• Volunteers pitch in to help disabled man
• Election method holds up despite minor issues
• Clemmons, Goodman among election winners
• Minor problems reported during balloting
• Students move toward teaching fellowship
• Clemmons takes early lead
• Moss holds tight in county commission race
• Clemmons holds solid lead
• Moss appears headed to win on county board
• Carolina Family Comprehensive Services opens
• Biscuit maker going for the top prize
• Dillman odd man out in final vote
• Additional people arrested in drug roundup
• Buyers seek bargains, help a good cause
• Richmond voters look for honesty, caring
• Truck runs over Toyota sedan
• Chances to win big at Rotary Auction
• Thousands show up for Trunk or Treat
• Jobless rate on the decline
• Voter turnout expected to be high
• Crowds pack downtown Hamlet for 28th annual Seaboard Festival
• Sharon Goodman honored by RCC Foundation
• First Bancorp reports higher income
• Two seats open on soil and water board
• Ellerbe students return 40, 60 years later
• Man facing DWI charges for wreck
• Furr: Drug traffic slowed for now
• Warrants being served on 75 drug dealers
• Dobbins Heights to improve housing conditions
• Tides wane for gaming businesses
• Union to present concert Saturday
• Strides made in teen pregnancy
• Businesses flaunt new look
• Social Services to aid families in need
• Lt. Gov to speak to Democrats Thursday
• Hamlet hosts festival today
• Man arrested after violent public fight
• Man won’t stand trial for killing mother
• Bloomfield enters Miss Jr. Teen Raleigh
• Deese, 16, devoted to business of horse training
• Heat may have helped growers
• Higher power helps men turn away from addiction
• McGee to hold book signing as part of Rotary auction
• Contract will keep Maness putting rubber on the road
• Parsons attends Coldwell Banker meeting
• Seniors win gold in games
• Agencies feel the pinch of cutbacks
• Candlelight Reflections service recognizes hardship of caregivers
• Gene, Mary Stewart Shaffer to chair ball
• Theatre wraps up performance
• Children’s deaths reviewed by board
• Cole to host classic musical
• Bennett, Cadieu named to head campaign
• Hospice nurses earn certification
• Foundations earmark $6.6 million for Discovery Place Kids-Rockingham
• Teens warned of road dangers
• VA offers flu shots for eligible veterans
• Older students making strides
• Schools plan to release report today
• Region under severe thunderstorm watch
• Couples to compete in 'Dancing With The Stars' Hospice fundraiser
• Rockingham Manor uses program to get patients 'Back on Track'
• Spooky name, birthday doesn’t haunt Myers
• Belk charity to benefit various programs
• Businesses give disabled a look inside
• Investigation was fruit of Furr’s term
• Rockingham Manor uses new program
• Temperature to ride roller coaster
• Center reception to offer education stations
• Drug treatment options limited for some
• Drug sting yields massive arrests
• Autism group to meet in Laurinburg Saturday
• Holiday costumes grow up
• Gene, Mary Stewart Shaffer to chair ball
• Couple charged in death of woman
• Democrats gather at annual dinner
• Carolina Eye doctor visits Tanzania
• The Cole Foundation earns the RCC Foundation “Citizen of the Year” award
• Museum gets a big boost: Foundations give $6.6 million towards Rockingham project
• Republicans plan meeting before election
• Cooking class to focus on holidays
• Veteran's Day to be observed Nov. 6
• Republicans gather at annual dinner
• Hospice to present program on coping with loss
• Famous musical Oklahoma! opens at Cole Auditorium
• Public gets a look at new Sandhills MRI
• Veteran's Day to be observed on Nov. 6
• Leaves set own schedule for change
• Money collected to defray medical costs for family
• Suspects processed after Thursday’s massive arrest
• Run-off system draws fire
• Community Calendar
• Shag competition part of festival tradition
• Rotary auction has wide selection
• First show of season wraps up at theatre
• Board names interim chief
• Church Briefs
• New signs greet people in Hamlet
• Basic Finance relocates store
• Richmond athletes play to win at state level
• RCC facing demand for teachers, space
• Mind your eating habits this Halloween night
• Pair chosen to be in showcase
• Midterm early voting hits record
• Poultry producers given assistance
• Rotary Club aims to reach million dollar mark
• Team opens up real haunted house to public
• Police look into house fire
• Election system questioned
• Animal shelter to be closed Saturday
• Carolina Eye doctor sees children in Tanzania
• Benefit to help two cancer victims
• Dog may open new world for child
• Sheriff’s race brings out voters
• Hamlet’s Lackey Building to shine once more
• SAPC pipe band earns second at Stone Mountain
• Discovery Place KIDS-Huntersville opens Saturday
• Lt. Gov. Dalton to speak to Democrats Thursday
• Terry crowned Homecoming Princess Sept. 17
• RHS Class of 1955 reunites on Oct. 2
• Author shares insight into No Strange Fire
• Lumbee Indians celebrate on Oct. 31
• Reward offered for information
• Bob Garner to judge culinary showcase
• Whiteboards to be added to 14 classrooms
• 16-year-old charged and arrested
• Variety of events planned for Halloween
• Habitat ReStore holds grand opening
• Some holidays pass with little notice
• Saggy pants raise ire of some officials
• Radio club back on the air
• Farm parade takes new route
• St. Andrews to host open mic program Thursday
• Historian to speak in Southern Pines
• Four arrested in drug sweep
• Library gets ready for annual book sale
• Raiders come back from behind at half
• Hundreds come out early to vote
• RCC to offer classes in old courthouse
• Bob Garner to judge culinary showcase
• Neeley joins Rockingham Police Department
• Ellerbe sewer project approved
• Rockingham OKs lease agreement with state for camping site
• Hamlet agrees to road closing
• Comet on the way to a close encounter
• Habitat store to hold ribbon cutting
• College to hold classes in old courthouse
• Second group graduates from police training class
• Sandhills Regional to display ER wait times on-line
• Lawmen raise $1 million for Special Olympics
• Victims of domestic violence shown there is a way out
• Group seeks funds to tackle housing issues
• Program Saturday to focus on the skies
• Festival to bring back community
• Laurinburg man, 43, arrested by Hamlet police on multiple charges
• Grant to aid low-income families
• Spotlight turns on audience
• Child care providers see benefit of Discovery Place
• Schools start guest dinner program
• Community members remember Rankin
• Long-time Ellerbe physician, museum founder dies
• Dogs saving lives on battlefield
• Norman comes together for festival
• Troops may get extra paycheck
• Hindus celebrate culture
• SAPC choir concert to feature variety
• School board reaches out to parents
• Perry shows faith in education can go hand-in-hand
• Long-time Ellerbe doctor dies at age 89
• Honduras Mission Team travels to Choluteca
• One Book, One Community featured at writers’ forum
• Governor explains initiative
• Richmond Senior High gears up for College Night
• Man, 43, arrested on multiple charges
• Fundraiser Oct. 9 in memory of son
• Department puts more data on-line
• Uwharrie Festival to be held Oct. 9
• Rockingham poised to OK sewer project
• Plastek pumping $3 million into Hamlet
• Raiders win first conference game
• Food, music on tap for Norman Fest
• Three race for title at Rockingham Dragway
• One Book, One Community featured at writers' forum
• Drivers practice for races on Saturday
• Raiders lead going into half
• Heavy voter turnout expected
• Souped-up lawnmowers make a statement
• Thunderfest keeps focus on the track
• Thunderfest rolls into Rockingham
• Town celebrates opening of Hoffman Center
• The Tams rock Thunderfest
• Candlelight vigil to show domestic violence victims a way out
• Police look for suspects in armed robbery
• Dr. Morrison joins Richmond Medical Group
• Olympic snowboarder/transplant survivor to speak
• Public invited to open house at Sandhills
• Workshop to offer help in navigating the health care system
• Four-Wheeler stolen from residence, later recovered
• Workshop to offer help in navigating health care
• Alzheimer’s conference planned for Oct. 21
• Breast cancer survivor to share her journey
• Man, 30, charged with indecent liberties with a child
• Man charged with multiple counts of order for arrest
• Community to celebrate Asian-Indian culture this Friday
• Special Olympians take bocci ball to heart
• Hospital health program gains interest
• Schools grapple with low SAT turnout
• Kids take part in Fire Safety Week
• Hamlet plastics plant to close next month
• Ratliff descendants to meet Oct. 16
• Man, 58, arrested for pawning rented television
• Beach Plan protects property owners
• Rockingham prepares for Thunderfest, racing and Halloween
• Housing rehab funds available
• Consumers may get a break this winter
• Belk changes identity after more than 40 years
• District director visits DAR chapter
• Hamlet plant to close next month
• Research station to host program on organic grain
• Cooperative Extension Services to hold fall program
• Business owner faces damages of storm
• Ezzell YouthVoice 2010 representative for county
• Union dead honored at ceremony
• Toy drive kicking off
• Teens targeted with new program
• Grants to allow new cops
• Fire safety programs stressed
• Pedestrian hit on Hancock Street
• Democratic Women earn state honor
• Seating still available for 2010 McNair lecture
• Bike riders make their way through the Sandhills
• Fall weather kicks off in Rockingham
• Entre Nous Literary Club experiencing 90 years
• Discovery Place to showcase RACE
• 4-H Livestock Club meeting canceled
• Moss-Godfrey awarded for work in realty
• Patients give good reviews of Sandhills MRI
• Discovery Place names Richmond advisory group
• Thunderfest coming back
• Jobless may get a break
• China turns up heat on chicken wars
• The Art of adornment
• Moss-Godfrey honored by Realtors
• Flower sales allow program to bloom
• Lovin to perform at American 200 race
• Witmore pairs fact with fiction
• Rain offers a surprise
• STARworks offering unique pumpkin patch
• Chamber holds ribbon cutting for new ministry
• Heavy rain snarls traffic
• Soil Conservation District celebrates 75 years of service
• Writer, actor still chasing dreams
• Determined cyclists peddle through Richmond
• Groups urged to clean rivers
• School shows it can excel
• Families urged to complete impact aid survey on time
• Family Pharmacy named Business of the Month
• Third check arrives for the United Way of Richmond County Partner Agencies
• Cole Foundation appoints Marks to board of trustees
• Homecoming parade float winners named
• Roving workers helping out Habitat
• Seaboard festival is Oct. 30
• Hoffman looking ahead
• Cole hosts program on textile history
• Library brings past alive for students
• Library brings Civil War history alive
• UNCP to launch Civil War series
• Civitan welcomes new members
• Knights Fest returns to St. Andrews
• Fire department awarded grant
• Scholarship named for Yow III
• Storm bringing wind, rain
• MRI scanner set to open Friday
• Boy, 4, to need marrow transplant
• Authority to resume job search
• Jobless rates on the decline
• Girl, 12, attacked by dog in Cordova
• Shift in child support should pay benefits
• Highland Games coming Saturday
• Goodman endorsed by educators
• Some new laws limit chaining dogs
• Discovery Place affirms Rockingham plans
• Libraries to present programs on history
• Golden Football found
• Kids search for fossils in Ellerbe
• Man hospitalized after being struck by taxi
• Rain forces Hamlet Middle School to close early
• Model balances passion and career
• Knights Fest returns to St. Andrews
• Wingate Wind Ensemble to hold free concert
• Scholarship to help future teacher
• Boyd receives teaching award
• Norman poised for festival
• Employee returns $3,000 she found
• Raiders dominate in second half
• Smaller schools feel the squeeze
• Infant death rate falls
• Downtown Rockingham alive with Raider spirit
• Housing director to leave for High Point job
• Wreck knocks out power
• Open Mic Thursday at St. Andrews Forum
• Flue shots available beginning Sept. 27
• Humane Society to hold Flealess Market
• Church softball league awards season winners
• Road signs to help people find agritourism farms
• Raider lead going into halftime of Homecoming game
• 20th Pastoral Anniversary begins Oct. 4 in Dobbins Heights
• United Methodist’s Homecoming service Sept. 26
• Farmers urged to keep an eye on nematodes
• Woman, 84, dies from smoke injuries received in house fire
• Plant on schedule
• Internet tower project approved
• DOT to move forward on stoplight plans
• Some crave bigger fair rides
• UNCP hosts second BioAg Symposium
• Books Are Fun book sale to benefit Sandhills Auxiliary
• Spirit Week to end with Homecoming parade
• Students return to tobacco-free schools
• Heart Group joins Sanger Vascular Institute
• Harris listed among top 100 nurses in N.C.
• STARworks to hold open house Sept. 24
• Gospelfest returns Sept. 26
• Festival to offer ‘edu-tainment’
• Drought advisory cautions smokers of cigarette butts
• Goodwin meets with Obama
• Trooper: Light needed on U.S. 1
• Audit critical of past housing practices
• House fire sends woman to hospital
• Students return to tobacco-free schools
• Speedway to offer free tickets to students
• RCC to offer PRAXIS 1 class
• Pedestrian pronounced dead at scene of accident
• Troops given show of thanks
• Group sought for art project
• McInnis sworn in at RCC
• County addresses shelter needs
• Talent sought for Coltrane Festival
• County fair kicks off today in Hamlet
• McInnis sworn in as RCC president
• Three injured in U.S. 1 accident
• Hamlet Fire Department to check safety seats today
• Bikers support Hospice
• Scouts draw a steady crowd
• Shaw House Fair to be held Oct. 9
• Melvin attends research program at NCCU, Durham
• Richmond County hosts regional goat show
• Energy efforts lauded
• Fake golden football turned in
• DAR celebrates Constitution Week with bell ringing
• Fish merchant calls it quits
• Killer to get 15 years
• Textile memories sought for program
• Bikers show support for Hospice
• Fright Train coming to Parkton
• Golfers pitch in to help Habitat
• Fake pot may get banned
• Children’s center adapts to new Cordova location
• Scouts put on a show in Rockingham
• Raiders dominate the Tigers
• Rockingham woman approaches century mark
• Former professor returns for forum
• More RCS students participate in SAT
• Fundraiser to be held for Jonathan Hernandez
• Fair to feature best of Richmond
• Raiders rack up points in first half
• Cancer can’t break this teen’s spirit
• RSHS prepares for homecoming, issues guidelines for spirit week
• Family Day meant to help prevent substance abuse
• Fair gates to open Tuesday
• Insurance refunds available for some
• Scouts to put on a show Saturday
• Poverty rates on the rise
• State gets closer to owning fish hatchery
• Church wants to close street to expand
• Rockingham Tea Party members join march
• Inauguration for McInnis to be held Tuesday
• Shirley Fuller named to RCC board
• RMH to focus on ‘Diabetic Foot Health’ Tuesday
• Run to benefit Alopecia Areta Foundation
• Doktor Kaboom to visit Cole Auditorium
• Museum excited about new venture
• Lights, camera, lawnmowers
• Some ideas offered to explain flying objects
• RSHS prepares for homecoming, issues guidelines
• Kissell 'Buy American' bill passes House
• Randy Layton Sr.
• Pink gloves show support for breast cancer awareness
• FirstHealth Richmond to offer program on foot care
• RCC releases summer honors lists
• Traffic accident leads to fatality
• Residents report strange objects
• Elections board lobbies for changes
• Richmond shows it cares
• Legal Aid to provide program on wills
• Ellerbe moves closer to create new sewer line
• Fund set up for victim of cancer
• Free tutoring to be offered to some students
• Funds available to help farmers
• Grandkids become focus for Ellerbe grandfather
• Ellerbe takes steps toward sewer line project
• Police offering reward for info
• Project raises money for school
• Democrats join together at early voting event
• Richmond Co. fair coming Sept. 21-25
• Property donor steps up to help
• Richmond remembers 9/11
• Biologist to present 2010 McNair lecture
• Leadership Richmond supports Cordova School
• Minnie Lathan
• Rain postpones Simpson Dragstock VII
• Hinson Lake to hold 24-hour race
• Richmond County remembers 9/11
• Rockingham remembers 9/11
• Class of 1960 reunites in Hamlet
• State raises hunger awareness
• Walker, retired RN, to be in Patriots Day parade
• Scouts celebrate 100 years in county
• Singer, songwriter moves to Hamlet
• Aging services urges seniors to know how to get needed medication after a disaster
• Class teaches how to help
• Family keeps store going over 90 years
• People display flag to honor faith
• Fundraiser inspired by one girl’s fight returns to Hamlet
• Poet returns to North Carolina for Writers' Forum
• Huntersville to offer glimpse of Discovery Place Kids concept
• Hunting, fishing event focuses on new generation
• Koran burning angers group
• Lawmen backing ballot issue
• Humane Society resumes discounted spay/neuter program
• Plastek Group working with RCC on training
• Richmond County makes list of ‘Schools to Watch,’ awarded funding
• United Way to kick off on Tuesday
• Kids Café program starts Tuesday
• Riders to help Hospice Sept. 18
• Former Editor Glenn Sumpter dies
• Choir moving forward
• Schools find cheaper on-line courses
• County club vows to rebuild
• Five Wishes program presented in East Rockingham
• Editor, historian, actor Glenn Sumpter dies
• RCC, Hood Packaging, form partnership
• Miss Greater Sandhills pageant Sept. 11
• ReStore issues call for donations
• State effort targets young voters
• Vets attend national conference
• Tutoring help to be available
• Gas prices drop, could fall lower
• Partners In Ministry has busy schedule for fall
• Teachers get tool to track progress
• Business students share internship experiences
• Holes for Habitat to be held Sept. 17
• Police make several arrests over week
• Thunderfest to mark ninth year
• FirstHealth to hold health screening day
• GRITS set to music
• Rally calls for less federal spending
• Hamlet class holds 50th reunion
• CSX donates $2,500 to United Way
• Pee Dee Electric to fund school projects
• Student receives national honor
• Thompson to speak Oct. 3
• A different path: Altered route creates fund
• Muscadine grapes producing rapidly in NC
• Gibson to be featured reader at Thursday event
• Church Briefs
• Community Calendar
• Richmond takes early lead against Anson
• Defense holds Anson in first half
• New preacher joins church
• Couple makes journey to east Africa to help orphanage
• Earl lightens up off of NC shore
• Raiders break through a tough defense
• Funding set to expired soon
• Monday just another day for some workers
• Memories of fire linger
• Dragway to host large "after hours" event Thursday
• Anson County Democrats host celebration Sept. 18
• Chamber of Commerce names members of the month
• Junior sets sights on public service and leadership
• Highway cleanup to start in September
• Local artist volunteers his time, talent
• Program targets teens’ image
• Flu shot clinics kick off next week
• Students urged not to quit
• Holes for Habitat to be held Sept. 17
• Wayne Goodwin to speak to Anson County Democrats
• Community to show it cares
• Sandhills program focuses on diabetes
• Psychologist to speak at Zipper Club meeting
• Animal shelter to be closed Monday
• RCC dedicates F. Diane Honeycutt Center in Laurinburg
• FirstHealth adopts new badge system
• Revival to bring hope to people
• Group looking to attract aviation jobs
• First phase of upgrades in full swing
• Storm forces some to leave
• Call issued to clean up SBI image
• RCC to hold business program
• Writer, humorist to speak Oct. 3
• Ellerbe student receives medal in nationals
• Motorcycle ride Saturday to benefit tumor victim
• Seminar to call for action in counties
• Wadesboro police department searching for suspect in August 28 shooting
• Bus tour to inform people before election season
• Old fashion fish fry Sept. 24
• Volunteers sought for community garden
• Red Cross blood supply at critical levels
• Holiday coming early for some
• Unemployment issues linger in N.C.
• Habitat store becomes a reality
• Schools back in session across state
• EMS beefs up Cordova coverage
• All eyes on Earl at sea
• Retiree looking forward to shooting backward
• Entries being accepted for poet series
• Golden Football contest kicks off Tuesday
• Raider ticket sales Friday to benefit education foundation
• Red Cross issues urgent call for blood donations
• Blueticks now welcome in elite AKC competition
• Writers’ Forum returns for 43rd year
• Housing chief denies comment on job search
• Hospice to host program on grief
• Shelter animals in good health
• Pastor comes to God of Prophecy
• Enrollment at college now approaches 2,200
• Habitat store to open on Tuesday
• Federal funding not a sure thing
• Wrenn returns to business
• Two arrested by Rockingham police for driving while impaired
• City flag flies again over a U.S. battle zone
• Orange County seeks ban on some hunting
• Deputies destroy millions in pot
• Deputies destroy $6.3 million worth of marijuana
• Honeycutt Center to host open house on Tuesday
• Pottery auction to mark 15 years
• Credit union awards $5,000 scholarships
• East Rockingham Elementary welcomes students
• Firefighters donate to area schools
• Plastek finds ready workers
• Norman sets sights on festival
• New teacher embarks on her career
• New school, new year
• Biddix graduates from Army basic training
• Residents visit South America on missionary work with church
• Thousands return to school today
• Dental van helps kids smile again
• Seniors can get help with taxes, fees
• New federal funds may ease blow
• Backyard hole a big surprise
• McQueen retires from RCC after 30 years of service
• Rockingham High class meets for quarterly reunion
• Parker promises to review SBI cases
• Teacher, top administrators honored by county schools
• Middle school changes evening traffic plan
• Belk to hold 'Engagement Party' Thursday
• Goat show to be held on Sept. 11
• Dental van visits Rockingham
• Kids brought up-to-date on vaccines
• RCC to offer programs on grants, non-profits
• First responders to be recognized
• Ellerbe lawnmower racers place in Tennessee
• Wildlife officers to be on patrol for Labor Day holiday
• Over 100 254th Special Forces candidates earn their Green Berets
• Moore Chamber to host Culinary Cup in October
• Moore County holds Festival of Beers
• Chamber, county to recognize industry
• Speedway to offer special deal for October race
• Shooting investigation ends in drug trafficking arrest
• Groups agree dogs can be issue
• Student gets her dream trip to Japan
• Hamlet home to Muslims during holiday
• Tribute planned for troops
• After thousands of miles, worker nears end of road
• Saillor’s business to assist people
• College opens 2010 fall semester with focus on customer service
• Streetscape plan to move ahead
• Ellerbe industry closes in on hiring goal
• Clinic focuses on prevention
• Prevention program to be held in September
• Dragway to host event for homeless shelter, soup kitchens
• St. Andrews named among top colleges
• Solutions sought for cost of child care
• Class to focus on autumn gardening
• Board supports higher tobacco tax
• FirstHealth holds pregnancy fair
• Dr. Ibrahim to join Richmond Women’s Center
• Sandhills Regional program to explore complications of diabetes
• Hospitalist coordinator selected for Great 100 Award
• Doctor opens Rockingham office, carries on tradition
• Doctor enjoys Richmond County lifestyle
• 6th Annual Citizen’s Academy begins in Sept.
• Laurinburg to hold Job/Business Expo next month
• Man, 40, sentenced for 2008 murder
• Funds granted to Soil and Water Conservation District
• 'Stuff The Bus' drive nets $2,400
• Capital Hill, Monroe Avenue to hold reunion on holiday
• Trip for veterans still shy of goal
• Highway Patrol beefs up U.S. 1 patrols
• Doctors plan to speak to autism group
• Partnership may give Habitat more property in Hamlet
• Osborne to head public safety and allied health programs
• Two men charged with trafficking cocaine
• Donor brings the "Fun" back to Friday for seniors
• Owner prays for soul of vandal
• Family anxious to embrace returning soldier
• Counties look at plans for industrial site
• Human Relations Council may fade away
• Fewer coins in the fountain may speak about economy
• Horse owners warned of disease
• Moore chamber to host Festival of Beers
• Counties look at plans for industrial site
• Scotland chamber to host job fair next month
• West awarded Eagle Scout Award
• Children preform ‘Princess and the Pea’
• Buses may roll again in Rockingham
• County seeks solution on dogs
• Moose Lodge shows its heart
• New grocery attracting attention
• Shelter looking to return lost goat
• Monroe named community office manager in Ellerbe
• Community Calendar
• Family receives donations after restaurant fire
• City of Hamlet continues beautification efforts
• Open house looks at resources available from Partners In Ministry
• Theatre to offer three comedies this season
• Man poses as applicant, tries to rob woman
• Board members re-appointed Tuesday
• People urged to buy food close to home
• College braces for heavy turnout
• Group helps meet need for uniforms
• Architects, engineers examine future Discovery Place Kids site
• Deputies seize 370 marijuana plants
• RCC president says more scholarships needed
• New IRS rule may doom tax loans
• City, Discovery Place moving foward
• Future Army Green Berets hone skills in Rockingham
• New doctor to hold open house Thursday
• Army staging exercises in Richmond County
• Daily Journal Web site offers new features
• Potters are partners in life and work
• Faith Academy opens for business
• Hagan lends ear to Richmond residents
• Summer readers take a break
• Legal Aid to offer tips on eviction
• Ballot costs can be steep
• Plan formed for old courthouse
• Artists invited to enter work
• Autism group to meet on Saturday
• Simple game may help Hamlet restaurant rebuild
• McQueen keeps goals in sight
• Study of Pee Dee River to survey stabilization concerns
• Rohanen preschool plan may be shelved
• Old Safie Mill site all but a memory
• Fire damages Hamlet restaurant
• County looks to expand TV options
• Research station to host turfgrass field day
• Bee’s role in food chain may help it gain allies
• Relief coming for Fox Road residents
• Cub Scouts race in Hamlet
• Schools blame ‘anomaly’ for lower AYP results
• Rotary auction to include shrimp boat
• Hospital recruiting volunteer Chaplains
• Alltel vows to provide continued service
• Hamlet rallies to help business
• Church honors past, looks to future
• Chamber to kick off membership drive Aug. 4
• Loans available to buy homes
• County bars commissioner’s husband from its meetings
• Police to hold "Night Out" on Aug. 3
• UNCP wins national award
• Deputies respond to shooting on U.S. 1
• Group heading to South America this week
• Thieves steal new big T.V. from seniors
• Schools find roofing costs are lower
• Groups may lose tax status
• Chamber of Commerce keeps money in the county
• Robberies raise concerns about safety
• RCC Student Government Association officers installed
• Teen, nine others, charged with thefts
• Richmond jobless rate rises slightly to 12.8 percent
• Alpha Pi Chi Sorority maintains excellence
• Kids perform ‘Stone in the Road’
• Treatment at FirstHealth Wound Center helps avoid amputation
• Rockingham looks to clean up powerlines
• Moore Regional named one of nation's most wired
• Employees show thanks by giving to others
• Historical collection finds home in Raleigh
• Solution sought for dog hunting issue
• Home-grown software company branches out
• Railroad history comes alive
• Orr wins Order of the Long Leaf Pine
• Leak Street Alumni hold reunion
• Parents to get school option
• Meditation may offer relief from pain
• City distances itself from campaign
• FirstHealth communication department wins silver, bronze awards
• RCC to offer programs on government contracts
• Senate may plug Medicaid funding gap
• Most schools to let out at 3 p.m.
• Water line should open within weeks
• Small effort to help boy grows into a larger mission in life
• Program strives to make a difference with children
• Mannar finalist in scholarship program
• Groups join forces to offer 4-H Rotary Leadership Experience
• Realtor using videos to sell homes
• Hamlet restaurant burns
• Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. turns 25
• Rockingham landscaper blamed for killing trees
• Patients find success with Options program
• Chlorine explosion injures at least two
• Rockingham native marks 50 years in law practice
• Grant to pay for more housing authority patrols
• Century Plant source of awe in community
• Richmond Memorial to hold Pregnancy Fair Aug. 17
• Hoffman’s plans for old school are taking shape
• FNB United Corp. reports $25 million loss
• Police busy over holiday weekend
• Legal Aid to offer clinic on divorce next month
• FirstHealth CEO earns top award
• Community Safe Celebration set for July 31
• Millions set aside to spur job growth
• FirstHealth of the Carolinas provides service to a 15-county region
• Teen arrested in connection with alleged theft
• Stone opens Edward Jones Investments on Broad Ave.
• Vouchers to be available for grandparents raising children
• Scotland Hospice to offer training
• Food bank accepting participants into program
• Renowned scholar to teach courses at Sandhills
• Church offers weekend events for youths
• Hamlet to unveil remodeled rail depot
• Scotland Hospice earns reaccreditation
• UNCP’s Office for Advancement wins award
• N.C. State University to host biannual Turfgrass Field Day
• Sandhills Regional celebrates 10 years
• Hamlet to unveil revamped Depot on July 30
• Community Calendar
• Kenny Rogers to kick off DeWitt Performing Arts Series
• Chamber accepting nominations for board
• Video business has ups and downs
• Dental van to visit Rockingham this month
• Focus group aims to lower youth crime
• Registration resumes next week
• Annual 3-on-3 basketball tournament on Aug. 21
• Companies donate school supplies to students
• Brothers of war
• Drive to ensure all students have supplies for school
• FirstHealth Moore Regional named one of nation’s most wired
• Senate unlikely to take up gap in Medicaid
• US Senate approves funds for NC schools
• 4 students earn Masters degrees
• FNB United Corp. announces second quarter results
• Japanese restaurant opens on Broad Street
• Spots open for Rotary Leadership Experience
• RSHS student serves as page in NC Senate for week
• New school ready to open
• Church hosts program at Cole Saturday
• Grants available to youths
• Blue Cross defends size of reserve fund
• RCSO to offer citizen’s academy to start Sept. 21
• Hospital lets moms announce the birth
• Economy, more games spur growth in lottery sales
• Ellerbe man continues fight against disease
• ‘Good Soldier' documentary shown at Cole Auditorium
• Langston named BB&T Wealth vice president
• State to study risks of older Ellerbe dump
• Golf course development proposed near county line
• Habitat looking for donations, land
• Teachers eligible for Bright Idea grants
• Sheriff’s office investigates house fire
• Second Time Around opens up in Hamlet
• Three injured when truck hits motorcycle
• Deputies seize marijuana plants
• RHA still dealing with results of fed, local probe
• Hamlet is leader of the Pack(s)
• Secondary schools excel in ABC testing
• Church Briefs
• ‘School Tools’ drive collects supplies for students
• City may get help with Discovery Place KIDS project
• Medical marijuana gets backing from Democrats
• White squirrels may be finding a new niche
• RCC Practical Nurses receive nursing school pins
• Senator to visit Rockingham today to talk
• New methodology improves winter climate forecasting
• Family celebration set for Saturday
• County bars commissioner’s husband from its meetings
• Sandhills MRI project moving forward
• Power knocked out for thousands
• Some families take on role of teacher
• Community Calendar
• County updates mapping system
• ABC reforms OK’d
• Study finds Latino kids face hardships
• Credits available to hire jobless
• Dillman reappointed to transportation board
• Meteor shower hits peak this week
• Edward Jones comes to Rockingham
• Charter school grapples with low test scores
• Church Briefs
• New medical providers arrive at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial
• Cole to host children's theater in August
• Ricks named to US Achievement Academy
• Soldiers serving in Afganistan
• Richmond native completes year as leader of N.C. Bar
• Schools change direction
• Cole Auditorium auditions roles for ‘The Princess and The Pea’ musical
• Discovery Place eyes Rockingham as site for new regional kids museum
• Pet owners urged to contact shelter if animal is lost
• Mental health services backed up
• Efforts mount to attract ‘Green Jobs’
• Taxi firms cry foul over policy
• Community Calendar
• Sandhills Regional expands staff
• Legal Aid to offer program on eviction
• Ricks named to US Achievement Academy
• Chamber hosts festival of beers
• Schools feel sticker shock over ‘free’ program
• Kids ready to put on a show
• JC Penney program to support 4-H
• Sandhills Regional honors three employees
• Church Briefs
• County looking to capture more business by marketing
• No-shows for public transportation remain a problem
• Rural development housing money available
• NAAACP marchers make a point
• Students learn about volunteering, work
• Boaters find river too low to navigate
• Complaints from smoking ban fade away
• Rockingham has a ‘Night Out’
• Homeless man arrested after breaking into building
• Pair suspected in five-county crime spree
• Hospice of Scotland County to host grief support group
• Community Calendar
• STARworks to present program on mushrooms
• Future leaders getting training
• Students offered option to transfer
• Man arrested for threatening officer
• Feds finds disparities in sports equipment
• Kid’s theater returns
• Number of teen driving deaths is down
• School issue raises concern
• Day trips by train offered in October
• Kenan Fellowship program paying dividends
• Maxton Masons hold senior brunch
• Vouchers to be available to help family caregivers
• Riding can bring out the best in some kids
• Stores targeted for sales to minors
• Parents backing Mineral Springs
• Charges pending in shooting case
• Hot weather here for now

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