CHAPEL HILL – The North Carolina High School Athletic Association is proud to stage the 2024 spring sports championships at premier venues across the state.
CHARLOTTE – Former NASCAR driver and racing analyst Kyle Petty is hitting the open road once again to lead the 28th Anniversary Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America – one of the most popular charity rides in the country. From May 4 – 10, 2024, Petty will lead 150 motorcycles across nine st…
Reidsville ended the regular season on a high note with an impressive 11-0 Mid-State 2A Conference shutout victory over Walkertown at Ernie Holcomb Stadium April 25.
Baseball
EDEN – The undefeated Morehead baseball team can officially add another feather to their collective ball caps after clinching the county championship with an 7-2 win over rival Rockingham at Tommy Woods Field on April 22.
STAR – Starworks, a leading destination for craft enthusiasts, is thrilled to announce its inaugural Craft Invitational, showcasing the region’s most talented artists with an emphasis on functional craft of the highest quality on June 8. This landmark event offers attendees a unique opportun…
Former Rams football player Que’shyne Flippen has signed a National Letter of Intent to play football and continue his education at Emory & Henry College in southwest Virginia this fall.
MAYODAN—McMichael seniors Jace Dunn, Austin Wagner and Cody Dillard recently signed their National Letters of Intent to play baseball following their high school graduation later this spring.
North Carolina received this week $139.6 million from the 2024 allotment of the landmark Master Settlement Agreement involving the nation’s tobacco manufacturers.
WENTWORTH – If you are interested in beginning a new career or looking for a new job, improving your computer skills, becoming a better employee, or looking for a new hobby, Rockingham Community College offers a variety of short-term courses designed to meet your needs.
If you go by who got featured in a front-page article last week in The New York Times, the answer is easy.
Rockingham County High School alumni and Reidsville native Jennifer King recently checked off another item on her career to-do list after throwing the ceremonial first pitch at the Chicago White Sox-Kansas City Royals game for Jackie Robinson Day on April 15.
EDEN — Pace-Stone, home of high-quality Karastan rugs, is a family-owned Rockingham County business that recently celebrated its 100th anniversary in the Leaksville section of Eden.
Nearly 60 companies paid a visit to Wentworth for the 2024 Rockingham Community College Job Fair to meet with those seeking employment throughout the day at Keys Gymnasium Wednesday.
BASEBALL
EDEN — For the second time in the regular season series, the outcome of the game came down to a single run, and once again the Phoenix came out on top in a tight 4-3 win over the Panthers on Tuesday night.
WENTWORTH – Jaki Shelton Green, 70, North Carolina’s first African American poet laureate, met with students, faculty and community leaders to share some of her stories and poetry in the Gerald B. James Library at Rockingham Community College on April 9.
EDEN – With still two more weeks on the schedule remaining, Morehead (10-0, 16-0), the No. 1 ranked 2A team in the state, has already clinched the 2024 Mid-State 2A Conference regular season title courtesy of an impressive 10-0 shutout victory over West Stokes at Tommy Woods Field Saturday night.
RALEIGH — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida cemented economic links and cultural amity with North Carolina on Friday, following up time in Washington during his official U.S. visit by checking up on benchmark Japanese companies building in the ninth-most populous state and meeting with s…
MADISON—Three years ago, Danielle and Jason Sparks had never heard of a chili cook-off when she learned about the annual event held each spring at Camp Carefree.
Lifelong Stoneville resident Daisy Smith recently made history after being sworn in as the first African American woman to serve on the town council in a ceremony at the town hall April 2.
EDEN—Jenna Abou-Samra, 16, has some advice for girls considering joining Scouts BSA and working to achieve Eagle Scout.
MAYODAN — The Rockingham County School Board recently approved the hiring of Steven Tapley, 45, as the new head football coach at McMichael High School.