Taylortown News

Reports that Taylortown candidates violated some election laws are blown out of proportion, according to county Elections Director Glenda Clendenin.

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

Joe Riley, of Pinehurst, a Marine veteran of World War II, will deliver the keynote address at the 10 a.m. Nov.

Cobbie Lee Ransom Sr. would have celebrated his 97th birthday Sunday with dozens of family and friends at his favorite restaurant.

Parents concerned about the growing presence of gangs in America and how it could affect their children can get up-to-date information Saturday.

Parents concerned about the growing presence of gangs in America and how it could affect their children can get up-to-date information Saturday.

Ulysses Simpson Grant Barrett III, the longtime and often controversial mayor of Taylortown, filed for re-election Friday just before the noon deadline.

Carthage will have a new mayor in December. Current Mayor Ronnie Fields said Monday that he will not be a candidate in November's municipal elections.

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.

Taylortown doesn't have its own fire department, so the town pays some $64,000 a year to neighboring Pinehurst for the protection.

The mother of one of the suspects charged with murder in a drive-by shooting in Robbins last week says her son could not be a killer.