Fatcow Icon
News
Contributed photo Golfers enjoy the Chamber's annual event in 2011.
Chamber’s annual Golf Scramble gears up
The Chamber’s 8th Annual Golf Scramble will be held at The Bluff Golf Course on Friday, May 10. This year’s golf committee is headed up by board member Rodger Moore of K2 Solutions Inc. His committee has been working hard to plan a great event for chamber members. According to Moore, the Gold Scramble has been in the works since December. “The Chamber does this event every year,” said Moore. “This is our big fundraiser. We’re hoping for a...
full story
Teaching_teen_drivers_how_to_be_Alive_at_250_1366841671.jpg
Teaching teen drivers how to be Alive at 25
Traffic crashes are the most frequent cause of death for teenagers. Although they represent only 13 percent of all licensed drivers, teenage drivers contribute to 28 percent of all traffic crashes and 24 percent of all fatal car accidents, according to the National Safety Council. To combat this problem, Richmond Community College is offering Alive at 25, a program developed by the Safety Council to promote safety among teen drivers. Aliv...
full story
Smart
EXIT Realty’s Jami Smart receives production award
EXIT Realty Platinum’s Jami Smart was recently awarded a Production Award by EXIT of the Carolinas. This award recognizes top agents throughout the Carolinas for high production levels. The awards ceremony was held in Charlotte on April 2, 2013. Awards and training were presented by Tami Bonnell, CEO of EXIT Realty International, and Michael Washburn, Regional Owner for EXIT of the Carolinas. “Jami has worked hard and this award is well-d...
full story
Tyler Dove
8th District students appointed to prestigious military academies
Two students who were nominated to United States Military Academies have received appointments, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson announced today. The students are from Richmond and Cabarrus Counties. Tyler Dove, a student at Richmond Senior High School, has received an appointment to attend the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. Dove is the son of David and Cindy Dove and resides in Marston, NC. He is an honor student and a memb...
full story
Bob Moore
RCC to hold free seminar on raising credit score
The Small Business Center of Richmond Community College has invited professional speaker Bob Moore to present his seminar titled “How to Raise Your Credit Score to Over 740 Points; Receive That Business or Personal Loan” at the Cole Auditorium located at the Honeycutt Center, 600 McLean Street, Laurinburg, NC. An excellent credit score is now considered to be 740 points or higher. Should you have one credit card or four? Should you pay off ...
full story
Hamlet Police Captain Scott Waters takes the stand to raise sexual assault awareness at Cole Auditorium.
Community collaborates to fight sexual assault
Local residents and members of the Richmond County Sexual Awareness Response Team (S.A.R.T.) gathered outside of the Cole Auditorium on Richmond Community College’s campus recently in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month (S.A.A.M.). Students, volunteers and local law enforcement officers attended the program to show support of the effort to protect the community from sexual assault. Everyone received a teal ribbon to represent the ...
full story
Rep. Ken Goodman
Omnibus gun bill set to be heard
An omnibus bill that would increase the penalties in certain crimes involving firearms, but would also relax some firearm restrictions, is set to be heard by the state’s House Judiciary Subcommittee A on Wednesday. House Bill 937, titled Amend Firearm Laws, was filed on April 11 and is sponsored by State Representatives Jacqueline Schaffer, of the 105th District; Justin Burr, of the 67th District; John Faircloth, of the 61st District and Ge...
full story
Contributed photos Sixth Grade A Honor Roll pictured are front row: Jayla Copeland, Triston Davis, Morgan Hooks, Anaya Jones, Kathryn Massagee, Chicaya McDaniel, Lilly Merghani. Back row: William Mossman, Hunter Smart, Kaiyah Sriratanakoul, Adam Tatum, Jordyn Wall, Greyson Way.
Hamlet Middle School recently released the honor roll for the fourth six weeks
Sixth Grade A Honor Roll Jayla Copeland, Triston Davis, Morgan Hooks, Anaya Jones, Kathryn Massagee, Chicaya McDaniel, Lilly Merghani, William Mossman, Hunter Smart, Kaiyah Sriratanakoul, Adam Tatum, Jordyn Wall, Greyson Way. Seventh Grade A Honor Roll Diamond Anderson, Anna Auman, Brock Bartlett, Anthony Bell, Owen Bowers, Madison Brigman, Destiny Buie, Kristin Chappell, Chase Coulthard, Miranda Cumber, Haylie Edmunds, David Greene, Al...
full story
Mike Collins
Time management seminar offered
The Richmond Community College Small Business Center will host “Getting It All Done: Time Management for Champions,” on April 30 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Honeycutt Center in Laurinburg. The seminar will show attendees how to find an extra hour a day, plan on purpose and plan with a purpose, deal with difficult people, set and track priorities (are you trying to do too much?), meet timelines and deadlines: how to do three things at once, w...
full story
Quitline_helping_smokers0_1366758197.jpg
Quitline helping smokers
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is providing extra help for N.C. tobacco users who want to quit for good. QuitlineNC, the state’s toll-free telephone and online support service to help tobacco users quit, is making nicotine replacement therapy such as patches, gum or lozenges, available at no cost while supplies last for North Carolina residents who enroll in quit coaching. Each enrollee will develop a personali...
full story
Dawn M. Kurry | Daily Journal Tony Martin at Martin Mini Storage in Rockingham now offers a new moving solution, called COWs or Containers On Wheels, practical for storage, moving or de-cluttering during renovations.
Richmond County finds storage solutions in ‘COWs’
Perhaps you’ve seen large containers with cows painted on them either parked beside someone’s house or on the lot of Tony Martin at Martin Mini Storage and Rentals in Rockingham on Fayetteville Road. COWs - Container on Wheels, a growing mobile storage company, opened its second location in North Carolina at the beginning of this year. COWs will be partnering with Martin Mini Storage and Rentals in Rockingham to bring mobile storage contain...
full story
Newton
Local pastor to be broadcast live
A pastor from Hamlet will have his sermon broadcast live on TV this Friday. Pastor Timothy Newton of Bible Way Ministries, 110 Bible Way Church Road in Rockingham, will be featured on The Word Network during the “Rejoice in the Word” Telecast at 8 p.m., hosted by George G. Bloomer. Pastor Newton will fly to Michigan for the broadcast on Thursday and until then he will plan out his sermon. Newton was born and raised in Hamlet, and began ...
full story
Public_notice_change_gets_tentative_OK0_1366734748.jpg
Public notice change gets OK from Senate
RALEIGH — More local governments would be allowed to post legal notices online rather than in newspapers to comply with North Carolina law in a bill narrowly given final approval Tuesday in the state Senate. The Senate gave its final approval and voted 26-22 in favor of the legislation — SB 287 — that would give 10 counties and nearly all the municipalities within them the option to place notices for things like proposed zoning changes, pub...
full story
Contributed photo Former Associate Superintendent Robert Beck.
Community honors long-time educator
“It’s been a good ride, folks.” Associate Superintendent Robert Beck stood before teachers, administrators and community members on Thursday afternoon as he offered his final testament to Richmond County Schools. The nearly 41-year veteran to the school system attended a special retirement celebration in his honor at the First Presbyterian Church in Rockingham. Beck began his career in Scotland County as a 7th grade Science and Physical E...
full story
Contributed photo The cast of “The Dining Room” gathers on the set as the Richmond Community Theatre awaits a large audience for the opening this week.
‘The Dining Room’ to open this week
Richmond Community Theatre’s next play features the life of a set of dining room furniture and the families that own it over the course of time. Written in the early 1980s by playwright A.R. Gurney, the play shows 18 different scenes that intertwine and overlap as characters over time interact with each other. The play makes fun of the characters, as well as white Anglo-Saxon protestants, or WASPS. The production runs April 25-28 and May ...
full story
Dawn M. Kurry | Daily Journal The second chance drawing for the $100 is over.
Golden Egg contest over after drawing
After the Daily Journal’s hidden Golden Egg was found and the treasure hunters secured their prize of $500, a drawing was held for a second chance winner of $100. Advertisements were printed with Golden Egg Contest sponsors and entry blank forms asking for people wishing to enter the second chance drawing to submit their name, address and other contact information. The second drawing began once the egg was found. Jamie Gerald of Farm Lane...
full story
Richmond_County_Sheriff’s_Office_arrests_for_April_23_20130_1366668402.jpg
Richmond County Sheriff’s Office - arrests for April 23, 2013
The following arrests were recently made by the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office: • Samuel Thomas Callahan, 24, of Cardinal Drive, Rockingham, was arrested and charged with breaking and entering, larceny after breaking and entering, obtaining property by false pretense, two counts breaking and entering of a motor vehicle and two counts larceny of motor vehicle parts. According to the arrest report, Callahan was arrested after breaking into ...
full story
Contributed photo Edward Causey II's hand-drawn truck decal now graces the side of this new Rockingham Fire and Rescue truck.
Local artistic talent graces side of rescue truck
A local boy will now see his drawing on the uniforms of one first responder agency and on the trucks of another in Rockingham. Edward Causey II, 15, drew a patch for the Northside Fire Department uniforms and a truck decal for the Rockingham Fire and Rescue. Causey, also known as “Lil’ E,” attends Ninth Grade Academy, participates in the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) program and is a Junior Firefighter with the Northside F...
full story
Farmers_Market_to_open_Saturday0_1366670376.jpg
Farmers Market to open Saturday
The Rockingham Farmers Market will open for the 2013 season on April 27 on Harrington Square in Rockingham. The market opens at 8 a.m. and will close at noon. “The market will have strawberries, greenhouse tomatoes, lettuce, and more wonderful spring items,” said Paige Burns, agricultural agent with the Richmond County Cooperative Extension. Shoppers can take advantage of locally grown produce, fruit, bedding plants and things like loca...
full story
Weather
Sponsored By:

Lottery
Sponsored By:

Stocks
Sponsored By:

Gas Prices
Sponsored By:

Featured Businesses
Recipes
Sponsored By: