List/Grid Monthly Archives: July 2014
Piedmont Natural Gas kicks off United Way campaign
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com * Photo gallery CORDOVA — Nearly 20 Piedmont Natural Gas employees helped kick off the United Way of Richmond County campaign on Monday by donating time…
Obituary: Frances Holland
ROCKINGHAM, N.C. — Mrs. Frances Monroe Holland, 94, of Rockingham passed away Friday, July 25, 2014 at her home. She and her husband, Richard, relocated to Rockingham in 1984 from their…
Obituary: Deborah Anne Giddens
Deborah Anne (West) Giddens, 53, of Sarasota, Fla., passed away peacefully at home on July 24, 2014 in the arms of her husband with family at her bedside, after a 3…
Traffic stop results in drug bust
What began as a routine traffic stop for a Hamlet Police Department officer on Sunday turned into an arrest of a Dobbins Heights man on a number of drug and…
Hospital janitor accused of sexually assaulting two female patients
Staff report A Hamlet man was arrested Sunday by Hamlet police officers after two women filed complaints he assaulted them while a patient at Sandhills Regional Medical Center. Two women…
Hudson: Boy toys
Uncle Clyde spent twenty years of his life as a carpenter building boats for the Navy, and another thirty years in the textile mills. He always hankered for a little…
Sundae Fun-day at Town Creek Indian Mound
State Historic Site reopens for Sunday hours Town Creek Indian Mound will celebrate the return of regular Sunday operational hours on Aug. 3 with ice cream sundaes. Join staff for fun…
Safe Kids Coalition, Ray Ray’s Pledge out to save lives
Ricks: ‘A child’s life is precious’ By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com RICHMOND COUNTY — Sophia Jane Goyeneche-Gray, age 13 months. Jeremiah Kennedy, 13 months. Cooper Harris, 22 months. Saving their lives…
No clear path if McQueen wants city manager’s job
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com There’s no clear path, legally or morally, for Hamlet Councilman Jesse McQueen to apply or accept the job of city manager if he wants it, and…
Photographer’s ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ turns heads
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com The name Jimmy McDonald is as synonymous with photography as it is Richmond County itself. This week, area residents are receiving their August editions of…
Hinson Lake Ultra field jumps by 60 percent
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com Some are going to say second-year race director Jerry Lindstrand must have some lingering effects from hitting his head in a post-Grandfathers Mountain Marathon hike on…
Police search for One Stop armed robber
White male suspect left with no money By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com EAST ROCKINGHAM — Law enforcement personnel from three local agencies joined in the search for a suspected armed robber…
Caroline “shows ’em what girls do”
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com Photo gallery – more than 500 pics! HAMLET — Caroline Whitley eventually wants to get to the point where people don’t worry about her gender and…
Pony All-Stars eliminated after 11-9 loss
* Previous coverage: God, or something else, lifts Pony All-Stars to win By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com Even God took a day off. It was mentioned Friday after the Rockingham Pony…
Food, fun and games in Dobbins Heights
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com Photo gallery – 140 pics! DOBBINS HEIGHTS — Obstacle courses, music, face painting, swimming and plenty more entertained kids and adults of Richmond County on Saturday…
God, or something else, lifts Pony All-Stars to win
Previous coverage * Pony All-Stars fall, 4-3 * All-Stars win sectional championship * Pitching carries All-Stars to Friday By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com One of the great debates of the 20th…
State board won’t consider Sunday voting – yet
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com The North Carolina State Board of Elections released its tentative agenda for its July 29 public meeting and addressing what is believed to be four of…
New apartment complex coming to Rockingham
Nearly $5 million project that serves ‘working poor’ expected to be completed March 2015 By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com ROCKINGHAM — Work has started on the planned Fountain Pointe Apartment Complex…
Parker charged with selling prescription pills
Richmond County sheriff’s deputies arrested on Wednesday a 37-year-old Rockingham man for allegedly selling prescription pills. Donnie Lee Parker is charged with a single count of possession with intent to…
Hudson: Workforce law a step in the right direction
As your representative, it’s a priority of mine to build relationships across the aisle and find pragmatic solutions to the problems facing our nation. Now — more than ever — our families,…
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