🌱 How a Mayodan tip helped end a dangerous two-day manhunt
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In today's newsletter:
- How a Mayodan tip helped end a dangerous two-day manhunt
Also on today's calendar: TNCLA Girls Varsity Soccer @ McMichael.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 88 and low of 53 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Partly sunny and hot, temps: high: 93, low: 56.
- Sunday: Cooler; a morning shower, with a high of 67 and low of 38 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Rockingham County officials arrest two suspects in armed home invasion, no weapon found (abc45.com) — A two-day manhunt for a suspect in an armed home invasion ended when deputies arrested him near Hall Road in Mayodan after a community tip. Mayodan Police and other local agencies helped track the suspect across Rockingham and Guilford counties. Authorities say the stolen shotgun is still missing, and both the suspect and an alleged accomplice now face multiple felony charges. 
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SPECIAL Soup and Sing – Potluck Dinner and Jam Session
Stonefield Cellars Winery, 8220 NC-68, Stokesdale
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Saturday April 18
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TNCLA Girls Varsity Soccer @ McMichael
Dalton McMichael High School , 6845 NC-135 , Mayodan
6:00 pm
Thursday May 7
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🗓 Events Nearby
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JV/V BB @ RCHS
Morehead High Stoneville, NC 27048
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Meat Center Anniversary ??
Western Rockingham Chamber of Commerce - WRCC , 112 W Murphy St , Madison -
Triad's House Plant Market
Piedmont Triad Farmers Market , 2914 Sandy Ridge Rd , Colfax
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M Tennis v. McMichael
Morehead High Stoneville, NC 27048
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M Golf @ Lynrock
Morehead High Stoneville, NC 27048
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SB @ McMichael
Morehead High Stoneville, NC 27048
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W Soccer v. Walkertown
Morehead High Stoneville, NC 27048
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JV/V BB @ McMichael
Morehead High Stoneville, NC 27048
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Job Fair - Rockingham County
Robert Keys Gymnasium , 558 County Home Rd , Wentworth
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W Soccer @ Reidsville
Morehead High Stoneville, NC 27048
6:00 pm
Friday April 17
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- We receive numerous calls here at the Wildlife Commission during the growing season from panicked landowners who have “a bunch of little bees hovering over the ground.
” We are here to help! Believe it or not, most of the more than 500 native bee species in North Carolina nest underground. (Hopefully you haven’t… (Nextdoor ) - ⏰ Today is Tax Day, North Carolina.
If you haven’t already, take a moment to file and pay today to avoid penalties and interest. Every step forward counts. We’re here to support you. … (Nextdoor )
- Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. posted a job opening for Production Associate in Mayodan. Apply here.
- Walmart, Inc. posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Mayodan. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mayodan here.
🗞 Nearby News
Madison
- High School Round Up: April 14, 2026 (wlos.com)
- Navigating housing affordability and a rising recession risk: Top economists' takes on a gummed-up economy (wlos.com)
Eden
- Tip from public leads to arrest of Eden break-in suspect after multi-day search (wfmynews2.com)
- Coroner IDs man accused of attempting to cause explosion at South MS courthouse (sunherald.com)
Reidsville
- April 15, 2026 Reidsville Planning Board Meeting (rceno.com)
- April 14, 2026 Reidsville City Council Meeting (rceno.com)
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