List/Grid Monthly Archives: June 2014
High fives – er, paws – all around for Spay-ghetti fundraiser
Event nets more than $1,700 By MacKenzie Spradlin PeeDeePost.com HAMLET —Give a paw to the Richmond County Animal Advocates. The RCAA reached out to to solicit donations for the inaugural…
Ellerbe Lions Club suspends lawn mower racing indefinitely
Perkins: “I’m going to get to the bottom of this” By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com Shortly before 5 p.m. Saturday — and minutes before racing was scheduled to start — a…
Skenazy: Baby, it’s hot outside (and inside)
If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the living room. Keep going till you are out of the house completely. Yes, now that it’s finally hot after that…
Mt. Sinai Baptist takes ‘first step’ towards future
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com LEDBETTER — Mt. Sinai Baptist Church is going country. Some 80 members, worshippers and friends of the congregation that currently meets in the former Winn-Dixie…
Hudson: Flaws in tax code need to be fixed
There has been a lot of discussion in recent months about economic development in North Carolina. It’s a state priority, as well as one of my own, to support industries…
Richmond graduates ‘don’t know what lies ahead’
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com ROCKINGHAM — Richmond Senior High School Principal Keith McKenzie’s opening words to the crowd that filled Raider Stadium Friday night for the school’s 41st annual commencement…
Obituary: Settle Dockery
Sources indicate that former Rockingham High School football standout Settle Dockery, Class of 1964, died early Friday in Raleigh. Dockery went on to play fullback at N.C. State University. He…
5 charged with larceny, shoplifting
Hamlet police catch suspects in the act Officers with the Hamlet Police Department earlier today charged four women and one juvenile each with one count of larceny and one count…
Man wanted on multiple warrants arrested in Hamlet
Officers with the Hamlet Police Department responded on Thursday to a report of a motorist driving in a careless and reckless manner on Spring Street and netted a Hamlet man…
Bruton: ‘We have beaten the odds’
Leak Street High School Principal Susan Brigman tells students to ‘have the courage to follow your heart and do the right thing’ Special to The Pee Dee Post ROCKINGHAM —…
Obituary: Howard Coleman
Howard Franklin Coleman, 87, of Rockingham, N.C., passed away Thursday, June 12, 2014 at The Hermitage Retirement Center in Rockingham. Mr. Coleman was born September 8, 1926 in Richmond County,…
L.J. Bell Elementary announces Honor Roll
L.J. Bell Elementary School recently released its Honor Roll list for the sixth six-week academic period to conclude the 2013-14 academic calendar. A Honor Roll Thirdgrade-Maren Carter, Catherine Dennis, Molly Erwin, Shoan Hodges,…
West Rockingham Elementary releases Honor Roll
West Rockingham Elementary recently released its Honor Roll list for the sixth six-week academic period to conclude the 2013-14 academic calendar. A Honor Roll Third Grade: Kayleigh Leviner, Joydan Styles, Naylah Smeigh,…
Magee presents Dobbins Heights budget to council
Residents ask sheriff about foot patrols, ATVs and animal control By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com DOBBINS HEIGHTS — The proposed budget for the town of Dobbins Heights is 2.6 percent higher…
Dobbins Heights basketball court ‘dangerous’
Councilman could seek council’s support to close court if not repaired Pool opens at noon on June 23 By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com DOBBINS HEIGHTS — As the foundation is prepared…
Hamlet budget prompts the ‘t’ word
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com Related stories: May 21 – Hamlet budget ‘a hot mess’ May 2 – Budget includes wish list of items HAMLET — All five City Council members…
Few slots remain for Energy Ventures Camp @ RCC
A few spots remain available for the Energy Ventures Camp at Richmond Community College. The sessions will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. from June 23 to June 26…
Staff, faculty celebrate with end-of-year party
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com Photo gallery ROCKINGHAM — That’s a wrap, Jack. On Thursday, teachers and staff across Richmond County Schools gathered on the ballfields at Richmond Senior High…
1,193 new cancer patients receive accredited care
PINEHURST — During calendar year 2013, 1,193 new cases of cancer were diagnosed at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. Of those new cancer patients, 145 of them, or 12.1 percent, listed a…
Wanted Rockingham man held on $10,000 bond
Staff report A Rockingham man wanted on three felony warrants was arrested by Richmond County sheriff’s deputies on June 8 in the parking lot of a Broad Avenue business in…
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