Person County News

Roxboro honors WWII veterans : From staff reports May 31, 2009 ROXBORO -- The citizens of Person County and the Rotary Club of Roxboro on Saturday honored the men and women who served in the military during World War II with the unveiling of a monument in Person County Courthouse Square witnessed by some 500 people.

Connor Dugan Borries, son of Eric and Peri Borries, has earned the rank of Eagle Scout.

Triangle residents who were up before dawn today may have seen snowflakes, but the flurries appeared to be having no major on the morning commute.

Person Countya s Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Observance will be held on Monday, Jan.

The Person County Board of Education met Monday with state Rep. W.A. Winkie Wilkins, D-Person, and Sen.

Randy King, owner of Electronic Solutions, Inc. in Roxboro, wants to help in the effort to bring high-speed Internet to rural areas of Person County, but admits it is an expensive process.

December's pond failure at the Kingston Fossil Plant in Tennessee covered 300 acres in a slurry of coal ash and water, destroying homes and tainting water and soil with arsenic.

The Person County Board of Education will face what appears to be a light agenda when it meets in regular January session next week.

NOTICE OF SALE IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY ANDRE OBIE AND MICHELLE OBIE DATED JUNE 19, 2002 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 380 AT PAGE 654 IN THE PERSON COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH ...

This past year was a turbulent year for many, yet after all the job losses and high gas prices it was the excitement of a high-stakes election year that equally interested and impacted us.

The time to pay 2008 property taxes is fast approaching. Person County Tax Administrator Russell Jones said Tuesday that Monday, Jan.

Despite recent budget cuts, Person County Sheriff Dewey Jones said this week that plans to upgrade security measures at the Person County Courthouse continue to progress.

The North Carolina Highway Patrol will be out on Person County roads "in force" over the coming days seeking to slow down speeders and deter drinking and driving.

Managing Editor Three men have been arrested following a home invasion and robbery of an elderly couple at gunpoint in Semora.

One parent this week said that she and several others from Person County told legislators Thursday that, a oeWe simply cana t afford to let our kids fall behinda in 21st Century learning and living because ...

A Roxboro man stands charged with attempted first-degree murder of a sheriffa s deputy following a nighttime run-in with Person County Sheriffa s Department Wednesday, Dec.

The Courier-Times will see a marked change in 2009 as veteran editor Neal Rattican retires Dec.

Two Britons are back home after spending nearly a month in North Carolina jails over two air-gun silencers they brought into the country as a gift for a hunting buddy.

Three Leasburg men have been arrested and charged with breaking into the home of two elderly Semora individuals and robbing them on Tuesday.

U.S. Congressman Brad Miller, in Roxboro and the area to visit auto-industry supplier plants, said a a oebridge loana to the major automakers is necessary to avoid an economic catastrophe.