Rockingham News

Tractors, floats, classic cars, horse-drawn buggies and more will draw a crowd to Main Street in Ellerbe when the Farmer's Parade kicks off on Saturday at 11 a.m. The parade will begin in front of Ellerbe Middle School and will end at Dixie Burger.

In preparation for a Rick Gage Go Tell Crusade coming to Rockingham in September, the Beverly Hills Baptist Church of Rockingham is setting up a banquet/rally at the Rockingham Speedway's garage for June 7, and they are expecting around 800 people.

The chairs of the Task Force Group putting together the Sandhills Go Tell Crusades to be held in September at the Raider Stadium at Richmond Senior High.

Peter K. Harding and Susan E. Harding of Ellerbe announce the birth of a son, Mason Clay Harding.

Back in 2006 and unsure of his future career ambitions, Bethea was at a local Nic's Pic Kwik when he noticed a flier attached to the convenience store.

The bride-elect is a graduate of Richmond Community College and is employed with primary Health Choice of Laurinburg.

Lonnie H. and Shirley R. Jackson of Rockingham recently celebrated their 50th anniversary.

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle took the stage Friday at the Rockingham Dragway on U.S. Highway 1, just north of Rockingham, for an event that raises funds for the Lucas Cole Nixon Foundation and Dungeon Boxing Club, and honors veterans.

FAITH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH , 276 Hatcher Road, Rockingham, welcomes and invites all to a Spring Singing on Saturday, June 2 at 6 p.m. The church asks that you join them for an evening of song and lifting praises to the Lord.

Mt. Sinai Baptist Church in Rockingham is holding a two-day gospel celebration this weekend to commemorate five years of being a church.

The United States Achievement Academy has announced that Kayla Pressley from Rockingham has been recognized for academic achievement as a United States National Honor Student Award winner.

A Juilliard School-trained artist will be among those performing Friday night at the Richmond County Human Relations Council's Diversity Banquet at Cole Auditorium.

"We're so excited to have enough volunteers to allow us to participate in two events on the same day," said Allison Sweatt, outreach, foster care and rescue coordinator.

A Rockingham pharmacy owner has been appointed to the charitable foundation board of the Cole Foundation.

A graduate of Elon College and Southern College of Optometry, Dr. Covington is the founder of Covington Optometric Eye Clinic in Rockingham.

A resident of Rockingham and graduate of Hardbarger Business School, Ballard is retired from FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital, where she worked as the coordinator of physician recruitment.

KORN was joined onstage by ex-guitarist Brian "Head" Welch on May 5 at the Carolina Rebellion festival in Rockingham, North Carolina, marking the first time in seven years that KORN played with Welch , who left the group in 2005.

Daily Journal Kevin Morehead works with his staff - Debbie Morehead , Leonard "Chip" Capel and Amy Kuhnen to plan customer appreciation day at Morehead Insurance.

The Reverend Doctor Tony Eugene Wood, 57, of Bolivia and formerly of Rockingham and Wadesboro, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, Oct.

On May 12, 2012, Reverend Bula C. Legrand of Rockingham earned a Masters of Divinity degree with a concentration in New Testament Studies from Hood Theological Seminary in Salisbury.