Rockingham County News

Southern Power plans large, gas-fired plant in Cleveland Co. Charlotte Business Journal - by John Downey Senior staff writer Duke Energy Carolinas' controversial Cliffside Steam Plant expansion isn't the only power plant construction slated for Cleveland County - nor perhaps the biggest.

The Rockingham County Sheriff's department was involved in a standoff lasting into Thursday morning.

The death of a man found behind a home on Young Road has been ruled a homicide by the Rockingham County Sheriff's Department.

Concerned with the prospect of county jobs and services being cut, Rockingham County residents spoke out at a public hearing Monday evening, largely in opposition of a proposed 1-cent property tax increase.

Rockingham County Sheriff's deputies are investigating the death of a man whose body was found Wednesday afternoon at a Stoneville home's back yard.

A Guilford County man was confirmed today as the first N.C. resident to die after contracting the H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu.

Rockingham County Sheriff's department got a 911 call Wednesday afternoon about a body behind a home.

The Rockingham County Sheriff's Office has charged a Stokesdale man in a series of break-ins on Tuesday morning.

Sheriff Sam Page relieved a Rockingham County detention officer from his duties on Thursday.

As one of the primary sponsors of a House Bill aimed at protecting children as they board and leave school buses, N.C. Rep.

A Mayodan man has been charged with taking indecent liberties with a 12-year-old child.

A man stabbed his brother with a kitchen knife during a fight in a Reidsville home Monday night, Rockingham County sheriff's deputies said.

A Reidsville man is charged with assault following an incident Sunday afternoon.

The lazy, hazy days of summer. If you're a kid, after the first few weeks, boredom is likely to replace the feeling of freedom.

A Rockingham County teen faces multiple charges, including DWI, after leading law enforcement authorities on a chase Tuesday night.

Officials in Alamance County confirmed the county's first case of the H1N1 flu virus Tuesday afternoon.

Officials in Alamance and Rockingham County confirmed new cases of the H1N1 Swine Flu virus on Tuesday.

A man drowned yesterday evening in Belews Lake, near the Rockingham and Stokes County line, WGHP/FOX8 reported.

The call came into 911 around 6:30pm Saturday. The caller said a man had disappeared into the lake.

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