City begins prep work for upgraded plant
BY BILL WILLCOX COURIER-TIMES STAFF WRITER billwillcox@roxboro-courier.com The Roxboro City Council has awarded a contract to clear 10 acres of land behind the wastewater treatment plant in...
View ArticlePCC ranks high on national list
BY BILL WILLCOX COURIER-TIMES STAFF WRITER billwillcox@roxboro-courier.com In a new study Piedmont Community College has been ranked as one of the top community colleges in the country.In its fourth...
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DOT will study intersection
BY BILL WILLCOX COURIER-TIMES STAFF WRITER billwillcox@roxboro-courier.com Roxboro City Council members spent about 45 minutes at their Aug. 8 meeting listening to N.C. Department of Transportation...
View ArticleWeather is promising for Person Co. eclipse viewers
BY BILL WILLCOX COURIER-TIMES STAFF WRITER billwillcox@roxboro-courier.com The weather forecast is shaping up favorably Monday afternoon for viewing the partial solar eclipse in Person County.read more
View ArticleFestival kicks off Friday
BY BILL WILLCOX COURIER-TIMES STAFF WRITER billwillcox@roxboro-courier.com Get ready for some fun Person County!This Friday and Saturday, the streets of Uptown Roxboro will be the scene of the largest...
View ArticlePolice focus on customer service
BY BILL WILLCOX COURIER-TIMES STAFF WRITER billwillcox@courier-times.com Last year, the Roxboro City Council approved new records management software for the police department to enhance functionality...
View ArticleBoard splits over plan to seek bids
BY BILL WILLCOX COURIER-TIMES STAFF WRITER billwillcox@roxboro-courier.com It is a question that affects every taxpaying citizen in Person County. Should the county end its contract with Republic...
View ArticleCourt filings blame Bradsher
By Johnny Whitfield Courier-Times Editor johnnywhitfield@roxboro-courier.com Affidavits filed by two of the defendants in a civil lawsuit against two former district attorneys and others lay much of...
View ArticleNumbers highlight development challenge
By Johnny Whitfield Courier-Times Editor johnnywhitfield@roxboro-courier.com Person County’s newly-reconstituted Economic Development Commission got down to work Wednesday with a look at some of the...
View ArticleNew signal lights nearly ready
BY BILL WILLCOX COURIER-TIMES STAFF WRITER billwillcox@roxboro-courier.com One of Roxboro’s busy intersections will soon be fully signalized.Work crews were at work installing the signals on Thursday...
View ArticleParents dislike parking policy
By Johnny Whitfield Courier-Times Editor johnnywhitfield@roxboro-courier.com Despite the pleas of several parents on Monday night, the board of directors at Roxboro Community School took no action to...
View ArticleSocial media policy adopted
BY BILL WILLCOX COURIER-TIMES STAFF WRITER billwillcox@roxboro-courier.com The Roxboro City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday, Sept. 12 to adopt a social media policy that will govern how city...
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Fletcher joins C-T staff as education reporter
BY BILL WILLCOX COURIER-TIMES STAFF WRITER billwillcox@roxboro-courier.com The Courier-Times welcomed its newest reporter, Anna Fletcher, to the news staff on Monday.She will cover the education beat,...
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Man faces charges after large seizure
By Johnny Whitfield Courier-Times Editor johnnywhitfield@roxboro-courier.com Person County Sheriff ’s deputies arrested a Roxboro-area man Monday afternoon after he led deputies and Roxboro police on...
View ArticleLand use matters pack county slate
BY BILL WILLCOX COURIER-TIMES STAFF WRITER billwillcox@roxboro-courier.com The Person Board of County Commissioners will hold six public hearings, an uncommonly high number, on Monday night when it...
View ArticleNew pay plan could hurt principals
By Anna Fletcher Courier-Times Staff Writer annafletcher@roxboro-courier.com A new North Carolina state plan created in June to increase principal pay may actually reduce salaries for Person County...
View ArticleElection Day is Tuesday
BY BILL WILLCOX COURIER-TIMES STAFF WRITER billwillcox@roxboro-courier.com Registered voters in the City of Roxboro who do not cast early ballots by 1 p.m. today will be eligible to head to the polls...
View ArticleNew charter bids for place in Person
By Anna Fletcher Courier-Times Staff Writer annafletcher@roxboro-courier.com A proposed new charter school is making its case in claiming a role in Person County amidst mixed emotions from the...
View ArticlePatrol targets school bus scofflaws
By Johnny Whitfield Courier-Times Editor johnnywhitfield@roxboro-courier.com There aren’t too many laws more plain than the ones that require drivers to stop for a stopped school bus.But each year in...
View ArticleNew law upends landfill debate
BY BILL WILLCOX COURIER-TIMES STAFF WRITER billwillcox@roxboro-courier.com A new state law appears to have settled a big issue facing Person County -- how to deal with the county’s solid waste going...
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