Rockingham News

The Leak Street Alumni Association would like to replace S.O.S. with the 21st Century Program formerly administered by the Rockingham Housing Authority, should state funding for S.O.S. indeed be pulled.

Tom MacCallum Richmond County Daily Journal Two suspects have been arrested on charges they abducted two children from a home in East Rockingham, said Capt.

The 2009 municipal filing period will begin officially on July 6, at 8 a.m. at the Richmond County Board of Elections office.

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Bryan Lee, firefighter at East Rockingham Fire Department, showers Cub Scouts Friday morning with a fire hose at the end of a program on fire safety for the Central N.C. Council Cub Scout Camp being held at the N.C. National Guard Armory in Rockingham.

The First Baptist Church of Rockingham is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Senior Pastor, Dr.

A Rockingham teenager has been arrested in connection with the rape of a child, police said.

Richmond County native John Robbins Wester will take the post as the 115th president of the North Carolina Bar Association Saturday in a ceremony at the 111th Annual Meeting of the NCBA at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville.

Burning is illegal in Rockingham, and it can be dangerous. Rockingham Police Department said a 44-year-old man set fire to trash on Armstead Street, Rockingham.

Charles R. Jenkins, a professor and retired provost at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, will become the school's interim chancellor July 1. Jenkins, appointed today by UNC President Erskine Bowles, succeeds Allen Meadors, who announced last week that he was leaving to become president of the University of Central Arkansas, his alma ...

Tom MacCallum Richmond County Daily Journal Five people have been arrested in four cases by the Richmond County Sheriffa s Office on charges they have been involved with illegal drugs, Capt.

KFC Associate Manager Melinda Arnette and General Manager Vickie Thompson are pictured with Scottish Food Systemsa President Tom Broome.

An arrest has been made in connection with the on-going investigation of the Rockingham Housing Authority.

Published: Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 6:57 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 6:57 p.m. RALEIGH People who say they smoke marijuana to relieve chronic pain asked House members Thursday to legalize its possession and cultivation for medicinal use, but a bill discussed in committee isn't likely to be considered again this year.

The Richmond County Historical Society has turned over ita s stake in the old Rockingham train depot to the City of Rockingham.

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Violent crimes in which someone was hurt in Richmond County are reported at a rate which is some five points lower than the statewide average and lower than five other surrounding counties.

Tom MacCallum Richmond County Daily Journal Glenn Sumpter will assume a new identity Monday night at a meeting of the Richmond County Historical Society.

Brazilian exchange student Jorge Goncalves, far left, said he will miss his host family, the Denhams, more than anything else in America.

Lawmakers gave final approval Monday night to change North Carolina's gasoline tax, three years after their decision to cap the tax pleased motorists but sent road-building revenues nearly a half-billion dollars lower than projected.