Friends in high places

Former Rockingham County Board of Commissioners chairman and now alleged doper Keith Mabe (left) and Rockingham County District Attorney Craig Blitzer smile it up for the camera.  Mabe goes on trial for doping on June 3rd.

More crime at Walmart

The Reidsville Review doesn't specify the victim of the crime, but I'm willing to bet many, if not all, of this week's crimes were committed at Reidsville's Walmart.

From the Review:

The Reidsville Police Department charged Matthew Dale Sotkes, 35, of 2101 S. Scales St., Reidsville, with shoplifting.

The Reidsville Police Department charged Samantha Roxanne Hanks, 25, of 514 Barnes St., Reidsville, with shoplifting.

The Reidsville Police Department charged Justin Allen Holland, 26, of 3678 Grooms Road, Wilmington, with shoplifting.

The Reidsville Police Department charged Wendy Wilson Evans, 37, of 170 Penny Lane, Reidsville, with shoplifting.

Stealing from Walmart has become a major part of the Rockingham County economy.

Go to www.reidsville.com

A curious fact

Rockingham County's unemployment rate is higher than Caswell County's (and Stokes, Forsyth, and Guilford).

I know the asshole

I'm betting I know the lone asshole who admitted he has sued someone.

A more interesting question would have been "Have you ever sued someone and won?"

Sound familiar?

I swear on a stack of Bibles... Bedford County, Va takes theft a little more seriously than Rockingham County.

NC wins again!

North Carolina has placed in the top ten worst places to retire.  Congrats, Tarheels!

Mayor Festerman returns to power?

Just when you thought it was safe to come out again... Word on the Street is Reidsville's former Mayor James Festerman is considering again serving on the City Council.  Festerman will take Sherry Walker's seat when he returns to power.

Festerman is shown here presenting some sort of award to former Walmart shopper Terresia Scoble.