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Felony charges filed in fire at pastor’s home

ROCKINGHAM — The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office has issued charges in the burning of an East Rockingham pastor’s home last week. Ternarius Cartrell White, 34, of Aleo 6th is charged with two felony counts of [...]
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Officers buy stranded woman bus ticket, food

HAMLET — At around 12 a.m. Wednesday morning, Officer Michael Sale with the Hamlet Police Department responded to a call about a disruptive passenger on an Amtrak train passing through town. The passenger, who chose [...]
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Hamlet police suspended from state program for showing ‘gross negligence’

CORRECTION: An article published on May 17 entitled “‘Gross negligence’ by Hamlet police,” stated that Marc Terry had been recently demoted for unknown reasons and attributed this to information to Chief Tommy McMasters. Terry voluntarily [...]
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No tax increase for Rockingham, council considers ‘big ticket’ items

ROCKINGHAM — The City of Rockingham’s budget, personnel and tax rate will continue at their current levels in fiscal year 2019-2020 based on the city’s budget proposal. On Wednesday, the city’s department heads and city [...]
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Graduates walk halls of their alma mater elementary schools

ROCKINGHAM — Students lining the main hall of L.J. Bell Elementary School in Rockingham clapped and cheered as past students, now seniors of Richmond Senior High School, walked through the main hallway in their caps [...]