Photo by Chris Berendt Sampson County sheriff hopeful Ray Self files for his candidacy Monday at the Board of Elections.

Much like Kevin Costnera TMs Field of Dreams is Roseboroa TMs vision of a bustling downtown a ' if you go after it, it will come.

Betty Maxwell, Community Watch leader, shares with the Roseboro town board her concerns about the organization.

Two Roseboro men were arrested Thursday afternoon and placed under $75,000 bonds in connection with a larceny at the old Plain View School, just south of Dunn.

Photo by Katie Holland Roseboro businessman and Main Street Committee spokesman Randy James offers some suggestions that would help the group in its attempt to bring business back into the downtown area.

Roseboro mayor, right, talks with the town board about the prospect of businesses having video poker machines in the town.

Arnold Edge of Roseboro, a member of the Sampson County Shrine Club, was kind enough to take a camcorder along for the ride in Saturday's Sudan Shriners parade during the Winter Ceremonial.

By Doug Clark Assistant Editor A fifth suspect has been arrested in connection with a recent home invasion in Roseboro that left a 15-year-old boy shot and investigators searching for suspects, one who is still at large.

Three Roseboro men are facing a list of felony charges in connection with a home invasion this past weekend, in which a 15-year-old boy was shot.

The county has issued an ultimatum to several towns: Unless they adopt appropriate resolutions regarding fire and building inspections in accordance with General Statute, such inspections will cease in those towns after February.

Col. Tommy Macon, Director of Secondary Schools for Sampson County Schools, announces two new grants coming to the system to help prevent dropouts.

The Garland board of commissioners has decided against helping the town of Roseboro purchase a speed monitoring trailer.

Town leaders have decided to help out the Autumn Wind Nursing Home facility by unanimously approving the administration of a Rural Healthcare Grant that the organization has applied for.

A Clinton woman was arrested for allegedly setting her Roseboro home on fire to collect insurance money.

Town leaders are hoping to put the brakes on a growing problem with speeding in this western Sampson County town by purchasing equipment which will help alert heavy-footed drivers that they are exceeding the town's speed limit.

Individuals involved in two recent automobile incidents and one charged with having sex with a minor are scheduled to appear in court within the next month.

Sampson Middle School, tied for first in the Sampson County Middle School Conference with Roseboro-Salemburg and Union Middle, was able to start the season off right after beating Midway Middle at home.

A Roseboro man was arrested over the weekend, charged with taking indecent liberties with a child, an incident that reportedly took place earlier this year.

In what might just end up being one of the lowest voter turnout elections in Sampson County history, incumbents, and a couple of newcomers, were returned to their seats on municipal boards from Autryville to Garland, Newton Grove to Roseboro and everywhere in between.

Sampson County Board of Education chairwoman Doris Warren, talks about the the importance of a new Charles E. Perry Monday night.