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WADESBORO, N.C. — Getting a full-ride scholarship to college is a big accomplishment for anyone, but it has a bigger meaning for one local teen. More than two years ago, someone shot Chrishaun Hough and his cousin Malik Byrd after a game of basketball in Wadesboro. Hough survived, but Byrd died.

Fireworks return to their traditional locations for Independence Day this year. After a two-year hiatus due to government restrictions and concerns related to COVID-19, the city of Hamlet and the Ellerbe Lions Club are both putting on fireworks displays for the Fourth of July. Events in the Seaboard City begin...

Our Daily Bread Food Ministry in Rockingham is one of 30 crisis assistance agencies in North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida that is successfully participating in a Duke Energy philanthropy program aimed at supporting agency operations by reducing costs and offering supporting services. To implement the program, Duke Energy collaborated...

WINGATE, N.C. (WBTV) – A gas station in Wingate, N.C. sold gas diluted with water that damaged drivers’ cars. The tainted gas was confirmed by an inspector with the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, who visited the gas station on Thursday after a call from WBTV.

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — Fayetteville police say the suspect in the shooting death of a 17-year-old in May was arrested in South Carolina. Lamon Isaiah Townsend, 21, is charged with first-degree murder. Members of the U.S. Marshals Service Task Force arrested him Wednesday in Bennettsville, South Carolina. On May...

WALLACE – The Kollock Alumni Association held their annual Scholarship Award Program on June 18. Each year, students are awarded a $500 scholarship to toward books, supplies or tuition. The Kollock Alumni Association was established in 2014 by former members of the Kollock School in the Wallace area. Through...

U.S. Marshals arrested a man Tuesday in South Carolina on a Cumberland County warrant charging him with first-degree murder in the May shooting death of a teen on Yadkin Road, according to the Fayetteville Police Department on Thursday. Lamon Isaiah Townsend, 21, was apprehended by U.S. Marshals in Bennettsville, South...

HAMLET — Matt Bramstedt, project manager for the three future construction projects at Richmond Senior High School and Fairview Heights and Mineral Springs Elementary, updated the Richmond County Board of Education about those projects Thursday afternoon. All of the projects must be completed by September 2024 as they are...

HAMLET — Richmond County residents are being asked to donate blood in honor of a young man who underwent multiple transfusions during an extended hospital stay this past winter. A community blood drive is scheduled for 1-5:30 p.m. Friday, July 1 at the Hamlet Masonic Lodge at 307 Main...

June 28 ROCKINGHAM — At 12:13 p.m., deputies responded to a residence on Wildwood Road following a report of

HARTSVILLE, S.C. (WPDE) — Coker University has been awarded a TRIO Upward Bound (UB) grant for the 2022-23 academic year that will serve 60 students at Darlington, Dillon, Hartsville and Marion High Schools with the goal of increasing the rate at which participants complete high school and enroll in and graduate from college, according to a news release.

MARLBORO COUNTY, S.C. (WPDE) — One person is in the hospital after being hit by a car Wednesday night while walking on Highway 15-401 near the Sav-way in Bennettsville. Several community members said the victim had to be airlifted to the hospital. Officials said the South Carolina Highway Patrol...

The Hamlet Middle School Beta Club placed 6th in the nation in the Book Battle competition at the National Jr. Beta Convention in Nashville, Tennessee.

Fayetteville, N.C. — Federal agents in South Carolina have arrested a 21-year-old man in connection to a 17-year-old Fayetteville boy's shooting death that happened in May. The U.S. Marshals Service Task Force arrested Lamon Isaiah Townsend on Thursday in Bennettsville, South Carolina. Authorities will take Townsend back to Fayetteville. Townsend is charged with first-degree murder.

In September 1942, Pansy and her fiancé, Garland Louder, were in a hurry to be married. She was barely 20, and he barely 22, but the U.S. was at war, and Pansy’s man wanted to make sure he would have someone to come home to at the end of the war.

HAMLET ― Kenneth “Ken” E. Knorr, 71, of Hamlet, left his earthly home on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. He was born Dec. 17, 1950, in Richmond County, son of the late Harry and Varessa Knorr. Ken loved all things classic cars and spent his free time working...

HAMLET― Ms. Mary E. David, 74, of Hamlet passed on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 2, 2022 at New Hope Baptist Church, 1596 E. U.S. 74, Hamlet. Public viewing will be Friday, July 1, 2022, noon-5 p.m. (family...

Maddie Dunn playing soccer at Rockingham Parks and Rec. Richmond Renegades have their pitcher’s back. Christian Smith bullies his way to the end zone for the Raider Elite Youth Tackle Football team. A softball player for the Granny’s Country Kitchen Softball tee ball team. Madison breaking boards during...

HARTSVILLE, S.C. (WPDE) — A drive-by shooting happened Monday near the Dollar General in Hartsville off 5th Street. Two cars were shooting at each other, reports confirm. Nobody is hurt at this time, according to the Darlington County Sheriff. There are no further details to release at this time.