🌱 What investigators say led to charges in a Roxboro foster home death
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- What investigators say led to charges in a Roxboro foster home death
Also on today's calendar: Christmas Gnome Paint & Sip.
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- Wednesday: Increasing cloudiness, with a high of 53 and low of 28 degrees.
- Thursday: Rain and drizzle in the p.m., temps: high: 52, low: 46.
- Friday: Mostly sunny and windy, with a high of 56 and low of 26 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• North Carolina woman charged with murder after 1-year-old dies in foster home (wxii12.com) — Roxboro residents should know a 49-year-old woman has been indicted on second-degree murder charges after a 1-year-old boy died in a Roxboro foster home in May. Investigators say toxicology tests showed a fatal mix of medications, and she is being held in the Person County Detention Center on a $300,000 bond pending her first court appearance this week. 
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Thursday December 18
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Christmas Gnome Paint & Sip
OD on Coffee , 701 N Main St , Roxboro
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Thursday December 18
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Hillsborough Parent Walking Group
Eno Riverwalk
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North Central Region Meeting
STEM Early High School , 219 Charles St , Henderson
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WR vs Gravelly Hill
Charles W Stanford Middle Hillsborough, NC 27278
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Holiday Band Concert
Lower School Auditorium -
OPS LS Reindeer Games in Multi-Purpose Room
Oxford Preparatory Oxford, NC 27565
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BBB vs Gravelly Hill
Charles W Stanford Middle Hillsborough, NC 27278
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GBB at Gravelly Hill
Charles W Stanford Middle Hillsborough, NC 27278
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Bartlett Yancey Buccaneers vs Halifax County Senior Comets
Bartlett Yancey High School , 466 E Main St , Yanceyville
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Eno River Academy Boys JV Basketball @ Falls Lake
Falls Lake Academy , 1701 E Lyon Station Rd , Creedmoor
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Planning Board
Granville County Convention & Expo Center , 4185 US-15 , Oxford
7:00 pm
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Anyone need some work done before or even after xmas.
I offer alot of services. Looking for interior work on the colder days. Services offered, ceiling fans, lights, tv mounting, board and batten, decks,… (Nextdoor Old Allensville Road)
- Food Lion posted a job opening for PT Cake Decorator in Roxboro. Apply here.
- H&R Block, Inc. posted a job opening for Bookkeeper - Franchise Location in Roxboro. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Roxboro here.
🗞 Nearby News
Oxford
- Basketball Game Preview: Oxford Prep Griffins vs. Durham School of the Arts Bulldogs (maxpreps.com)
Hillsborough
- 3 things happening in NC: Wright Brothers Day, holidays at Reynolda House, and Hillsborough Lantern Walk (cardinalpine.com)
- Brightspeed splashes cash on STEM and Esports programs (lightreading.com)
- Orange County Sheriff's Office Details String of Break-Ins, Larceny Charges Against 2 Teenagers (chapelboro.com)
Durham
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