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• The Elizabethtown Police Department announced that they captured three thieves that had stolen $500 from a local supermarket.
• East Bladen football and track coach Doug Henderson announced his resignation to accept a coaching position at West Guilford High School.
• Candidate for governor of North Carolina Skipper Bowles was campaigning in Bladen County.