Raeford News

An Austrian company that makes plastic packaging said Wednesday that it will expand in Hoke County, opening a plant in Raeford and creating 40 jobs during the next three years.

A plastic-packaging company is bringing jobs to a North Carolina town. Alpha Inc.

Garland resident Ralph Smith fills up his truck in Clinton because he says it is cheaper here than in Garland even though it is coming from the same company.

Amissing Moore County woman has been found, and a Silver Alert issued Saturday has been canceled.

When he saw the flames along a darkened Gillis Hill Road, Mark Jodoin knew he had to act fast.

A Fayetteville police officer who worked to save two people from a burning van Thursday night said he doesn't consider himself a hero, but he hopes the people involved in the crash survive.

Local leaders were still trying Tuesday to determine how much the cuts in a proposed state budget would hurt Wilson and Wilson County.

Charles Ball couldn't tell you how to get to downtown Fayetteville. The Tennessee resident also wouldn't be the best person to ask for directions to Raeford, Skibo or Yadkin roads.

A Hoke County woman owes her husband's former wife $500,000 after a jury ruled that she broke up a 50-year marriage.

Officials say someone beat a dog in Raeford and left it for dead. This article is a reference to an external source.

He was beaten with a machete and left for dead, but Buddy, a shepherd-Labrador mix, survived.

A 17-year-old baby sitter accused of kidnapping a North Carolina infant and taking her to Alabama now has a defense lawyer and a new court hearing date.

RAEFORD, NC - A 17-year-old baby sitter accused of kidnapping a 9-month-old child and heading to Alabama is due in a North Carolina court.

A 17-year-old baby sitter accused of kidnapping a 9-month-old Raeford girl last Saturday will make her first court appearance in North Carolina Monday.

Extreme Makeover, Downtown Edition is about to get under way in Elizabethtown. It's a project that has been in the works for the better part of 25 years, but town officials are confident that, by June 2010, a new downtown will be unveiled.

A teenage babysitter who authorities believed had run away from a North Carolina home with a 9-month-old girl has been found safe with the baby in Alabama.

RAEFORD, N.C. -- Investigators in North Carolina are looking for a 17-year-old girl who ran away from home last week with a 9-month-old she was baby-sitting. Hoke County Sheriff's officials say they think the pair went to Georgia or Alabama on a bus Saturday.

Deputies arrest two alleged burglars Two alleged burglars from Raeford are in custody after reportedly returning to the scene of the crime, according to Sheriff Shep Jones.

Mandi Bickes of ResourceMFG interviews a client. The company has enrolled in E-Verify. T. ORTEGA GAINES OGAINES@CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.COM This Land: Which companies are checking? A worn red, white and blue sign taped to the front door of ResourceMFG warns potential hires that the recruiter uses a federal program to root out illegal immigrants.

Tammy L. Owens has been assigned to Moore County as a community probation/parole officer, it was announced today by the North Carolina Department of Corrections, Division of Community Corrections.