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Warrants: Man had heroin, pills, weed
ROCKINGHAM — A Hamlet man is facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges following a scuffle with police. Warrants show 38-year-old Walter Clyde Miller is accused of having nine baggies of heroin,...
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To be a blessing to others
HAMLET — On a break from the the rigors of college, two young men have set their sights on giving others the tools to learn. And they have swept up the youth group of Second Baptist Church into...
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Robin Sage ends June excercise
ROCKINGHAM — Richmond County residents should be able to sleep without the sounds of helicopters circling above their home late at night. Wednesday night was the final big event of the Robin Sage...
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FIRE AND WATER: Cadets extinguish flames, use hoses at Rockingham’s annual...
ROCKINGHAM — The next generation of Richmond County’s first responders will finish their week-long introduction to the equipment and skills law enforcement, firefighters and rescue squad personnel use...
View Article‘Stop the Violence’ march this weekend
DOBBINS HEIGHTS — With gun violence continuing to be an issue in the United States, one resident is making an effort to remind young people of the bigger picture: the pain that violence causes to the...
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Day of the Triffids?
Verbascusm thapsus sprawls untended in our unplowed fields and marches in dense, ragged phalanxes along the shoulders of highways from Ellerbe to Hoffman, and points in between. We. Have. Been....
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Berry: Town’s budgethas to ‘stay tight’ toget in financial shape
ELLERBE — Town commissioners will make their final tweaks before adopting the fiscal 2019 budget during a special meeting at 2 p.m. Monday. On Thursday, they met with Mayor Lee Berry and Town Clerk...
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Puzzles solved, credit earned
HAMLET — The “nerd herd” graduated from RCC’s Saturday Academy on Thursday, at the end of a stiff competition designed to assess what they had learned about computer coding, 3-D modeling and the basics...
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Betas’ gory creation wins monster prize
ROCKINGHAM — Gruesome wins. When National Beta Club judges saw a freeze frame of “Frankenstein” staged by students from Richmond Early College, they knew nothing could top it — not even two other...
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Corn hole tourney to help support interpreters
ROCKINGHAM — Bean bags will be flying at the VFW post Saturday in an effort to help an organization that helps foreign interpreters settle in the U.S. Interpreters like Nassir Ahmad. Ahmad served as an...
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Rockingham to replace tree in Harrington Square renovation
ROCKINGHAM — The larger of the two willow oak trees on Harrington Square will be cut down in July on the recommendation of an arborist and will coincide with the city’s planned renovation of the...
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Vacation Bible School, revival and Rainbow Tea
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View ArticleRockingham Housing authority hosting game-filled field day
ROCKINGHAM – Remember field day back in elementary school where you’d compete with friends to pass a ball over your heads and under your legs down the line? Or toss water balloons to see who could...
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Richmond County sheriff’s deputies charge 3 in pull-over pot bust
ROCKINGHAM — Three Winston-Salem men are facing drug charges after Richmond County sheriff’s deputies say they discovered nearly a half-pound of pot in their vehicle during a June 8 traffic stop....
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SC man accusedin kidnapping,beating case
ROCKINGHAM — A South Carolina man has been arrested in Richmond County on assault and kidnapping charges. Robert Paul Wiggins Jr., 44, of Sumter, South Carolina, allegedly attacked another individual...
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Construction begins on new Ned’s
ROCKINGHAM — Ned’s Pawn Shop will relocate — about 50 yards — to the property formerly occupied by Bojangles on East Broad Avenue later this year. Bryan Greene, owner of Ned’s, said the move will allow...
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Found fawn sent to rehab
ROCKINGHAM — Animal advocate Tessie Caulder handed her fifth or sixth orphaned fawn over to a state wildlife officer Friday, after finding the animal crippled and dehydrated on the side of the road....
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Democrat supports Libertarian in 9th District congressional race
ROCKINGHAM — A two-time congressional hopeful is throwing his support behind a third-party candidate. Democrat Christian Cano announced June 14 that he is endorsing Libertarian Jeff Scott for North...
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Treasure in a bag of rocks
ELLERBE — The addition of a flowing flume of water has given the Rankin Museum’s annual Geology Dig new life. Last Saturday was the second dig with the flume. Before, the children’s imaginations would...
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Cordova firefighters rescue injured kitten from tree
CORDOVA — It may seem like a cliche, but a pair of firefighters rescued a kitten from a tree last week. Jimmy Herring said his wife, Pat, was walking in their backyard Friday morning when she heard...
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