Carthage News

Three months ago, when an armed man rampaged through Pinelake Health and Rehabilitation Center, staff and residents realized that life would never be the same.

No cases of H1N1 influenza have been confirmed in Moore County. But Health Director Robert Wittmann believes the county has had one or more cases, they just have not been confirmed.

Filing for municipal offices begins at 8 a.m. Monday at the Moore County Board of Elections offices in Carthage.

Moore County will celebrate its patriotism Saturday with a variety of events for this year's Independence Day, offering both locals and visitors a fun, commemorative and authentic holiday experience.

State Sen. Harris Blake is continuing to promote business transactions between North Carolina and Asian nations.

A 14-year-old Carthage girl who disappeared from a wedding party Saturday evening was located in New Bern Wednesday.

Carthage will proceed on for the next fiscal year under a somewhat lower budget than this year.

The Moore County Board of Commissioners was divided Monday on a proposal for its architects to design plans to build a government office complex at Carriage Oaks instead of a site in downtown Carthage.

The Pilot has closed its office on the courthouse square in Carthage. While describing the action as "primarily a budgetary decision," Editor Steve Bouser noted that the office was underutilized.

The Moore County Jail has occupied portions of Saunders and Dowd streets in downtown Carthage for years.

Two different fires brought R.G. Smith home to Carthage. In the town where he grew up, he watched his new modular house literally rise from ashes.

Bring your tired, your poor, your worn-out and long-serving Star-Spangled Banners to Carthage Sunday.

The mother of murder victim Abigail "Abby" Baughn wants to block her son-in-law, charged in the killing, from using her daughter's life insurance money to pay his attorneys.

The mother of a murder victim wants to block the accused killer from using life insurance money to pay his lawyers.

Opponents of a huge detention center in downtown Carthage will make their presence known Monday when the Moore County Board of Commissioners convenes for a special meeting to adopt the new budget.

A two-car wreck on 15-501 outside of Carthage caused traffic to be diverted to a side road this morning.

A court appearance for the husband accused of murdering his wife, a popular assistant principal at Pinecrest High School in Southern Pines, was continued Monday in Moore County Superior Court.

The Moore County district attorney recently announced she will seek the death penalty for Robert Stewart, the man accused of killing eight people, including LPN Jerry Avant, Jr., in a Carthage, NC, nursing home March 29, according to the Fayetteville Observer .

Prosecutors say they'll seek the death penalty for accused Carthage nursing home shooter Robert Stewart.

Settlement of a civil suit stemming from a 2007 inmate suicide is on the agenda for the Monday meeting of the Moore County Board of Commissioners.