RALEIGH –The Clarkton School of Discovery bridge-building team earned a third-place finish on Friday, April 20, in the annual state-wide Model Bridge Building Competition. Students from Polk County Early College and Polk County Middle School […]
WHITEVILLE – The Leapfrog Group, a Washington, D.C.,-based organization aiming to improve health care quality and safety for consumers and purchasers, on Monday released the new Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, and Columbus Regional Healthcare System […]
LONDON (Reuters) – With the final brass “toad” nestled at the bottom of the hole, team members from the Black Horse club jumped in the air to chest bump after becoming world champions at one […]
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A wayward tortoise that cracked its shell after falling off a 10-foot wall in California is recovering after vets used screws, zip ties and denture material to repair it. San Diego […]
MONROE, La. (AP) — Police in Louisiana say a woman came home to discover a naked stranger in her tub, eating her Cheetos while taking a bath. A Monroe police affidavit says 29-year-old Evelyn Washington […]
ROCKFORD, Mich. (AP) — There will be no shortage of hand-me-downs for this Michigan kid. The Grand Rapids Press reports that Kateri and Jay Schwandt welcomed the birth of their 14th son on Wednesday, five […]
LEVELAND (AP) — Greyhound says it is investigating how a bus meant to take passengers from Cleveland to New York ended up in Toledo. WEWS-TV reports that the bus left Cleveland several hours late on […]
ELIZABETHTOWN — Dr. Leroy Purdie, a Bladen County native, will be the keynote speaker at the Bladen County Training School-Bladen Central High School Alumni Association’s Minority Business Banquet on Saturday, April 28. Purdie, a U.S. […]
RALEIGH — Jesse Shapiro sees first-hand the effects of the opioid epidemic. That might seem strange since Shapiro is a lawyer who handles claims for injured workers in North Carolina. Starting May 1, new rules […]
DUBLIN — Bladen Community College has announced the following staffing promotions: — Carlton Bryan, former registrar, is now Disabilities, Testing, and Veterans Services director. — Former Assistant Registrar Andrea Carter-Fisher is now registrar. — Bridgette […]
FAYETTEVILLE — On April 17, Fayetteville State University held the Program of Recognition for the Chancellor’s List Students named in the Fall 2017 semester. Students named to the Chancellor’s List successfully completed at least 12 […]
Blaze burns out three businesses FAIRMONT — A fire, believed to have started in the Dollar Tree store on North Walnut Street, left a burned-out shell of the strip shopping center on Friday evening. The […]
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