ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — Hundreds of people in western Rockingham County do not want a casino where they live. The Ellisboro Baptist Church had standing room only on Tuesday night for a community meeting organized against any casino development on 192 acres off Highway 220 in Rockingham County. A vote to rezone the […]
Residents here say they are worried about a move afoot in Raleigh to expand gaming in the rural county that comes at the same time an investor linked with casino development has requested commercial zoning of a large parcel of land along U.S. 220 near Madison in the Huntsville Township.