Heating equipment is listed as the second leading cause of home fires across the nation. From December through February, however, it rises to the rank of No. 1. Fire Marshal Robert Cardwell reports 10 house fires in Rockingham County during November, most due to misuse of winter heating equipment.

For the seventh straight year, the Reidsville Rams will be playing for a shot at a NCHSAA state championship when they host Forest Hills tonight at Community Stadium. Reidsville, winners of 30 straight games, takes its 14-0 record into action against the 11-3 Yellow Jackets.

The interdisciplinary course begins in the spring semester of 2009.  Students will then apply their knowledge to actual cases by reviewing and investigating claims of innocence by inmates and, where appropriate, pursue legal avenues for exoneration and release from prison.

Morehead Memorial Hospital’s Smith-Michael Cancer Center has been granted a three-year accreditation with commendation by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer.

More than 100 people gathered in the Day Hospital lobby at Morehead Memorial Hospital on Tuesday for the Tree of Life Lighting Ceremony. Each came to honor and remember special people in their lives.

The Federal Communications Commission has granted Star News Corporation, owners of WGSR Channel 39 in Reidsville, a construction permit to begin broadcasting a digital signal in 2009, a news release said.

Tuesday morning, United Way of Rockingham County Executive Director Rick Hurley and Sheriff Sam Page presented a $5,000 check to Bobbie Seagraves, executive director of the local ARC chapter. The check was made possible by an emergency fund that United Way established to help in critical times, such as during natural disasters or economic downturns.

Orphans. Villains. Suspense. Humor. All of these are elements of Charles Dickens’ classic tale “Oliver Twist.” The Theatre Guild of Rockingham County will present “Oliver Twist” this weekend in the Rockingham Community College auditorium.

With parades and home tours, this weekend is sure to be exciting

Eden police Wednesday charged Alphonza Saran Mabry, 21, with attempted first-degree murder in the shooting Carlos Lester on Nov. 26.

Authorities have found a wanted Reidsville man in an Arizona prison.

Hanesbrands spokesman Matt Hall told WXII-TV in Winston-Salem on Tuesday that its plant in Eden will close by mid-February. It had been slated to close by the end of next summer. The plant is the company’s last large knit-fabric textile plant in the U.S.

The holiday travel weekend was mostly quiet in Rockingham County, the Highway Patrol said.

Alphonza Saran Mabry, 21, is wanted on a charge of attempted first-degree murder in the shooting of Carlos Lester on Nov. 26.
Mabry is considered armed and dangerous, police said. Anyone with information concerning Mabry is asked to call Eden Detective Paul Moore at 623-9755.

The Friends have played an integral part in providing financial and other assistance to the libraries in Madison, Mayodan and Stoneville for more than a decade. For many years, the group sponsored annual or semi-annual used book sales at various locations. Two years ago, they consolidated those efforts into a storefront in Mayodan, where they could offer donated books on a year-round basis.

The Northwest Rockingham County Fire Protection Association has received a $23,592 grant through the 2008 Volunteer Fire Department Fund.
The check will be mailed to Chief James L. Lawrence to be used by the department to
buy needed equipment.

  A Reidsville man was charged Friday with torturing and beating a dog.

Some parents don’t have the money to buy gifts for their children this Christmas. That’s where The Salvation Army steps in. But The Salvation Army of Rockingham County has 900 angels that haven’t been adopted, and that could mean some children won’t receive a Christmas gift.

Erin Burnette Gilley replaces Tom Medlin, with whom she currently works; she is the daughter of City Councilman Jim Burnette, who declined to vote at Monday’s called meeting.

Norman Holt, of 523 Barnes St. in Reidsville, discovered six steel pipes and a muffler missing from his backyard at 1 p.m. on Saturday. Holt reported the crime to the Reidsville Police Department about 15 minutes later.

Stricter new rules governing sex offenders are taking effect in North Carolina.

To combat online sexual predators, a regional task force that will include the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office is being formed.

There was no snow on the ground. In fact, the temperature hovered around 47 degrees. But it still felt like Christmas on the streets of the Olde Leaksville Shopping District in Eden Friday night.

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An Eden man has turned himself in to police following a Wednesday shooting.

During an economic downturn, people do not expect to hear that business is booming. But it is at the Rockingham County Public Library.

Get ready for a holiday party for a good cause. Annie Penn Hospital Foundation is gearing up for its 15th Annual Holiday Gala, “An Enchanted Evening,“ at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6 at Pennrose Park Country Club.

Wentworth Town Hall is coming along according to schedule, Town Administrator/Town Clerk Brenda Ward said. Construction is about 30 percent complete, according to project’s head architect, Jeff Johnson of Alley, Williams, Carmen and King Inc.

Rockingham County Help for Homeless receives at least 200 calls each month about people looking for homes. Sharon Foust, executive director, expects they will be getting even more soon.

The holiday season begins in Eden this weekend with the Olde Leaksville Nighttime Christmas Parade on Friday evening. Other upcoming events to get Eden residents in the Christmas spirit are the Draper Village Christmas tree lighting and the Tree of Life lighting ceremony at Morehead Memorial Hospital.