Richmond County News

The three finalists are Dana Bedden, the superintendent of the Irving Independent School District in Texas, Ann Clark, the deputy superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools; and James Merrill, the superintendent of Virginia Beach City Schools.

The winner of Green Hope and Fuquay-Varina's fourth-round tilt will play in a best-of-three series, likely starting Thursday, against the winner of Garner at Richmond County.

"Once the weapons were discovered, the matter was turned over to the School Resource Officer and criminal charges have been filed against the student." School officials said they are not able to comment on any disciplinary action taken with the student.

Contributed by N.C. Forest Service Richmond County's Forest Service helicopter dumps water over the 72-acre wildfire that spread between Marston and the Scotland County line Monday evening.

Daily Journal Richmond Senior High Raider Jazz Ensemble turned the Richmond County Board of Education meeting into a jazz cafe with old and new tunes at the end of the regular monthly meeting, received standing applause and an invitation to come back.

The North Carolina Forest Service of Richmond County is working to contain a wild fire, said to be located on the east side of Highway U.S. 1, just north of the Rockingham Speedway.

Photo by Jimmy McDonald Relay for Life walkers get to stretch out at the Rockingham Speedway during the 'Race for the Cure.' Photo by Jimmy McDonald Mt.

With the window to respond to the 2012 Census of Agriculture officially closing on May 31, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is urging Richmond County farmers and producers not to miss this opportunity to be counted and help determine the future of farming in America.

A Rockingham native is back in town and has opened a law firm and hopes to promote young athletes in the area.

Contributed photo Thirteen Richmond County residents were pinned as registered nurses Thursday night at a ceremony at the Cole Auditorium on Richmond Community College's campus.

"The market will have strawberries, greenhouse tomatoes, lettuce, and more wonderful spring items," said Paige Burns, agricultural agent with the Richmond County Cooperative Extension.

Who has the cutest kid in Richmond County? Would you vote for your neighbor's kids over your brother's? We'll soon find out who Richmond County thinks is the cutest with our annual Cutest Kids Contest.

We need the trees. To feed us. To cool us. To provide us shelter. To ground us and bind us.

The Lumber River Council of Governments is teaming up with AARP and the Richmond County Aging Services to inform the community of ways to stay safe from scammers at Scam Jam on May 21 at Richmond Community College's Cole Auditorium in Hamlet from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. You'll learn how to avoid scams when you hear presentations by AARP, the Attorney ... (more)

Contributed photo The Country Punkins play at Hudson Brothers Deli in Rockingham.

The Richmond County Branch of the NAACP will have its 35th annual Mother of the Year Banquet at 7:30 p.m. Friday, at the East Hamlet Concerned Citizens Center, 155 Laurel Hill St., in Hamlet.

Three months of learning about making positive choices has culminated in a senior project and career fair at Leak Street High School, led by 12th grader William Patterson and Brenda L. David of Alcohol and Drug Services.

On behalf of the Richmond County Adult Corrections, we would like to take this opportunity to thank several businesses for helping make lunch a success at this year's Special Olympics at Richmond Senior High School.

Richmond County will likely see a Board of Elections shakeup this summer now that North Carolina has a Republican governor.

On Saturday, May 11, Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina will join forces with the National Association of Letter Carriers to help "Stamp Out Hunger" across North Carolina.