“We didn’t start this with the intentions of having a big round up, but it kept growing and growing.” Person County Sheriff Dewey Jones spoke those words Friday regarding the arrest of 19 people Thursday in connection with recent undercover drug pro More...

After executing a search warrant Tuesday in Rougemont, deputies with the Person County Sheriff ’s Office arrested a man on multiple drugs and firearms charges. More...

Person County Schools (PCS) has announced 10 site candidates for Teacher of the Year (TOY), and will name one of them Person County Teacher of the Year for 2015 Wednesday evening. The nominees are Ornetta Bradsher at Earl Bradsher Preschool, More...

Editor’s note: Each week, we are venturing out onto the streets of Roxboro looking for Personians to feature and to answer our question of the week for one of our regular features, Word on the Street. More...

The junior varsity baseball teams from Person High School and Roxboro Community School competed in the first two days of the annual JV Easter Tournament held at Person. More...

The Person High School baseball team will have to go through the second half of the conference season without the pitcher expected to be the staff ’s ace. More...

Roxboro Community School baseball coach Pete Tuck had an interesting opportunity presented to him. More...

To me, the celebration of Easter occupies a special day in my year when I can sit down and enjoy my friends, family and the Christian way of life. More...

The 69th annual Central Piedmont Junior Livestock Show and Sale was recently held on April 9-10, in Hillsborough. The tradition began on April 24, 1946 in Durham. More...

Person High School (PHS) Teacher Cadets sent PHS teachers on an egg-finding mission last week to help them have fun and relieve some stress during the busy week before spring break. More...

The Arc of Person County announces the annual Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship is available to individuals who wish to pursue or continue their education in the field of intellectual/developmental disabilities education. More...

Dallas F. Shields of Rougemont and Carey A. Watkins of Roxboro graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in the summer of 2013. Courtney R. Taylor of Roxboro and Carole H. More...