Jordan Golson – Moore County Edition

Jan

11

2024

Pinehurst warns downtown businesses on public trash cans

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PINEHURST — The Village sent a letter to the downtown business community last week to remind business owners to not use public garbage cans for commercial trash. “Village staff has noticed increased commercial trash being placed in the Village’s public receptacles scatter throughout downtown,” the message read. “This trash has included boxes, papers, food containers, etc., with the names of several downtown businesses on the garbage itself.” In some instances, the trash receptacles have been overflowing with so much commercial garbage that they aren’t able to be used by the public. The missive didn’t name names, but the message was…

Moore courts tackle backlog with ‘DWI Week’

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CARTHAGE — Local courts face significant backlogs in pending cases, so district attorneys are getting creative. For the third year in a row, Moore County District Attorney Mike Hardin worked with the District Court to tackle 73 DWI cases that had been pending for more than a year. The special weeklong court session, running from Nov. 27 to Dec. 1, 2023, saw two courtrooms running full-tilt to bring 38 cases to a conclusion, with DA Hardin's team racking up an 89 percent conviction rate. The session, focusing on cases from November 2022 and earlier, was part of a broader effort…

Sandhills student wins $100K Dr. Pepper Tuition Toss

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Thanks to some nifty passing, Andrew Jimenez, president of the Student Government Association at Sandhills Community College, earned a $100,000 scholarship from the Dr. Pepper Tuition Giveaway at the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta’s Mercedes Benz Stadium. The soda maker holds a competition of football accuracy during halftime of the major conference title games each year. The $100,000 winner is chosen based on who can more accurately chuck footballs through a hole in the side of an enormous can of Dr. Pepper. “It was so awesome winning the Dr Pepper Tuition Giveaway this weekend,” said Jimenez in a statement shared…