Sandhills hospital offering digital mammography
HAMLET — When it comes to maintaining good health, image — or actually, imaging — is everything. In addition to the physical you get at your doctor’s office, diagnostic imaging tests assure that...
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N.C. State admissions seminar set Monday at RCC
HAMLET — Getting into four-year universities is getting tougher as more and more students are seeking higher education. North Carolina State University received 20,000 applications over the last four...
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Woman faces pot charges
ROCKINGHAM — A 41-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday on felony marijuana charges. Christine Norton was charged with conspiracy to sell or deliver marijuana and maintaining a place for a controlled...
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Rep. Hudson’s bill to screen Syrian refugees passes House, Obama vows veto
ROCKINGHAM — U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson’s bill to stall the migration of Syrian refugees to American soil cleared the House Thursday as President Barack Obama inked up his veto stamp. House members...
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Farm-City Week festivities set in Richmond County
ELLERBE — Culture and agriculture will come together Saturday as Farm-City Week kicks off, helping to bridge the gap between those in the city and those in the country. This year’s theme is...
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Kool Kakes baker’s treats creating buzz
ROCKINGHAM — Art and baking come together for Bambi Provenzano, who bakes out of her home and sells her treats at Nectar Coffee Shop, located in The Hive Recreation Center on Rockingham Road....
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LAURINBURG — Police responded to three separate reports of gun blasts fired at cars on Wednesday. The first incident was reported at 12:11 p.m. on Hammond Drive. A police report said multiple shots...
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Hamlet felon faces cocaine, marijuana charges in Rockingham
ROCKINGHAM — A man awaiting trial on drug and weapons charges is now facing five new felony drug charges. Rockingham police arrested 27-year-old Quarjuan Waltez Gilchrist, of Rosemont Avenue in Hamlet,...
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DWI bust nets probation absconder ‘Pac-Man X’
HOFFMAN — A Richmond County felon who gave his probation officers the slip was caught when Moore County deputies arrested him on an impaired driving charge. Percy Jermaine Purcell, 34, of 112 Perkins...
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L.J. Bell Elementary names star students
Contributed photo L.J. Bell Elementary School has recognized its third- through fifth-grade all-A honor roll pupils for the first nine-week grading period. In third grade are Elijah Callahan, Ava...
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Mineral Springs students enjoy Thanksgiving feast
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Candidates disavow Trump’s call for Muslim database
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidates on Friday swiftly condemned Donald Trump’s call for requiring Muslims in the United States to register in a national database, drawing a sharp...
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Shooting suspect faces attempted murder charges
LAURINBURG — Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a man wanted on attempted murder charges in a Maxton shooting. James Cole Williamson, 20, of 401 Midland Way in Laurinburg, is charged with four counts...
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Haitian helpers deliver new notebooks to Ashley Chapel students
ROCKINGHAM — Jean Joseph, who was born in Haiti and now lives in the United States, initially founded the Haitian Help Program to assist needy children in his home country. That mission has now moved...
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Deputies charge jailed man with 5 more felonies
ROCKINGHAM — A man already in jail following his Wednesday arrest on five felony drug charges had more counts tacked on Thursday. According to jail records, 27-year-old Quarjuan Waltez Gilchrist, of...
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Homeless no longer: Place of Grace enables ‘self-respect and dignity’
ROCKINGHAM — In less than two years, the outlook for homeless Richmond County residents has come a long way. As National Hunger and Homeless Awareness week draws to a close, the work on a permanent...
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5 face charges in 2 Moore County drug raids
CARTHAGE — Police and deputies raided two homes and arrested five people in a Thursday drug sweep, Moore County Sheriff Neil Godfrey said. Carthage and Pinehurst police and Moore County deputies...
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Ellerbe Farmers’ Day Parade: Celebrating farm living
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Woman accused of prescription painkiller fraud
LAURINBURG — Police say a woman defrauded doctors to obtain 90 oxycodone pills. Detria McMillian, 20, of 704 McNeill Drive, was arrested Thursday on a charge of obtaining a controlled substance by...
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PHOTOS: Volunteers provide makings for Thanksgiving feasts
Members of Rockingham-based Brothers Leaning on Another Creating Kings distributed more than two-dozen turkeys, pies and boxes of pasta to Richmond County families on Saturday, beginning in the...
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