BLADENBORO - The 32nd seeded St. Pauls Bulldogs defeated the number-one seeded West Bladen Knights in the first round of the 2A NCHSAA playoffs last Tuesday evening. The Knights scored the first run of the evening in their half of the first inning and St. Pauls was able to respond in the third inning to tie the game at 1-1. St. Pauls captured a one run lead at the top of the fourth but their opponents refused to buckle as they tallied on two runs in the following at-bat to reclaim the lead at 3-2.
ELIZABETHTOWN – Once nestled in the heart of downtown E-town was a shop that tested the limits of eclectic. It continues to do that today – but from a different location.
ELIZABETHTOWN – A young girl with the sparkle of a child’s wonderment in her eyes stands before a crowd that may or may not know that this 35-year-old woman has felt as if she’s lived many lives and through the hurts and the setbacks, she’s still so willing to bear her heart to an audience of strangers.
BLADENBORO - The Red Springs Lady Red Devils defeated the West Bladen Lady Knights for a 4-1 victory on Tuesday evening in a SAC 6 Conference match-up.
BLADENBORO – There is a small group of volunteers that help to make decisions concerning the Bladenboro Historical Society and the artifacts in the building. As we posted in part one of this story, the bottom line, is they want to keep the building open and there are precious lives that have put everything into this project so that it will be a lasting legacy to Bladenboro and the generations to come.
ELIZABETHTOWN – COVID hit North Carolina as hard as it hit everyone else and toward the bottom of the pile were Gil and Samantha Granda which had their environmental business devastated by the turn of worldwide events.