Pinebluff News

Taylortown Mayor Ulysses Barrett Jr. was the top vote-getter among 13 candidates running for five seats on the Town Council.

A stretch of Highway U.S. 1 in Richmond County has been operating a one-lane traffic pattern recently, causing some delay and concerns.

A Pinebluff teenager died after falling off the back of a truck being driven by his father on Saturday.

Charity Ruth Haskins was crowned as the 23rd Miss Moore County Saturday night at Owens Auditorium.

A Pinebluff man was sentenced to more than 26 years in federal prison for his role in distributing crack cocaine in the county.

Harold and Pat Clark always worked in textiles. But finding that kind of work is no longer easy for the Moore County couple, who are both in their mid-50s. Harold Clark said he's been laid off three times in 11 months, while his wife has stayed home for about 15 years.

Opponents of a planned Habitat development in Pinebluff want to take their case to federal court.

Nearby Moore County has landed a company expected to bring about 75 new jobs to the area.

Moore County Fire Marshall Ken Skipper looks at the remains of the cart building.

The Miss Greater Sandhills Scholarship Pageant will be held Saturday, Aug. 1, at Sandhills Community College.

Major decisions about building plans are on the agenda for the Monday meeting of the Moore County Board of Commission-ers. The board will consider schematic drawings for the detention center/public safety center and will hear recommendations from the Courthouse Facility Advisory Committee.

The water level in Drowning Creek is down, but Southern Pines is in no immediate danger of a crisis.

When property tax collection becomes a problem for some municipalities, the state recommends they go to a higher power for help: The county.

Two Pinebluff residents were arrested on multiple charges of trafficking in prescription pills Wednesday after officers of the Moore County Sheriff's Office narcotics unit and select enforcement unit searched their house.

The N.C. Center for Missing Persons has issued a silver alert for a Moore County woman.

The son of Taylortown Mayor Ulysses Barrett faces several felony drug charges after Moore County Sheriff's officers searched his residence Monday in Pinebluff, finding 102 grams of cocaine, according to a press release.

Attorneys from the UNC Center for Civil Rights and Habitat for Humanity filed a lawsuit Friday over a deal in which property in Pinebluff was bought out from under Habitat last year.