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Altus Times

President Sue Overstreet, and Secretary Mary Easley of the Jackson/Ozark HCE group, are shown putting care packages together to send to our troops in Iraq. The group encourages everyone to fill a b...
Thu Sep 02 12:43:05 -0500 2010
Anson Record

A group of 30 Wadesboro Elementary fifth-graders got a special treat Thursday morning, Sept. 2, and students in all of Anson County's schools got a gift that will keep giving. Windstream, which p...
noreply@ansonrecord.com (Abby Cavenaugh)
Thu Sep 02 16:28:12 -0500 2010
Apex Herald

The Raleigh City Council will consider a recommendation on the proposed Southeast High Speed Rail Project at its meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 7 at 1 p.m. The meeting will be held in the council chambe...
Fri Sep 03 01:13:38 -0500 2010
Bladen Journal

The demolition phase of the downtown revitalization project is in full swing, with the sounds of saws buzzing and heavy tractors making their way up and down the sidewalks carrying equipment and digging up old asphalt and cement from the gutters.
noreply@bladenjournal.com (Erin Smith esmith@bladenjournal.com)
Thu Sep 02 10:03:54 -0500 2010
Carroll News

Labor Day weekend in Carroll County brings Marshall’s from many states to the Flea Market and Gun Show. But it especially brings them together for their annual family reunion, now in its 54th year...
noreply@thecarrollnews.com (-)
Thu Sep 02 13:00:37 -0500 2010
Cheraw Chronicle

Bobby Christopher Quick, 33, 1018 Old Wire Road, Bennettsville, DUS and operating uninsured vehicle; Bobby Lee Huneycutt, 29, 208 Huneycutt Lane, Chesterfield, DUS; Stuart Michael Steen, 23, 1...
Thu Sep 02 10:42:53 -0500 2010
Claiborne Progress

It was a beautiful Friday evening for the annual Claiborne County Relay For Life. Hundreds of supporters came out for the festivities, and as of Monday the total raised was over $135,000, with more...
Thu Sep 02 11:47:19 -0500 2010
Cleveland Post

The Raleigh City Council will consider a recommendation on the proposed Southeast High Speed Rail Project at its meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 7 at 1 p.m. The meeting will be held in the council chambe...
Fri Sep 03 01:13:38 -0500 2010
Coal Valley News

WHITESVILLE — When the Upper Big Branch mine disaster happened it touched the lives of many people, including those in the United States armed forces serving overseas. “My son, who is serving in t...
noreply@coalvalleynews.com (By FRED PACE, EDITOR)
Wed Sep 01 09:16:44 -0500 2010
Community Common

Jenny Lavender, Children’s Activities Chair, is proud to announce the upcoming children’s activities that have been coordinated for this year’s River Days celebration. Children’s Activities will be...
Fri Sep 03 04:00:16 -0500 2010
My Daily Sentinel

Blue Angels shut out Jackson JACKSON, Ohio — The Gallia Academy Blue Angels picked up their first league win on Thursday evening with a straight set victory over Jackson. The Blue Angels (3-0, ...
noreply@mydailysentinel.com (Staff Report)
Fri Sep 03 01:01:42 -0500 2010
Durant Democrat

The Bryan County Commissioners met for a regular meeting Wednesday which also included a joint meeting with the Bryan County Excise Board to present their recommendation for the budget for the 2010...
noreply@durantdemocrat.com (Candice Budgick, Staff writer)
Thu Sep 02 12:02:07 -0500 2010
Easley Progress

PICKENS – A Six Mile man was pronounced dead after a late Monday night wreck, according to a press release from Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley. Eddie Grant, 49, of 3016 Walhalla Hwy., Six Mil...
noreply@theeasleyprogress.com (Candice Harper)
Thu Sep 02 19:18:08 -0500 2010
Floyd County Times

COAL RUN – Agencies and legislators from around the area joined together at North Point Academy in Pike County to celebrate 20 years of service to the families and the communities of Floyd and Pik...
noreply@floydcountytimes.com (Tori Hunt)
Wed Sep 01 10:07:07 -0500 2010
Frederick Leader

Lady Bomber junior second basemen Brittany Blackford has been named the Subway Player of the Week for the opening week of the season. At the plate, Blackford batted .600 while scoring seven runs a...
Tue Aug 31 15:45:57 -0500 2010
Fuquay-Varina Independent

The Raleigh City Council will consider a recommendation on the proposed Southeast High Speed Rail Project at its meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 7 at 1 p.m. The meeting will be held in the council chambe...
Fri Sep 03 01:13:38 -0500 2010
My Daily Tribune

Blue Angels shut out Jackson JACKSON, Ohio — The Gallia Academy Blue Angels picked up their first league win on Thursday evening with a straight set victory over Jackson. The Blue Angels (3-0, ...
noreply@mydailytribune.com (Staff Report)
Fri Sep 03 01:01:42 -0500 2010
Garner News

The Raleigh City Council will consider a recommendation on the proposed Southeast High Speed Rail Project at its meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 7 at 1 p.m. The meeting will be held in the council chambe...
Fri Sep 03 01:13:38 -0500 2010
Gilbert Times

The Oprah Winfrey Show will be filming at the Williamson Fieldhouse in West Williamson early Wednesday morning, but officials with the show are keeping it very hush-hush.  They’re trying to keep i...
noreply@gilberttimes.net (MICHAEL BROWNING Executive Editor)
Wed Aug 25 10:02:55 -0500 2010
Grayson County News Gazette

The Grayson Count Sheriff’s deputies along with deputies from the Grayson County Detention Center located and destroyed over 300 marijuana plants last Friday. In the fields of western Grayson Cou...
noreply@gcnewsgazette.com (Theresa Armstrong Reporter tarmstrong@gcnewsgazette.com)
Wed Sep 01 08:39:23 -0500 2010
Harlan Daily Enterprise

A bid for center line rumble strips for Harlan County roadways has been accepted from the low bidder, Surface Preparation Technologies Inc., at $298,574.27, which was substantially lower than the engineer’s estimate of $872,485.58.
noreply@harlandaily.com (NOLA SIZEMORE)
Thu Sep 02 22:45:16 -0500 2010
Hazard Herald

HAZARD – Nearly 1,300 people visited Hazard this past weekend for the 32nd annual Mountain Firefighters Association’s fire school, the largest of its kind in Kentucky. The school was hosted by Haz...
noreply@hazard-herald.com (CRIS RITCHIE – Editor)
Thu Sep 02 08:50:52 -0500 2010
Herald Independent

Hundreds of X-rays, personal data recovered
noreply@heraldindependent.com (Jill Cincotta)
Fri Sep 03 00:01:06 -0500 2010
Holly Springs

The Raleigh City Council will consider a recommendation on the proposed Southeast High Speed Rail Project at its meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 7 at 1 p.m. The meeting will be held in the council chambe...
Fri Sep 03 01:13:38 -0500 2010
Independent Herald

John Michael Montgomery will be stepping in as the headliner at this Saturday's Wyoming County Labor Day Festival concert, according to organizers. Uncle Kracker, who was scheduled to perform, ca...
Wed Sep 01 10:50:48 -0500 2010
Jefferson Post

Ashe County Board of Education will conduct a public hearing at 7 p.m. at their Monday, Sept. 13 meeting to hear comments on the consideration of the proposed installment/purchase financing contrac...
noreply@jeffersonpost.com (Linda Burchette, Assistant Editor)
Thu Sep 02 14:40:59 -0500 2010
LaGrange News

Troup County school board member Robert Tatum withdrew as a candidate for re-election Thursday, about five minutes before a scheduled hearing on whether he met residency requirements. Tatum, who...
noreply@lagrangenews.com (By Joel Martin Senior writer)
Thu Sep 02 17:10:00 -0500 2010
Laurinburg Exchange

Gift aids therapeutic riding program at St. Andrews
noreply@laurinburgexchange.com (Special to the Exchange)
Fri Sep 03 03:06:22 -0500 2010
Logan Banner

One flown to hospital for treatment
noreply@loganbanner.com (MICHAEL BROWNING, Executive Editor)
Thu Sep 02 13:52:23 -0500 2010
Macon County Times

Gregory M. Wright is a 2009 graduate of Red Boiling Springs High School.
Fri Sep 03 04:34:28 -0500 2010
Middlesboro Daily News

CALVIN, Ky. — He was doing the Chattahoochee in Cloverville, celebrating his accomplishments. That is, Jared Alan Sizemore, a 15-year-old Calvin resident, was demonstrating the 4-H camp dance song...
noreply@middlesborodailynews.com (Brandy Calvert/Managing Editor)
Fri Sep 03 02:30:50 -0500 2010
Mt Airy News

DOBSON — After attending the dedication of a new facility in Elkin, N.C. Secretary of Commerce Keith Crisco participated in a round-table discussion yesterday with local officials, answering their ...
noreply@mtairynews.com (Meghann Evans)
Fri Sep 03 01:10:34 -0500 2010
Newberry Observer

Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube are all immediate ways to communicate with others, and members of the Chamber of Commerce got an introduction yesterday morning into promoting themselves through...
noreply@newberryobserver.com (Cindy Pitts, Staff Writer)
Thu Sep 02 13:01:14 -0500 2010
News Democrat Leader

A young woman was injured Sunday afternoon while jumping off a 60-foot bluff at an old rock quarry on the Logan-Warren county line. Danielle Bartley, a 20-year-old WKU student from Louisville, jum...
noreply@newsdemocratleader.com (OJ Stapleton Editor)
Tue Aug 31 12:25:30 -0500 2010
Pickens Sentinel

LIBERTY — A Liberty woman died after a single-car accident Thursday morning. Katrina Ellenburg, 30, of 701 Anderson Highway, Liberty, died at the scene of the accident, which occurred at 7:53 ...
noreply@pickenssentinel.com (Jason Evans)
Thu Sep 02 14:35:49 -0500 2010
Pilot News

PINNACLE — The new school year may be just under way at Shoals Elementary School, but the school and its PTO group already have joined together to announce a project that has students, staff and th...
noreply@pilotmountainnews.com (By Dean Palmer)
Tue Aug 31 15:30:14 -0500 2010
My Daily Register

Blue Angels shut out Jackson JACKSON, Ohio — The Gallia Academy Blue Angels picked up their first league win on Thursday evening with a straight set victory over Jackson. The Blue Angels (3-0, ...
noreply@mydailyregister.com (Staff Report)
Fri Sep 03 01:01:42 -0500 2010
Portsmouth Daily Times

Portsmouth Firefighters were kept busy throughout the evening last night responding homes and businesses that reported smelling natural gas fumes. “We’ve been out to numerous locations around town...
noreply@portsmouth-dailytimes.com (Frank Lewis)
Fri Sep 03 00:00:30 -0500 2010
Powdersville Post

POWDERSVILLE — Anderson County Sheriff’s Office deputies are investigating what appears to have been a homicide at 245 Hood Road in Powdersville. Joshua Maness, who lived at Hood Road, died from ...
Thu Sep 02 10:02:43 -0500 2010
Red Springs Citizen

Edward Lee Butler, 68, of 3700 Lamboll Road, Fayetteville, died Aug. 30, 2010, at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Friday at Hatchers Chapel A.M.E. Zion ...
Thu Sep 02 15:22:51 -0500 2010
Robesonian

LUMBERTON — Unless there is a last-minute change in its path, Hurricane Earl will be a breeze for Robeson County. “This is an Outer Banks storm. That’s where all the action is going to be,” said...
noreply@robesonian.com (Staff and wire report)
Thu Sep 02 09:56:45 -0500 2010
St. Pauls Review

Edward Lee Butler, 68, of 3700 Lamboll Road, Fayetteville, died Aug. 30, 2010, at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Friday at Hatchers Chapel A.M.E. Zion ...
Thu Sep 02 15:22:51 -0500 2010
Your Daily Journal

Hollie Nivens Richmond County Daily Journal Ask for help, but only do so to remain strong, not because you are weak. That was a message sent to Richmond Community College students by Tawan Per...
noreply@yourdailyjournal.com (Hollie Nivens)
Thu Sep 02 21:52:36 -0500 2010
Clinton NC

Two Clinton men have been arrested on drug charges after a deputy with the Sampson County Criminal Interdiction Team stopped a van on I-40 for a minor traffic infraction. The stop turned up ap...
noreply@clintonnc.com (Doug Clark)
Thu Sep 02 23:30:48 -0500 2010
The Stokes News

There will be no change in Stokes County’s noise ordinance at this time. This was decided at the August 23 meeting of the Stokes County Board of Commissioners after much discussion over the cours...
noreply@thestokesnews.com (Leslie Bray Evans News Editor)
Wed Sep 01 23:59:35 -0500 2010
Thomaston Times

By Ashley Biles editorial3@ thomastontimes.com The upcoming Special Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) was the main topic of discussion at the Upson County Board of Commissioners’ town hall me...
Wed Sep 01 11:44:17 -0500 2010
Elkin Tribune

The 14th annual Yadkin Valley Pumpkin Festival will be held in downtown Elkin on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. The annual festival is one of the favorites of both residents and visitors to the Yadkin V...
noreply@elkintribune.com (Karen Martin)
Wed Sep 01 18:25:31 -0500 2010
Union Daily Times

Wall is reinforced, repaired and officials telling everyone to come out to Union County Stadium this Friday for Yellow Jacket football
noreply@uniondailytimes.com (NATHAN CHRISTOPHEL)
Thu Sep 02 09:37:20 -0500 2010
Williamson Daily News

The Treasure Hunters Roadshow is currently conducting business in Williamson by providing local residents with a venue to sell their personal treasures. The result: Long lines and many people w...
noreply@williamsondailynews.com (By TERRY L. MAY ASSOCIATE EDITOR)
Thu Sep 02 17:01:03 -0500 2010
Yadkin Ripple

Dean Naujoks is passionate about protecting the Yadkin River. His passion led him to his current commitment as the Yadkin Riverkeeper, which has given him a chance to make an impact on the long-te...
noreply@yadkinripple.com (Tim Bullard)
Wed Sep 01 17:49:44 -0500 2010
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