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Football: Heide Trask 13, West Bladen 7
ROCKY POINT– Tony Holmes scored the go-ahead touchdown on a short run as Heide Trask squeaked out a 13-7 Four County Conference football victory over West Bladen Thursday night. Both teams scored...
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Women’s Tennis: West Bladen 8, East Bladen 1
DUBLIN – West Bladen’s Lady Knights clinched the Four County Conference Women’s Tennis Championship with an 8-1 victory over East Bladen Thursday on Senior Day. The Lady Knights remained unbeaten at...
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Middle School Football: Elizabethtown 37, Tar Heel 0
TAR HEEL– Javant McDowell ran for 2 touchdowns to lead Elizabethtown to a 37-0 Bladen Five Middle School Conference football victory over Tar Heel Thursday night. McDowell carried 8 yards for a...
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Middle School Football: Bladenboro 36, Clarkton School of Discovery 20
BLADENBORO – Bladenboro outscored Clarkton School of Discovery 36-20 Thursday night in Bladen Five Middle School Conference football action. Garrett Melvin, Malachi Oxendine and Jake Garrison scored...
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Volleyball: Heide Trask 3, East Bladen 2
ROCKY POINT – Heide Trask rallied from a set down twice to edge East Bladen 3-2 Thursday night in Four County Conference volleyball action. The Lady Eagles took the first set 25-20, but Trask fought...
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Volleyball: Pender 3, West Bladen 0
DUBLIN – Pender defeated West Bladen 3-0 Thursday night in Four County Conference volleyball action by set scores of 25-11, 25-17 and 28-26. On ‘Cure ALL Knight’, the Lady Knights played in honor of...
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JV Volleyball: Pender 2, West Bladen 0
DUBLIN – Pender defeated West Bladen 2-0 Thursday night in Four County Conference jayvee volleyball action by set scores of 25-22 and 25-18. On ‘Cure ALL Knight’, the Lady Knights played in honor of...
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Football: East Bladen 41, Pender 3
BURGAW – Senior Ethan Hines rushed for 173 yards and scored 4 touchdowns to lead East Bladen’s Eagles to a 41-3 Four County Conference football victory over Pender Thursday night. Ethan Hines scored on...
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Bladen under flash flood watch through Sunday
The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for Bladen County through Sunday afternoon because of the potential for up to 10 inches of rain from Hurricane Matthew. The watch was issued...
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Thoughts While Shaving for October 7
Hurricane Mathew is headed toward Bladen, complete with strong winds and lots of rain, between now and Sunday. The National Weather Service is expecting rainfall totals for our area, based on the...
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Friends of Bay Lakes to hold Fall Festival Oct. 29
By: Erin Smith Jones Lake State Park will be the destination for a fall festival on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. There will be plenty to see and do as there will be hay rides, games,...
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Hickory Grove Baptist Church annual homecoming and 182nd anniversary celebration
Hickory Grove Baptist Church cordially invites everyone to come and bring your friends and families to a wonderful day of fellowship during our annual homecoming and 182nd anniversary celebration on...
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Wildflowers brighten up fall roadside
By: Erin Smith To see more photos, click here. As people drive along the roadways in Bladen County and elsewhere they are greeted at various times of the year by fields of wildflowers beckoning in...
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For Better Living: Eat More Fruit…Apples!
By Sandra Cain If you’re planning a trip to the mountains this month, be sure to pick up some fresh North Carolina apples. Apples are delicious, easy to carry for snacking, low in calories and they are...
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National Guard Armory in Elizabethtown serves as staging area for Hurricane...
To see more pictures, click here. By: Erin Smith The National Guard Armory Charlie Company 1/120th Inf. Reg. located on Swanzy Street in Elizabethtown is serving as one of four staging areas for...
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Bladen County placed under tropical storm warning, shelters to open Saturday
The National Weather Service placed Bladen County under a tropical storm warning Friday afternoon as Hurricane Matthew continues to move toward the southeastern North Carolina coast. The flash flood...
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Sheriff McVicker Announces Arrest in August Armed Robbery
Sheriff James A. McVicker announced the October 6th arrest of Thomas Sherell Tawon Bryant, 29, of 209 Rachel Street, Lumberton, NC for an armed robbery that happened at the Smithfield Foods meat...
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Emergency shelters set to open Saturday morning
Due to the threat of localized flooding from Hurricane Matthew all shelters in Bladen County will open at 8 a.m. Saturday morning. There has been one change in a shelter location – the East Arcadia...
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Bladenboro declares state of emergency, issues curfew
The town of Bladenboro has declared a state of emergency and issued a curfew for the next two nights in anticipation of severe weather caused by Hurricane Matthew. A declaration signed by Mayor Rufus...
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ROUZER URGES CONSTITUENTS TO BE PREPARED FOR HURRICANE MATTHEW
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Rouzer sent an e-newsletter update to residents in the 7th District this week urging them to prepare for Hurricane Matthew, as well as providing hurricane preparedness tips as...
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