RICHMOND — Jada Howell, a Senior at Richmond Early College, was awarded the SECU Foundation’s People Helping People Scholarship! A Senior at Richmond Early College, Jada is committed to attend the University of North Carolina at Greensboro next year. An impressive young lady, Jada plans to major in...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The St. Andrews Knights baseball team split a Saturday doubleheader against the CIU Rams at Miller Field, which helped them win the three-game series after a 7-4 victory on Thursday. St. Andrews (18-12, 7-9 Appalachian Athletic Conference) won 8-5 in Game One, while CIU (11-24, 6-12...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The St. Andrews Knights baseball team defeated the CIU Rams 7-4 in Thursday’s game one of a three-game series at Miller Field this week. After a scoreless first inning by both teams, St. Andrews (17-11, 6-8 Appalachian Athletic Conference) led 2-1 after the second and added another run in the third; CIU (10-23, 5-11 AAC) answered with three runs in the sixth to take a 4-3 lead, but St. Andrews had two-run seventh and ninth frames to come back on top and prevail.

LAURINBURG — The St. Andrews Knights beach volleyball team had a successful run during a foursome of home matches March 22-23, securing three wins in four matchups. The Lady Knights entered the weekend needing two wins to secure one of eight spots in the Sun Conference Championships on April 5-6 in Bradenton, Florida. Their last visit to the league championships was in 2022.

LAURINBURG — Earlier this week, two male and four female St. Andrews wrestlers were named recipients of NAIA Scholar All-American awards

WALESKA, Ga. — St. Andrews men’s volleyball’s Hazem Abdelghafar and Dakota Hotaling each received Appalachian Athletic Conference weekly honors, as Abdelghafar was named the AAC Attacker of the Week and Hotaling was named the league’s Setter of the Week. The league announced the awards on Monday.

FINDLAY, Ohio — This past weekend, the St. Andrews Knights western team traveled to University of Findlay in Ohio for the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association semifinals, took home Reserve High Point Champion and qualified for the national competition, which will take place in Tryon in a few weeks. St....

LAURINBURG — Two suspects surrendered to Laurinburg police Tuesday in connection to a death on Wagram Street. At 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, 26-year-old Antonio Tyrone Ingram and 22-year-old Tyrell Devon Leggett surrendered to the Laurinburg Police Department, according to information released from LPD. Both Ingram and Leggett were charged with first-degree murder, discharging a firearm into occupied property, felony conspiracy, and discharging a firearm in the city in connection with the shooting on March 14 on Wagram Street that resulted in the death of Denver “Mesha” Quick.

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LAURINBURG — With two outs in the first, Ryan Molinari doubled to right field; but for the next seven innings, nobody else joined Molinari with a hit for the Milligan Buffaloes. The pitching of Noah Sorrells made it nearly impossible to do so. Behind Sorrells — and a trio...

MARION — The St. Andrews Knights softball team lost both legs of a Sunday doubleheader against the Milligan Buffaloes at Anglin Field. St. Andrews (6-28, 1-13 Appalachian Athletic Conference) fell 16-0 in five innings in game one and 10-2 in six innings in game two. With the wins, Milligan...

RICHMOND COUNTY — In a thrilling display of athleticism and community spirit, Top Guns Strength and Performance Gym emerged victorious in the recent CARE Group Dodgeball Tournament held in Aberdeen, NC on Saturday, March 16, 2024. The tournament, organized by The CARE Group, Inc., wasn’t just about the exhilarating sport of dodgeball; it was a platform for rallying support for essential community programs, including mentoring at-risk youth, tutoring low-literacy adults, and promoting digital literacy.

HAMLET — A public hearing to address the ongoing legal saga of International Tie Disposal opening a biochar production facility on Mark’s Creek Church Rd. was held on Monday, March 18 in the Cole Auditorium by DEQ. Representatives from DEQ as well as from Polivka International, the parent company which is headquartered in Weddington, were present at the meeting to listen to community concerns and feedback regarding the storm water permit project.

ELIZABETH CITY — The St. Andrews Knights and the Mid-Atlantic Christian Mustangs were each victorious in one game of their nonconference doubleheader on the Holmes Field diamond at Knobbs Creek Park Thursday. St. Andrews earned a 15-8 win in Game One, which was seven innings, while Mid-Atlantic Christian escaped...

LAURINBURG — The St. Andrews Knights men’s volleyball team scored a 3-1 nonconference victory over the visiting Carolina Bruins Tuesday night with set scores of 25-18, 20-25, 25-18 and 25-20. Hazem Nabil sparked the Knights’ offense all four sets, tallying 22 kills by the end of the match; Hugo Gonzalez-Gutierrez logged nine kills and Deonte Brewer contributed five kills. Dakota Hotaling continued to show his senior leadership, shouldering the Knights’ offensive approach, recording 33 of the Knights’ 42 assists; Alex Vasquez-Sanchez contributed six assists behind Hotaling.

MAXTON — A community near Maxton is one of the newest to see a Dollar General. The company announced that the location at 3210 Midway Road is now open. The new DG Market store format features an expanded selection of fresh meats, fruits and vegetables, as well as the same categories, brands and products customers trust Dollar General to carry.

GREENSBORO — The St. Andrews Knights women’s lacrosse team scored its first victory on Saturday with a 15-2 decision at Greensboro College. The NCAA Division III Pride (0-4) struck first with the game’s first goal when Keira Fenyo scored with 1:02 minutes remaining in the first quarter. St. Andrews’ A.J. Price answered 12 seconds later with a goal, tying the game at 1-1; Price scored again in the second quarter with a second unassisted goal to put the Knights up by one. Fenyo responded less than a minute later to knot the score at 2-2, but it was the last Pride goal of the matchup.

A couple of weeks ago, I was honored to receive an invitation to attend the Liberty Fire Department’s ceremony announcing its new fire rating. Liberty, a small town of about 2,700 residents located in northeastern Randolph County, received an ISO rating of 2. ISO stands for Insurance Services Office....

WASHINGTON — With their pair of DJs spinning a winning tune, the North Carolina State Wolfpack are going dancing in the NCAA Tournament after capping a historic run by knocking off fourth-ranked North Carolina. DJ Horne scored 29 points, DJ Burns Jr. had 20, including the first 3-pointer of...

MAXTON — A community near Maxton is one of the newest to see a Dollar General. The company announced that the location at 3210 Midway Road is now open. The new DG Market store format features an expanded selection of fresh meats, fruits and vegetables, as well as the same categories, brands and products customers trust Dollar General to carry.