List/Grid Monthly Archives: June 2015
Officer, Rockingham native, game for some ball
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com A Rockingham native who joined the Spring Lake Police Department about six months ago is finding an unorthodox way to meet the residents he now…
Comfort Suites to get a new name
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com ROCKINGHAM — The Comfort Suites hotel in Rockingham is expected to get a new name — though what that name will be for sure, no one…
WSOC-TV: Hamlet man beaten in carjacking
Police on lookout for 3 suspects RICHMOND COUNTY, N.C. — WSOC-TV reports that authorities are looking for three men after a victim was beaten unconscious around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday in Rockingham….
Deputies: Woman tried to get drugs to inmate
Staff report ROCKINGHAM — A Rockingham woman is scheduled to appear in Richmond County District Court on July 2 after she allegedly took drugs into the Richmond County Jail and…
Obituary: Linda Steele
LAUREL HILL, N.C. — Mrs. Linda Jernigan Gerald Steele, 69, of Laurel Hill, passed away Sunday, June 21, 2015 at her home. She was born September 19, 1945 in Richmond County,…
Update: Deputy who died of heart attack identified
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com ROCKINGHAM — A Richmond County sheriff’s deputy died earlier today after apparently suffering a heart attack while on duty. Chief Deputy Mark Gulledge identified the victim as…
This Day in NC History: Auspicious start for NC Award
On June 22, 1961, the General Assembly established the North Carolina Award to honor outstanding achievements by North Carolinians. The award was proposed by State Senator Robert Lee Humber of Pitt County, who hoped that the…
Spradlin: I left the Daily Journal and made it better
A simple case of addition by subtraction The content manager, managing editor and three reporters inside the newsroom of the Richmond County Daily Journal are working together as a team….
Equestrians get ‘extra fun time’ at Millstone
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com * Photo gallery – more than 400 images * Millstone 4-H Camp schedule ELLERBE — A tradition at Millstone 4-H Camp since 1973, some three…
FirstHealth gets $10K for COPD education
PINEHURST — FirstHealth of the Carolinas, in partnership with the North Carolina American Indian Health Board (NCAIHB), has received a $10,000 subcontract from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute…
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