List/Grid Monthly Archives: October 2014

Raider green goes pink for cancer awareness
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com ROCKINGHAM — October is, generally speaking, well known as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. And even though Friday night’s pink-clad Richmond Senior High School club members…

‘It was a very special time’
Marching Raider Band Alumni Night a success By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com * Photo gallery – more than 400 pics! ROCKINGHAM — Its members don’t travel as far today, nor do they…

Raiders drop Patriots, improve to 10-0
Richmond hosts Scotland Nov. 7 for conference championship By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com * Photo gallery – more than 700 snapshots! ROCKINGHAM — The last time Richmond played Pinecrest, the stadium…

Obituary: Trey Chance
James Howard “Trey” Chance III, 19, of 536 Boyd Lake Road, Hamlet, died as the result of an accident on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014 at UNC Hospital, Chapel Hill, surrounded…

Letter: I don’t back down from my original intent
To the editor: I am responding to the story that appeared in The Pee Dee Post on Oct. 30, 2014 (Commissioner candidate distributes illegal sample ballots). There is a statement…

LJ Bell students step up to meet water challenge
Murphy-Brown crew aids students through testing process By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com * Photo gallery LEDBETTER — The pH level was good — almost a perfect 7. The turbidity was low…

FirstHealth Wound Care Center joins Healogics to raise awareness of diabetic foot ulcers
ROCKINGHAM — The Wound Care Center at FirstHealth Richmond Memorial, a member of the Healogics network, participated in the Healogics National Diabetes Campaign this week, joining wound care professionals across…

$1 million bond holds meth lab suspect
Staff report A Vass man was arrested by Moore County sheriff’s deputies on Thursday for allegedly running a methamphetamines lab from a Southern Pines home. Sheriff Neil Godfrey said Jose Manuel…

Pastor Hill: Things God hath revealed
1 Co 2:9-10, “But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for…

This week’s adoptable pets
From Richmond County Animal Advocates and the Humane Society of Richmond County. Photos courtesy of Hanna Marks. Meet Leo and Casey Renee. Leo is a lab mix that is around 1 to 2 years…

County seeks new animal shelter director
Sago: Davis fired for failing to “meet goals and objectives” Davis: “I was good for that place” By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com The director of the Richmond County Animal Shelter was…

Ask the Goat: Who are the dirtbag runners?
Chances are, if you do your fair share of trail running, you’ve heard the term dirtbag used more often as of late. Maybe you’ve been asked if you were a…

Revisions made to captive cervid licenses and permits
Mandatory testing age for chronic waste disease in captive deer changed RALEIGH — The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission today approved temporary rules allowing the issuance of permits and licenses for “farmed…

‘You have to see to believe’
Chris and Neal wow the crowd with Rockstar Magic By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com * Photo gallery ROCKINGHAM — It was a first for the staff and volunteers at Thomas Leath…

Rockets sweep Red Rams for conference title
Mason: “They don’t quit” By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com * Photo gallery ROCKINGHAM — Up two games to none and a four-point lead in game three, Rockingham Middle School volleyball coach…

School bus grazes telephone pole
One taken to hospital with back pain By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com ROCKINGHAM — Students’ trip home Thursday afternoon from Richmond Senior High School and the Richmond County Ninth Grade Academy…

Commissioner candidate distributes illegal sample ballots
Covington said distribution was effort to educate voters By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com A candidate for the Richmond County Board of Commissioners has been told by the State Board of Elections…

The Villager owner: ‘We’re not opening the restaurant there’
Pinehurst deli owner is out, deal with new tenant imminent By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com ROCKINGHAM — The owner of a Pinehurst deli said Thursday that he is not, in fact,…

Third suspect arrested in arson-murder
Previous coverage: * Oct. 29: 2 apprehended in arson-murder * Aug. 28: Police seek public’s help in arson, murder Moore County Sheriff Neil Godfrey announced today the arrest of a third…

NC approves virtual charter schools
By Stephanie Carson Public News Service-NC RALEIGH — Starting next year, North Carolina’s charter schools will expand beyond the four walls of a classroom. State lawmakers approved a pilot program in…
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