November 24, 2009
GREENSBORO — Deciding to give President Barack Obama one of their farm-raised turkeys to celebrate Thanksgiving was the easy part for 10-year-old Mariama Ibrahim and her 8-year-old brother, Anwar. The hard part was whether they could get the bird to...
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November 22, 2009
GIBSONVILLE — Imagine a front porch with lighted garlands and red ribbons, wreaths on the front door and two lighted trees near the front steps. It could be a Christmas scene at any home.
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Rockingham County Schools students participated in the N.C. Music Educators Association’s State Honors Chorus on Nov. 8 at the Stevens Center in Winston-Salem. The elementary, middle and high school choruses were made up of about 175 students each.
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November 21, 2009
GREENSBORO — The $110 tuition increase N.C. A&T’s Board of Trustees approved Friday for undergraduates — and the General Assembly’s legislated increase earlier this year — carry a similar financial impact for students, Ch...
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November 20, 2009
STONEVILLE — When Town Administrator Kevin Baughn said last week that he wanted to hire a new police chief as quickly as possible, he meant it. Less than a week after former Chief Mike James left the job, the Town Council hired Lt. Franklin Moore to...
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November 18, 2009
WENTWORTH — A judge has granted a convicted sex offender’s request to live in a home with a minor. Jonathan Eric Mason, 37, was released from prison Oct. 22 after serving two years on multiple counts of indecent liberties with a child, and...
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November 15, 2009
Kathy Joyce received the Rockingham County Schools 2009 Exceptional Children’s Teacher of Excellence Award. Joyce, who teaches at Lawsonville Avenue Elementary School in Reidsville, received the honor from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction&r...
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November 14, 2009
MADISON — In her work with blind horses, Emilie Storch found an ally in neighbor Terra Swinney. Storch’s horses periodically wandered away from her property, and Swinney would call Storch when she noticed them loose. Swinney and her husband, K...
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STONEVILLE — Mike James said goodbye Friday as chief of the Stoneville Police Department. He resigned to become director of the newly formed county forensics bureau. He starts the job Monday.
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November 13, 2009
The rain that has soaked the state for the past three days closed some roads and toppled trees, but the Triad area largely escaped serious damage . Area waterways, including Horsepen and South Buffalo creeks, spilled over their banks with the rain, which...
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November 12, 2009
GREENSBORO — Maybe it was the rain that led Goldy back to Flow Lexus early Wednesday morning. Or it could have been the enthusiastic response he elicited from the dealership’s employees when he first visited Saturday. Quite possibly, after two...
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November 11, 2009
WENTWORTH — There were more questions than answers Monday night when the Rockingham County Board of Commissioners discussed how to pay for the McMichael Civic Center at Rockingham Community College.
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November 10, 2009
WENTWORTH — A Reidsville man accused of shooting at two public works employees purchased a rifle shortly before the crime occurred, prosecutors said Monday in court.
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November 8, 2009
The Governor’s Task Force for Healthy Carolinians has recertified the Rockingham County Healthy Carolinians Partnership. The organization was recertified during the 17th annual Healthy Carolinians Conference on Oct. 8 in Greensboro.
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November 7, 2009
GREENSBORO — For the employees at Flow Lexus selling vehicles took a backseat to capturing an exotic bird on Saturday. Salesman Ted Van Hoy spotted Goldy, a male Reeves pheasant missing from his home in Guilford Hills for about two weeks. The bird w...
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EDEN — A call about a suspicious vehicle early Saturday morning turned into an investigation of a triple shooting that left one man dead. Police said Timothy Ronnel Seay, 37, of 1205 Maxin Road in Martinsville, Va., died of multiple gunshot wounds o...
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JAMESTOWN — Ten-year-old Colt Childress pouted after receiving his H1N1 vaccination Saturday at GTCC’s Medlin Center. But for mom Tammy Childress, the peace of mind that came from getting her son vaccinated was worth it.Colt suffered from...
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WENTWORTH — Sheriff Sam Page on Friday named a 21-year veteran of the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office as his chief deputy. Abner Bullins, previously the sheriff’s administrative captain, was promoted to major. Page recognized him and...
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November 5, 2009
STONEVILLE — Businessman Jerry Smith rode to a write-in victory Tuesday night by making phone calls, knocking on doors and shaking hands — all in less than two weeks. “You can say I did it the old-fashioned way,” Smith said Wednesd...
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November 3, 2009
MADISON — Voters here returned their mayor and two incumbent aldermen to office, and elected a retired police officer to the Board of Aldermen.Mayor Micky Silvers received 69 percent of the vote to win a second term Tuesday, according to complete...
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November 2, 2009
WENTWORTH — The death of a Stoneville man in June was the result of gunplay, according to testimony Monday morning in Rockingham County Superior Court.
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November 1, 2009
REIDSVILLE — The bond between Richard Johnson and his father-in-law, Thomas Morman, has always been strong. Morman welcomed Johnson into the family with open arms from the time Johnson began dating his daughter, Yolanda. The couple eventually marrie...
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Jeff Ellison, a native of Madison, has been named president of BB&T’s mortgage warehouse lending division. Ellison, 47, will be based in Orlando, Fla. He will supervise daily operations and about 60 employees.
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October 31, 2009
STONEVILLE — Upgrading the town’s water and sewer system and expanding opportunities for senior citizens and young people rank high on the list of concerns for the candidates for Stoneville mayor and Town Council.
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