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Post 49’s final home game of summer set for Monday
HAMLET — A lot will be on the line for Hamlet Post 49 Monday. The local American Legion baseball team will get to play in front of its home crowd one last time this season while going for the Area 2 Conference playoff championship. After cruising through the first...
TICKET PUNCHED: Scarbrough’s 4 RBI, Eason’s CG clinch Post 49’s automatic bid to state tournament
BEAUFORT — The Hamlet American Legion baseball team is heading to the state tournament, fulfilling the accomplishment for the first time since the late 1990s. A successful summer of baseball continued for Post 49 Friday as it got over its recent three-year playoff hump and finally secured an automatic bid to states.
Insurance commissioner warns of fraud, scams during visit to Rockingham
ROCKINGHAM — Every type of insurance has associated scams, Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey told the small crowd gathered Thursday at Leath Memorial Library. “But the biggest fraud out there today is in healthcare,” Causey continued. Nearly half of the submitted Medicaid and Medicare claims are fraudulent, according to...
OBITUARY: Teresa Cox Bowman
Teresa Cox Bowman, age 66, of Rockingham, passed away peacefully surrounded by her devoted husband and family on July 10, 2024, at Hospice Haven. Teresa was born Feb. 10, 1958 in Rockingham, North Carolina, to the late Bernie and Hazel Cox. She spent 27 years of her career at Burlington...
Post 49 schedule updated, playoff series could end without another game
BEAUFORT — Wet weather along the eastern shore of the state postponed Hamlet’s playoff series Thursday. The Post 49 baseball team was supposed to go for its second round playoff series win, but field conditions delayed that opportunity. Holding a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five game series in...
PHOTOS: Raider football shows ‘improvement’ in final 7-on-7 scrimmages
ROCKINGHAM — The final tuneup of the summer took place on Richmond Senior High School’s practice football fields Thursday morning. Competing in their third 7-on-7 scrimmage and lineman challenge in the past month, the Raiders hosted Chesterfield, Douglas Byrd and Forest Hills high schools. Head coach Brad Denson’s...
PHOTOS: Routines highlight final day of Richmond cheer camp
ROCKINGHAM — Hundreds of people packed the Richmond Senior High School gymnasium Thursday to root on the current and future members of Raider cheerleading. The Richmond cheerleading program concluded its annual four-day summer camp with a nearly two-hour showcase of all the campers’ talent. With around 115 campers...
Three new providers joining FirstHealth OB/GYN, Southern Pines Women’s Health Center
PINEHURST — FirstHealth OB/GYN and Southern Pines Women’s Health Center are pleased to announce the addition of three new providers who will care for patients in Moore and Lee counties. Board certified provider Julia Malis, M.D., FACOG, joins SPWHC after previously serving as an OB/GYN physician in Tennessee....
OBITUARY: Dorothy Alise Smith
Dorothy Alise Smith, 91, of Hagerstown, Maryland, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, at Doey’s House. Born Thursday, Jan. 12, 1933 in Wadesboro. She was the daughter of the late Frank Harrington and the late Mary (Gathins) Harrington. Dorothy graduated from Lilesville...
OPINION: Project Total Control: Everything is a weapon when totalitarianism is normalized
This has remained true over the past 50-plus years no matter which political party held office. This will remain true no matter who wins the 2024 presidential election. In the midst of the partisan furor over Project 2025, a 920-page roadmap for how to re-fashion the government to favor so-called conservative causes, both the Right and the Left have proven themselves woefully naive about the dangers posed by the power-hungry Deep State.
OBITUARY: Marilyn Deloris Sparks
Marilyn Deloris Sparks, 72, of Hamlet, passed away Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital-Richmond. She was born March 21, 1952, daughter of the late Ernest Sparks and Annie Pearl Mauldin Sparks. Marilyn worked previously with Sara Lee Hosiery and then in her later years, worked in house...
NCDHHS encourages recreational water safety this summer
RALEIGH — As temperatures remain high, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is encouraging residents to enjoy recreational waters safely and be aware of possible health risks, including harmful algal blooms. Certain infections are also more common during summer such as primary amebic meningoencephalitis, vibriosis and cryptosporidiosis.
COMEBACK KIDS: Post 49 plates five in 7th inning, retakes series lead
BEAUFORT — Three outs away from going into a series deficit, the Hamlet American Legion baseball team got to work and scrapped its way into the win column Wednesday. Trailing by two runs entering the top of the seventh in game three of the second round of the Area 2 Conference playoffs, No. 1 Hamlet completed the comeback attempt it wasn’t able to do the night before.
Rockingham PD awarded $30K grant; board appointments approved
ROCKINGHAM — City leaders on Tuesday voted to accept a $30,000 grant from the Governor’s Highway Safety Program for the Rockingham Police Department. Chief George Gillenwater said the funds would be used to purchase data terminals for five of the department’s cars. The department was awarded the...
LGC approves loan for apartment upgrades, including Hamlet’s Piney Pointe
HAMLET — A local apartment complex is one of several across the state slated for rehabilitation with funding approved by the N.C. Local Government Commission. The LGC recently granted approval for conduit revenue bonds for several housing authorities, including the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency, according to a press release issued Wednesday.
OBITUARY: James Harvey Diggs
Mr. James Harvey Diggs, 82, of Lilesville, (Anson County), passed on Saturday, July 6, 2024. Funeral Service will be held at noon on Sunday, July 14, 2024, at Mount Sinai Baptist Church, 171 Graham Bridge Road, Rockingham. Interment immediately following the funeral service at Westview Memorial Park Cemetery, 623 Salisbury St., Wadesboro.
2024 N.C. State Fair competition entries now being accepted; deadline to enter is Sept. 15
RALEIGH — The N.C. State Fair will be returning to the fairgrounds Oct. 17-27, so it’s time to start thinking about planning your visit. One great way to participate is by entering a competition, and the fair is currently welcoming people to show off their skills. The State...
OPINION: Dissecting Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s ‘killing’ comments
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is a proud and unapologetic provocateur. Robinson often couches statements that he knows will be viewed as controversial with a preemptive admission that he’s aware he’s about to cross a line not usually breached by high elected officials. Then, typically, he attributes the squeamishness about what he’s about to say to his lily-livered critics and plunges ahead.
PHOTOS: Post 49 vs. Beaufort, Game 2
HAMLET — The second round of the Area 2 Conference playoffs was reset Tuesday. What was a best-of-five game series now comes down to which team between No. 1 Hamlet and No. 2 Beaufort can win two of the next three games. Post 49 suffered a 6-5 defeat to...
Rally attempt empty for Hamlet in Game 2
HAMLET — For the first time in nearly a month, the Hamlet American Legion baseball team suffered a loss Tuesday. Playing game two in the second round of the Area 2 Conference playoffs, Post 49 couldn’t complete a comeback attempt against Beaufort Post 99. Hamlet’s 13-game winning streak...
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