List/Grid Monthly Archives: July 2014
No. 2 MoCo overwhelms No. 4 Chix with Stix for Hot Mamas championship
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com Previous coverage * Day 2 of tournament play * Tournament schedule set * Opening Day ELLERBE — When Trisha Mabe crossed home plate in the bottom…
Parents welcome baby Alexander
Kristen Brooke Bryant and Christopher S. Deruelle Jr. announce the birth of their son, Alexander Scott Deruelle, born May 27, 2014 at 1:11 p.m. at Stanly Regional Medical Center in…
Summer of Kainotomia, part two
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com Previous coverage: Summer of Kainotomia, part one HAMLET — Xavier Robinson hates school. The incoming fifth-grader at L.J. Bell Elementary School is outgoing, energetic — and…
Update: Fraud suspect caught
Staff report Hamlet Police Department investigators have arrested a Hamlet woman and issued a warrant for her partner in alleged crime after they allegedly conspired to commit fraud through a…
‘They can’t shove us with their feet, so they spit’
Five dozen pre-schoolers learn the do’s and don’t around farm animals By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com * Photo gallery – more than 300 snapshots! ROCKINGHAM — The lawn in front of…
East Rockingham man jailed on drug, assault charges
Staff report Richmond County sheriff’s deputies and officers with the Rockingham Police Department on Wednesday arrested an East Rockingham man on multiple drug charges. Travis Lee Simmons, 34, of Mill…
Ask the Goat: The Last Annual Vol State 500K Part 2
Editor’s note: This is part two of a three-part series of a trans-Tennessee footrace earlier this month. Part one was published July 24. Part three will be published on Aug. 7. Two…
Bi-state investigation leads to arrest
Staff report A three-county, two-state police investigation led to the arrest of two women wanted in connection with theft of personal property from a Hamlet property owner. Elizabeth Dale Hailey,…
Hudson introduces bill to rename Hamlet VA clinic after CSM O’Neal
Proposed: Edward “Ed” James O’Neal Department of Veteran Affairs Clinic Staff report Today, U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson (NC-08) introduced H.R. 5265 to rename the Department of Veterans Affairs community outpatient…
Richardson: On that beautiful morning
When I awake on that beautiful morning, looking the bright Eastern Sky. See the Angels singing, hearing the trumpets sounding. See my Lord, Him coming, knowing I am going to…
Rockingham woman to start Alzheimer’s support group
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com When Curtis Benoist passed away on June 5 at the age of 83, family members were surprised at the sudden appearance of death, even though Benoist had…
Hamlet Middle announces 6th Grade Jump Start
Sixth Grade Jump start, a tradition at Hamlet Middle School, will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Thursday, Aug. 14. This event is for rising sixth grade students…
Final Four to play for Hot Mamas title Thursday
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com Photo galleries * E-Lemonators 16, Aces of Bases 6 – 473 pics * Chix with Stix 9, Slap-a-Pitch 8 – 411 pics * MoCo’s Most Wanted 15, Vulcan…
Video: Smith, Mabe find niche in RCC engineering program
Two Richmond County women flourish in male-dominanted field By Wylie D. Bell Special to The Pee Dee Post * Video HAMLET — Behind every product on the market is a schematic,…
RCC students named to honors lists
HAMLET — The President’s and Dean’s Lists for summer 2014 at Richmond Community College have been released. To be named to the President’s List a student must maintain a 4.0…
Granite marker installed to highlight historic bell
A work crew from Custom Monument, Rockingham, early Tuesday morning installed a granite marker in front of the 1890 Court House bell on the 1924 Court House lawn facing Lee…
Rockingham youth soccer registration open
The Rockingham Parks and Recreation Department is accepting youth soccer registrations through Aug. 4. Registration fees are $25 for city residents and $35 for non-city residents. There is an additional…
Facebook fans reach 3,000 … and growing
Staff report This is a story of numbers, but the numbers represent individuals in and around Richmond County who appear to want the product offered by The Pee Dee Post,…
City officials reconsider putting city manager on paid leave
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com Outgoing Hamlet City Manager Marchell Adams-David will work through her resignation date after all. Adams-David resigned July 21 in a brief letter to city officials. She…
National Farmers Market Week Aug. 3-9
Through the signing of an official proclamation, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has declared August 3 through 9, 2014, “National Farmers Market Week”. Throughout the week, USDA will celebrate our nation’s…
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