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Thomas Connor
Larry "Keith" Dennis
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Larry "Keith" Dennis, 69, of Myrtle Beach South Carolina, formerly of Rockingham, passed away Wednesday Nov. 6 2019 in Myrtle Beach.
Helen Hart Braswell
To Russia with love (of piano): Hutchinsons perform in St. Petersburg concert
ROCKINGHAM — Brothers John Patrick and Alexander Hutchinson recently returned from St. Petersburg, Russia, where they participated in the International Piano in the Palace Festival, hosted by Russian concert pianist Alexander Yakovlev.
Wendy Snipes
Richmond County students learn about leadership
ROCKINGHAM — The Redefining and Empowering Adolescent and Community Health Program of the Richmond County Health Department held a Youth Leadership Summit on March 14, 2019 at the First Presbyterian Church of Rockingham.
Richmond Senior cadets visit, clean up site of fallen paratroopers memorial
MARSTON — Seven cadets of the Richmond Senior High School Army JROTC Raider Battalion and a few others conducted a small memorial ceremony and cleaned up around the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion's monument near Lake Kinney Cameron on Saturday — 75 years after eight members of the unit perished in the lake during a training jump.
Gloria Mask to be honored at MLK events this weekend
HAMLET — Gloria Mask knew there was power in presence.
And she realized that the real power was consistency, showing up and riding the bus to Moral Monday marches in Raleigh; to NAACP executive committee meetings in Richmond County; to Hamlet City Council meetings and the swearing in of the first Black fire chief in Hamlet; protesting a potential poisonous landfill in Richmond County; or calling and writing Sen. Jesse Helms to remove the carcass of the Imperial Chicken Plant in Hamlet in 1992.
Coble named Beta of the Month for December 2018
Raider Battalion's top three cadets reflect on summer experience
Over the summer, three Richmond Senior High School students were invited by American Legion Post 147 to take part in a once in a lifetime opportunity — to attend Tar Heel Boys State and Girls State. Boys State and Girls State are weeklong programs that bring people together from all over the state to run an imaginary state-sized government. All the delegates come from different upbringings and lifestyles which leads to quite a diverse crowd.