Roxboro News

One of the soldiers shot and wounded during the Fort Hood rampage was born in Roxboro.

Published: Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 2:13 p.m. Mary Yates Perkins and John Edward Galarde, both of Wrightsville Beach, N.C., are engaged to be married.

Call her Supermom. On her walk home from work in downtown Durham, Natalie Spring manages to hold a conversation, her purse and a grocery bag, all while breastfeeding her 8-month-old daughter, whose whimpers say she's too hungry to wait until they get home.

Ray B. Cutler PEACHLAND -- Ray B. Cutler, 57, of Peachland died Monday, October 19, 2009, at Hunterwood Nursing and Rehabilitation.

Wingate, N.C.----The Wingate University Bulldogs swept the Pioneers of Tusculum College 3-0 in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action Friday night in Cuddy Arena.

A woman was shot in Roxboro Wednesday morning during an altercation. The incident happened around 3 a.m. on Shady Hill Road off of Nora Poole Road.

The Wingate University Bulldogs swept the Catawba Indians 3-0 Tuesday evening in South Atlantic Conference volleyball action in Cuddy Arena.

Construction earlier this year at Carolina Solar Energy's 650-kilowatt array near Roxboro.

Powerful!A That was the one word that kept resounding in my mind as I interviewed an incredible lineup of talented and passionate women from the cast and crew of a oeMamaa s Pearls,a a play written by Halifax native Joan Whitlock and directed by Howard G. Brenda E. Harris plays a dual role as Mae Emma and her twin sister, Lillie Mae.

A national parachute manufacturer will expand its operations in Person County, adding 375 jobs after securing a military contract and a $300,000 grant from the One North Carolina Fund.

Two North Carolina waste sites have been added to a federal list of hazardous sites now eligible for cleanup funding.

Arrests Sherry Peace Towler, 45, of 3514 Chewning Road, Oxford, was booked Aug. 13. Possession of a stolen firearm.

The Eaton Manufacturing plant in Roxboro, N.C., makes a 3-in. gadget called a lash adjuster that keeps pressure constant on engine valves, increasing fuel efficiency.

The Eaton Manufacturing plant in Roxboro, N.C., makes a 3-in. gadget called a lash adjuster that keeps pressure constant on engine valves, increasing fuel efficiency.

1 10:16 am Tweet This! http://mync.com/site/41047/ Water and sewer crews are repairing a water main break at the intersection of Main Street and Roxboro Road Tuesday morning.

Jane and Robert Holcomb, of Columbia, announce the marriage of their daughter, Bridget Elaine Holcomb, to W. Thomas Walker, son of Merlette and Norwood Walker, of Roxboro, N.C., on July 11, 2009.

ROXBORO, N.C. A five-acre solar farm built by Durham-based Carolina Solar Energy in Person County is now online and feeding power to the grid of Progress Energy.

ROXBORO, N.C. A five-acre solar farm built by Durham-based Carolina Solar Energy in Person County is now online and feeding power to the grid of Progress Energy.

ROXBORO, N.C. A five-acre solar farm built by Durham-based Carolina Solar Energy in Person County is now online and feeding power to the grid of Progress Energy.

Brandon Yocum, 10, of Roxboro, N.C., digs for fossils on the dinosaur trail. DURHAM, N.C. – The 18-foot-long parasaurolophus is friendly and patient, allowing children to climb its back, sit on its tail and pat its bumpy, coral-colored skin.