“This is his first time. He’s loving it,” said Landon Powell’s mother, Kimberly. Landon’s father, Kim, took turns helping his son and 3-year-old daughter, Janna. Janna learned to cast with her brand-new Barbie fishing rod as Landon stood on the bank with his Spiderman gear.

The money woes of rising costs and sluggish revenue plaguing government and business nationwide did not ignore Eden. During its April budget meeting, the Eden City Council included a 5-cent property tax increase to the proposal on the advice of City Manager Brad Corcoran. The new rate would be 63 cents per $100 of assessed property value, and is lower than Eden’s 1990 rate of 69 cents.
Corcoran said the city exhausted all other options.

Reidsville police have disclosed details of a one-car wreck that killed a Reidsville man and injured a second man Monday afternoon.
Christopher Jerome Hamby, 36, of 1137 Lawsonville Ave., was a passenger of Ronnie Lee Ziglar, 40, in a 1983 Chevrolet Camaro. Shortly after 5 p.m., Ziglar was driving east on Lawsonville Avenue when he lost control and ran off the road near Pettigrew Street. The car hit two trees and a utility before stopping on the roadside.

WENTWORTH—After months without appearing on the agenda, the Rockingham County Board of Commissioners is set to talk about plans to reroute traffic on N.C. 87 during its meeting Monday night.

Reidsville police arrested four teenagers Friday after an attack on a Rockingham County High School student. The teenagers are accused of attacking Ryan Hobbs on April 30 at Reidsville Lanes on Freeway Drive, the Reidsville Police Department said.

School cafeterias statewide are struggling to cover the costs of lunch programs amid dramatic price increases for gas, food and labor.

Charlotte police have arrested a Union County man in the disappearance of a state insurance investigator.

Cancer survivors joined hands with their caregivers, family and friends to walk the quarter-mile track around the field overnight Friday into the early-morning hours of Saturday. The united effort intended to symbolize the fight cancer patients face after hearing their diagnosis.

The Rockingham County District Attorney’s office recently won a case even though some of the most important pieces of evidence were apparently lost in the mail.
“We convicted Josh Kingston on drug possession without having the drugs,” said District Attor-ney Phil Berger Jr. “I know they were sent from the SBI crime lab after testing, but I know they were never received back here locally.”

At United Way’s annual banquet and meeting Thursday evening at Rockingham Community College, president Jim Burnette spoke of a shared passion held by supporters of the nonprofit agency.
“With a shared and a common passion, we can make a difference in the lives of our neighbors in Rockingham County,” he said.

A review of state records shows Duke Energy is shutting off service to more customers this year because they can’t pay their bills.

Vacation time is short, but breaking the sound barrier en route to Myrtle Beach, S.C., at the end of this month may not get you there any faster if the N.C. Highway Patrol can help it.

The Reidsville City Council voted this week to award a contract for Market Square to the lowest bidder and approved a $450,000 budget amendment for construction and improvements to South Scales and Settle streets.

A draft report from the Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight of the General Assembly has recommended closing the Reidsville research station, as well as sites in Whiteville, Castle Hayne, Waynesville, Oxford, Butner and Laurel Springs.

Thomas Johnson, 22, of Melrose Street in Reidsville, has been charged with distributing cocaine, the Rockingham Sheriff’s Office said.

AAA of the Carolinas said in a news release Thursday it expects 806,000 North Carolinians will hit the road for Memorial Day weekend, despite the price of gas inching close to $4 a gallon

The Rockingham County Early College High School will host an open house for interested families from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Rockingham Community College.

The Reidsville City Council voted this week to award a contract for Market Square to the lowest bidder and approved a $450,000 budget amendment for construction and improvements to South Scales and Settle streets.

A new report says North Carolina’s community college system must produce thousands of additional graduates annually to deal with a coming worker shortage.

The suspects are charged with selling marijuana, crack cocaine and/or prescription pills to undercover officers, according to a news release. These cases involve street-level drug buys throughout the county from August 2007 until February, the release states.

A Reidsville man was charged Tuesday with statutory rape and sex offense charge, the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office said.

Shades of red are dotting the fields of Rockingham County farms. It’s that time of year — strawberry season.

The school board continues to debate how to make an estimated $60 million in school improvements with almost half that amount. The county finance department receives enough income dedicated to school construction to safely borrow an estimated $30 million. Depending on the school board’s decision, that amount may replace two elementary schools in need of improvement, possibly three. Thirteen schools in Rockingham County need improvement, but the county estimates it could be years before it has enough money to complete all necessary projects.

By the time parents, grandparents and even a few great-grandparents were added to the 24 youngsters participating in Saturday’s Trike-a-Thon for Relay for Life, the crowd gathered around the Mayodan Park gazebo numbered near 100.

In times when most governing bodies are wrestling with money woes, the Reidsville City Council entered Tuesday’s special called budget meeting expecting the worst.

The price of breakfast is set to increase from $1 to $1.10 in all grades. Lunch prices in elementary schools will rise 15 cents to $1.85. Grades six through 12 will pay an extra quarter, or $2.25. Adults will pay a la carte for breakfast and up to $3 for lunch.

The community has played a role in the operation, police said.

A 4:30 p.m. budget work session will precede the Reidsville City Council’s regular meeting Tuesday. The regular meeting begins at 6:30.

To earn a GED, a student must score at least 410 on each of five tests and a cumulative score of at least 2250. Students are tested in social studies, science, language arts/reading, language arts/writing, and math.  Thirty-five earned a cumulative score of 3000 or more, which averages to 600 or higher on each test.  Camillia Sherrod earned a cumulative score of 3400.

No more free samples with prescriptions, at least from doctors working for Carolinas HealthCare System.