ELIZABETHTOWN — As church bells in town signaled the noon hour on Friday, shots began ringing out in the hallway of Paul R. Brown Leadership Academy. Seven shots in all. “This is an Academy lockdown […]
ELIZABETHTOWN — The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting an Integrated Public Safety Response exercise on Friday, April 20, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Elizabethtown Middle School and the Paul R. […]
ELIZABETHTOWN — The Bladen County Cooperative Extension Office filled a four-month void recently, promoting Becky Spearman to the director’s post. She was formally introduced to the county’s Board of Commissioners on Monday. Spearman takes over […]
BLADENBORO — The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating Alejandra Vazquez Ramirez, 16, of Bladenboro. Ramirez is an Hispanic female, 5-feet, 1-inch tall, weighing 150 pounds. She has dark brown […]
BLADENBORO — Bladen County has a new best biscuit maker, found Saturday at the Bladenboro Spring Fling. Gwen Thompson’s culinary delight was chosen by three judges as the best biscuit in Bladen County on Saturday […]
ELIZABETHTOWN — Doll Priest stood at the door of the PAC building at Elizabethtown Presbyterian Church on Saturday, greeting people as they arrived and departed with hellos and hugs. And though the smile was ever-present, […]
RALEIGH — North Carolina Coastal Pines recently announced that Keana Dowless of Bladenboro is the top seller in Bladen County for the 2018 Girl Scout Cookie Program. Dowless sold 2393 boxes of Girl Scout cookies […]
ELIZABETHTOWN — The residency of N.C. House Rep. William Brisson is being challenged, and the preliminary hearing is set for next week. Elizabethtown attorney Matthew John Dixon, a former opponent of Brisson’s, recently filed an […]
ELIZABETHTOWN — According to the state of North Carolina, nearly 300 home schools exist in Bladen County, but few options exist for them all to get together. “There’s such a stereotype of homeschooling as an […]
ELIZABETHTOWN — As the Easter holiday was unfolding, starting with the observance of Good Friday, a small group of local teenagers were canvassing the downtown Elizabethtown area with the hopes of exchanging hand-made crosses for […]
RALEIGH — Maj. Gen. Greg Lusk, North Carolina’s National Guard, Adjutant General, presented the Meritorious Public Service Medal during a special ceremony at the North Carolina National Guard’s Joint Force Headquarters in Raleigh on Tuesday […]
CONCORD — The BlackJack unit from the Paul R. Brown Leadership Academy in Elizabethtown won its second straight National Society of Pershing Rifles Drill Championship against a stiff field of competitoin. Paul R. Brown Leadership […]
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