Candor, NC

ROCKINGHAM — The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office has charged a man and two women for allegedly stealing a truck earlier this week. According to a post on the RCSO Facebook page on Friday, deputies responded to a report of a truck stolen from a residence on Green Lake Road outside of Ellerbe.

A 36-year-old woman from Robbins was arrested after drugs were discovered during a traffic stop. Naomi Riddle was arrested and placed in the Moore County Detention Center under a $5,000 unsecured bond on Thursday, Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields said in a news statement. “Deputies with the Moore County Sheriff’s...

Two suspects from West End were arrested on drug charges and placed at the Moore County Detention Center under $30,000 bonds. Mark Wall, 39, and Tina Chappell, 40, were arrested on Thursday, Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields said in a press release. “On June 23, 2022, Deputies with the Moore...

Landon Hollis, who graduated from South Stanly High with the distinction of Summa Cum Laude with highest praise, has been awarded the Edith Norwood Scholarship. The scholarship, sponsored by the Norwood Community Service League, is given to a South Stanly High senior who has achieved at a high level academically and shown dedication to the local community.

BENNETTSVILLE, S.C. — A Richmond County man is facing charges south of the state line following an alleged ax attack. According to the Marlboro County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a home on Wildewood Road north of Bennettsville, just south of the North Carolina-South Carolina border, on June 21 in reference to a man who had been stabbed.

SEAGROVE, N.C. (WGHP) — Pottery is a 5,000-year tradition with a rich and deep history in North Carolina.  Hundreds of potters transform clay into beautiful works of art in the Piedmont Triad. Visitors can find the largest collection of them and their unique creations in Seagrove. “Pottery, traditionally, was very important to North Carolina, and it remains important today,” […]

With 2021-22 school year now over, area high school sports fans have a couple of months off before the Richmond Raider sports teams are in action again. For those that do not follow middle school sports, the Richmond Observer will take a look at some future Raiders that you may or may not know about. Today’s featured female and male middle school athlete are Ella Parker of Rockingham Middle and Evan Hodges of Hamlet Middle.

With the 250th anniversary of the American colony’s declaration of independence from the British crown soon approaching, we can use this time to remember the individuals from that era and how they lived, particularly those in the Albemarle region. The restored Jackson House, which was built around 1755, provides a unique opportunity to see how an average farmer and family would have lived. Daniel Jackson Jr. built the home in the Knob Creek area after inheriting a large tract of land from his father, Daniel...

A search in the 2200 block of Highway 211 in Eagle Springs led to the arrests of three suspects. Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields announced the arrests of Justin Freeman, Conrad Morfin Jr. and Christopher Damico. All three men are from Eagle Springs. Officials with Moore County Probation/Parole and Moore...

Marshallrett Ross and Tiahja McKoy, both of Pinebluff, are facing drug charges following an investigation by the Moore County Sheriff’s Department. A search warrant was issued in the 100 block of Morgan Lane in Pinebluff on Wednesday, Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields said. “During the search, Deputies located heroin,...

Dave Repanshek is helping College of The Albemarle students’ dreams of a career in aviation take flight. Repanshek is aviation program coordinator at COA and has worked at the community college’s Regional Aviation and Technical Training Center, now known as COA-Currituck, for almost four years. Prior to coming to COA, Repanshek served for more than 29 years in the U.S. Navy. He became interested in aviation mechanics after joining a...

Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields said a 19-year-old suspect was arrested on Wednesday following an investigation. The sheriff’s office received a call on June 22 regarding “a firearm being discharged into a moving motor vehicle on Seven Lakes Drive near NC 211 Highway in West End,” said Fields.

I was always into old muscle cars. I bought it locally about 25 years ago. A good friend of mine had it sitting in a storage building. He actually had two, a ‘68 and a ‘69. It was love at first sight. A few years later my wife and I had triplets. Priorities. So I sold it to a guy in Asheboro. I told him if he ever got ready to sell it to keep me in mind. His brother in Pennsylvania then owned it. I bought it back from the brother in Pennsylvania about five or six years ago.

CARTHAGE, N.C. (WNCN) — A Moore County teenager is accused of shooting a gun into a moving car, authorities say. Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields on Thursday announced six charges — including four felonies — against Nicholas Robert Weiss, 19, of Carthage. He is accused of discharging...

PINEHURST, N.C. (WNCN) — Jordan Keshler and his long-time buddies posed for a picture at the Payne Stewart statue on the hallowed Pinehurst grounds just moments before teeing off on course Number 2. “It’s going to be great to walk the same fairways and putt on the same greens...

With 2021-22 school year now over, area high school sports fans have a couple of months off before the Richmond Raider sports teams are in action again. For those that do not follow middle school sports, the Richmond Observer will take a look at some future Raiders that you may or may not know about. Today’s featured female and male middle school athlete are Ella Popowich of Cordova Middle and Dane Cipriani of Hamlet Middle.

FAYETTEVILLE — A no-quit attitude and a productive round of pass-the-bat in the top of the sixth inning fueled the Hamlet American Legion baseball team to a comeback victory on Saturday. Looking to even the season series against Area 2 conference opponent Hope Mills Post 32, Hamlet erased a...

An Eagles Springs man was placed in the Moore County Detention Center under a $50,000 secured bond and is facing several drug charges. Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields said 46-year-old Christopher Ring was charged with trafficking opium or heroin, possession with intent to sell and deliver heroin, possession of heroin, possession with intent to sell and deliver methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, felony possession of schedule VI controlled substance, maintaining a vehicle/dwelling place for controlled substances, simple possession of schedule VI controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of marijuana paraphernalia.

A Hamlet man was arrested for attacking a man with an ax. According to Investigator Clay Anderson, the Marlboro County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence on Wildewood Road in the Bennettsville area on Tuesday about an individual being stabbed. Once on scene, deputies with the Uniformed Patrol Division...