List/Grid Monthly Archives: November 2014
Waters: Becoming chief realizes a ‘lifelong goal’
Waters selected to be Hamlet police chief Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com Chief Scott Waters. The city of Hamlet announced Friday by email, and through the city Facebook page, that Waters has been…
Scenes of Christ on display Dec. 5-6
Each year, Mount Olive Baptist Church, located at 596 East Washington St., Rockingham, stages the “Scenes of Christ.” It is a drive-through even that makes full use of its church property…
Obituary: Grace Capps Blue
ROCKINGHAM, N.C. — Grace Capps Blue, 86, of Rockingham, died Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gerald Emanuel Blue. Her parents were the late Martha…
Season’s greetings, from Rockingham
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com ROCKINGHAM — A five-man crew from the city of Rockingham helped put up bright red bows and garland on city light poles Friday in preparation for…
Fire ignites from discarded cigarette
Staff report at 1:32 p.m. CORDOVA — First-responders are on scene of a grass fire that ignited from a discarded cigarette. The emergency all for help was reported at 1:12…
Ham: Accountability is no gimmick
Newspapers never have been hesitant to shame a public official into appropriate behavior. It’s a time-honored tradition. Have you ever noticed things like “Sen. Blowhard did not return a phone…
Music key to academic turn around
RSHS senior: Music ‘plays a part in every little aspect of my day’ By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com Some parents might see a child’s exclusive interest in a single activity such…
Hudson ‘outraged’ at president’s immigration option
* NY Times video – watch the entire speech * USAToday.com: Full text of speech * CNN: GOP hammers legal case against Obama on immigration * News & Observer editorial: Obama…
Pastor Hill: A priceless gift, part 2
Editor’s note: This is part two of a two-part series. Part one was published on Nov. 15. Col 1:12-14, “Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to…
Obituary: Grace Capps Blue
Mrs. Grace Capps Blue, 86, of Rockingham, N.C., passed away Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014 at Hospice Haven. Funeral arrangements are currently incomplete with Watson – King Funeral Home in Rockingham. The…
Obituary: Jennifer Holloway Batton
Jennifer Holloway Batton, 33, of Hickory, N.C., formerly of Rockingham, died, Tuesday, Nov. 18 at Carolina Medical Center in Charlotte. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22…
Honor Roll: Monroe Avenue Elementary School
Monroe Avenue Elementary School, Hamlet, has released its Honor Roll students for the first nine-week period of the 2014-15 school year that ended Oct. 28. Distinguished List Third Grade: Chloe Foster,…
NETC highlights two local authors
The Northeastern Technical College Alumni Association will be sponsoring an on-campus Book Reading Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 6 p.m. in the Library (Bldg. 500) to highlight NETC authors/instructors, Max Everhart and Elizabeth…
3 arrested in home invasion
Moore County Sheriff Neil Godfrey reports that at about 3:48 p.m. on Nov. 15, his office received a call from a resident on Ed Lane in the Carthage area of Moore…
Resident report: Escaped inmates seen in Hamlet
State official: No evidence two men are anywhere in Richmond County By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com Members of the Prison Emergency Response Team from Morrison Correctional Institution and local law enforcement officers…
Kellogg: NC’s new fracking rules fall short
The North Carolina Mining and Energy Commission (MEC) issued its final vote on proposed changes to the rules regulating the process of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas (i.e. fracking) last…
Police: Help us find missing woman
Last seen leaving hospital emergency room Staff report The Village of Pinehurst Police Department has issued a missing person alert for a 47-year-old woman last seen Nov. 4 leaving the FirstHealth…
County agency steward of indigents’ remains
Eastside Cemetery final resting place for those who have no one to look after them By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com ROCKINGHAM — What happens to those few individuals who have no…
Richardson: The poor suffer from hunger, not the munchies
Thanksgiving is an occasion when we gather with our families for festive meals. It’s also a time when many of us donate to help the less fortunate celebrate with their…
Forever Tree celebrates life
Our loved ones touch our lives and they forever remain in our hearts. Richmond County Hospice would like to invite you, anyone in our community, to share in the beauty…
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