West Bladen may not have been “great” in a 55-33 victory against East Bladen on Wednesday night in front of a packed crowd inside Ken F. Cross Gymnasium, but the Knights had more than enough to post its seventh straight victory over their county rivals.

East Bladen girls’ basketball coach Patty Evers has been concerned about the way her team has started games recently.

The West Bladen junior varsity boys’ basketball team scored the first seven points of the second half, then shut out rival East Bladen in the fourth quarter Wednesday for a 36-16 non-conference win inside Ken F. Cross Gymnasium.

When you’re hot, you’re hot.

Bladenboro and Clarkton won games Tuesday in the Bladen County middle school boys’ basketball preseason tournament played inside Harold L. Ford Gymnasium.

East Bladen’s Ariel Cromartie and Union’s Zadariyah Faison dueled for scoring honors Tuesday night.

ELIZABETHTOWN - Small, local businesses are more than storefronts in Elizabethtown.

ELIZABETHTOWN - The Elizabethtown Town Council held their first meeting of the year Jan. 5 with some surprise announcements and a lot of business being transacted. The meeting also prompted questions.