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Person County Relay picks up the fight again
Person County Relay for Life is gearing up for the 2019 event at Person High School Friday night. This year’s Relay will begin at 4 p.m. at Rocket Stadium and run until 11 p.m. Cancer …
APS Adopt-a-Thon a barking success
The Animal Protection Society of Person County held a successful Muttercycle ride, Paw Parade and Adopt-a-Thon Saturday to raise money for its “Handy Fix-It” spay and neuter program. The Paw …
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The Healthy Personians, Substance Use Disorder Subcommittee will host the fourth annual Substance Misuse Summit Sept. 18. Events will begin with the Good Morning Coffee Hour from 8-9 a.m at …
Medicaid expansion still on the table
The budget passed the N.C. House in a controversial veto override, but the debate over Medicaid expansion is far from over.
House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, promised a vote on Medicaid …
Rotary leader brings tour to Roxboro
Roxboro Rotarians recently hosted a pair of Rotary VIPs
District Governor-elect David Hayden and District Gov. Marie Howard were on hand to address members of the club during its weekly …
RHA website earns industry kudos
The Roxboro Housing Authority has a new responsive website – www.RoxboroHA.com – that won the Website of the Year award at the 2019 Carolinas Council for Housing Redevelopment and …
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SOUTH BOSTON, Va. – Peyton Sellers of Danville, Va. captured his fifth career South Boston Speedway NASCAR Whelen All American …
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Golf tourney raises money for RCS athletes
The inaugural Darrel Long Memorial golf tournament is set to tee off Sept. 27 at Caswell Pines Golf Club in Yanceyville.
The event …
There were several positives for Person High School in last Friday’s game against border rival Halifax County High School at South …
Championship qualifier this weekend
Fishermen will flock to nearby Kerr Lake Saturday to take part in the PBC Cashion Fishing Rods End of Year Team Tournament Bass …
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Show up and support Relay for Life
Few things in this world can truly inspire us. After all, it’s a work-a-day world and we all have our minds focused on one thing or …
Sunday morning came crashing down
On Sunday morning, Becky and I had just settled into our pews at Antioch Baptist Church for Sunday services when my phone started …
Merritt’s photography captured Roxboro life
John Wesley Merritt was born in Roxboro, Aug. 29, 1916 and became interested in photography as a young boy and continued throughout …
The Pharisee, tax collector and racism
Dear Lord, thank goodness I am not a racist like some of our top political leaders. Is this how you open your public prayers? Or do …
Budget vote casts pall over General Assembly
It began with flubs. It ended in fury. And it made North Carolina politics even more rancorous and destructive. I’m referring, of …