Our high temperature for today most likely occurred at 12:15 AM … 57 degrees. Forecast for today … becoming mostly sunny with a high near…
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. … Christmas trees, shoppers busy, merchants smiling and youngsters excited as they talk to Santa. It really…
Late NFL score … LARams 28 – Seattle Seahawks 12. Tonight: Eagles vs Giants. Carolina Panthers are looking for a new leader … meanwhile, former…
Top College football results from yesterday… Ohio State 34 – Wisconsin 21 LSU 37 – Georgia 10 Clemson 62 – Virginia 17 Oregon 37 –…
Reminder of the Bladenboro Christmas Parade today … beginning at 10:30 a.m. Following the parade, enjoy a BBQ plate, available at the Bladenboro fire department.…
By Jefferson Weaver Mr. Roo greets the morning an hour or so early every day, much to the dismay of the geese. I don’t know…
NFL score from Thursday night action … Chicago Bears 31 – Dallas Cowboys 24. No new filings for local political offices since Monday. … Still…
The annual Christmas Light Show is ongoing at Lu Mil Vineyard … Thursday – Sunday this week from 6 to 10 p.m. Cost is $10…
My long time, dependable computer apparently has died, without much notice. Have a replacement and a spare. Replacement not set up to my satisfaction as…
Filing for local political offices attracted incumbents, former office holders and newcomers on the first day … See our news page for all. The filing…
This promises to be a very busy week … the first week of the last month, 2019. Filing begins for political offices from the local…
December 1, 2019 … can you believe? All around, the sounds and sights of Christmas … and this afternoon, the Annual Elizabethtown Christmas Parade begins…
By: Charlotte Smith This holiday season there will be a lot of parties and events for young and old to attend. Recently my family was…
Just one month left in 2019 … difficult to believe. So, did you do any shopping on Black Friday? Apparently, nationwide … a good day…
Strollin’ thru this world today is an interesting trip. … You meet all kind of people, most really good folks … conservatives, liberals, middle of…
Happy Thanksgiving Day … 2019. Turkey & dressing, collards, time with family and friends … football and parades and above all … time to give…
Should be a busy day, today, everywhere … especially the grocery stores … the day before Thanksgiving … 2 days before Black Friday. Be aware…
What was your most memorable Thanksgiving? Not sure I could describe any one as the most memorable. Just about all have included family … as…
Appears to be much activity related to preparation for Christmas recently … at home, at churches, commercial areas … throughout the area. Christmas cards addressed,…
Hey, no quarrelling over politics on the annual day of gratitude. And certainly not at the dinner table. Zealous debaters, are you aware that a…
College football scores: Wake Forest 39 – Duke 27 UNC 56 – Mercer 7 East Carolina 31 – Connecticut 24 Virginia 55 – Liberty 27…
Happy to see the past week end. … I realize there is much that goes on that we know little or nothing about, but for…
Thanksgiving just a week away … AAA 2019 travel forecast: 49.3 million Americans will be taking a road trip. 4.45 million Americans will fly. 1.49…
Check our Community Announcements, Upcoming Events and Fundraisers on News Page. Are you watching the DC hearings? I do not watch or listen. … Do…
By Melissa Martin It’s decided. I’m giving Squirrel in Underpants Air Fresheners as my holiday gifts. I hope the scent is pine and not wet…
Late night NFL score — LA Rams 17 – Chicago Bears 7. Thinking about a contributing to a worthy organization, maybe a tax deduction before…
Organizers of the 3rd Annual Pork & Beats Festival overcame the rain, wind and cool temps and drew the largest crowd ever. … Congratulations. See…
Sometimes you just have to sit back and realize the sheer ridiculousness of people. This week’s Friday Funny memes found across the world wide web…
First things first….it’s raining now and rain is forecast through about noontime Sunday. Today’s (Friday) forecast…Rain, High near 48. Northeast wind 9 to 13 mph,…
So much going on in Bladen County. … See our news page … Community Announcements, Upcoming Events and Fundraisers … and if you have an…
By Jefferson Weaver As Miss Rhonda napped and I marked the halfway point home, I glanced at a longleaf pine standing solitary by a recently-turned…
Low temp overnight in the upper 20s. 27 degrees is the all-time low for this date in Bladen County. Rainfall at Curtis Brown airport was…
Time to bring out the ‘long johns’ and heavy jackets. Winter-type weather arrives today … Nice this AM … low 60s, dropping to low 40s…
By Brenda Brown Social Security Public Affairs Specialist, Fayetteville Many people working nowadays have more than one job. This means they have several sources of…
By Melissa Martin Columnist The jelly belly of jolly olé St. Nicholas is bothering the diet-obsessed. And they are fat-shaming Santa Claus. Fat phobia has…
NFL Sunday night play…Vikings 29 – Cowboys 24. Tonight…49ers vs Seahawks. Today is Veterans Day. … Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is a…
By Dr. Mike Walden I have a friend whose son – we’ll call him Steve – is unhappy with the economy. Steve went to a…
Contributed Thank you for your vote of confidence in the recent election. We thank you for the opportunity to continue to serve you! Town of…
Contributed Christmas brings out the needy, greedy, seedy, and unheedy. It is the best of times. It is the worst of times. The needy. This…
Bladen County high school football results East Bladen 42 – West Bladen 6 East Bladen soccer team plays at North Johnston today, 2nd round of…
Jeffrey Bryan from Wilmington wrote on 11/08/2019 at 12:16 pm: Today is the distribution day for the 6th Annual Roger`s Wish Project at the Bladen…
East Bladen host West Bladen in football this evening … final game of the season for both teams. Has not been the season either team,…
Good news in recent days for rural areas of Bladen & Sampson counties, and small portions of Cumberland, Columbus and Duplin. Star Telephone has been…
For the record, I like owls. I also like forests. I have nothing against homeless people, and I truly think more could be done to…
The voters spoke yesterday….several newcomers elected, but many incumbents were re-elected. Check our news page. Bladenboro voters approved the sale of beer and wine, approved…
It’s Election Day 2019 for municipalities throughout the area. The day you make choices about those who will be leaders in local government. Lots of…
Brief recap of yesterday’s big sporting events… NASCAR top 3 in Texas: 1. Kevin Harvick 2. Aric Almirola 3. Daniel Suarez Last night NFL action…
By Melissa Martin Do you ever think about what’s going on in the three pounds of tissue inside your skull that sets on the top…
College football results … Wake Forest 44 – NC State 10 Virginia 38 – UNC 31 Boston College 58 – Syracuse 27 Notre Dame 21…
High School football scores from last night … South Columbus 35 – West Bladen 22 Red Springs 55 – West Columbus 0 Whiteville 28 –…
One of the best, if not the all-time best high school pitchers in my lifetime will be buried today. Charles Victor Davis, best known in…
Washington Nationals World Series Champs. … First time ever. Nationals 6 – Houston Astros 2. Average high temp for November in Bladen … 65 degrees…
Between politics, being pulled in multiple directions on a myriad of axes, the perpetually offended and confused world around us, and Santa Claus’ invasion and…
There was a huge turnout at the Job Fair at Bladen Community College, last evening. Bladen and Columbus counties are attempting to locate a new…
By Charlotte Smith Pastors bare a heavy burden at times. A pastor is defined in the dictionary as a minister in charge of a Christian…
NFL action last night … Steelers 27 – Dolphins 14 Game 6 of 2019 World Series tonight … Washington Nationals vs Houston Astros game time…
Contributed by Wayne Schaeffer, Chairman/Bladen County GOP Just a reminder: Bladen County’s Republican Club will be meeting tomorrow (Monday), October 28th, at 6PM in the…
Recently attended a meeting where one of the topics was robo-calls. … Last year over 5.3 billion calls were made. Not all robo calls are…
Yes, it happens to the best of us. Aging often brings on the muffin top. That jiggly piece of stomach that is squishy and squeezy.…
Beast Fest a huge success. Hundreds streamed into Bladenboro Saturday for the Annual event. . … Maybe the most of everything … attendance, exhibitors, etc.…
By Dr. Mike Walden One of the biggest changes in recent decades has been the revival of big cities. Through the birth and development of…
Weather forecast for next few hours … Showers likely with thunderstorms possible. Mostly cloudy, high in the low 80s. Southeast wind 7 to 11 mph…
Late night NFL action; Dallas Cowboys 37, Philadelphia Eagles 10. Tonight: NE Patriots vs New York Jets. World Series begins Tuesday (tomorrow). Washington Nationals at…
Rain, rain and more rain … mostly early today as the remnants of ‘Nestor’ moves through the area. Later, partly sunny with highs in the…
High school football scores: West Bladen 36 – West Columbus 33 St. Pauls 34 – East Bladen 28 Red Springs 28 – Whiteville 13 Fairmont…
By Jefferson Weaver All I do is tell the stories, best as I can. My friends in blue, gray, brown, red and green live the…
Kill or be killed. “On the night he died, after a day of heavy drinking, Andrew Harris sexually and verbally assaulted Mia. When the abuse…
Jeffery Bryan left the following message on our Guestbook page as a reminder about the 6th annual Roger’s Project. “The 6th Annual Roger`s Project is…
NL playoffs Washington Nationals 7, St. Louis Cardinals 4 (Nationals advance to World Series) AL playoffs Houston Astros 4, New York Yankees 1 (Astros lead…
The rain came down last night between 9:30 p.m. and 1:30 a.m. this morning … about 2 inches at the Curtis Brown Airport, (Elizabethtown, NC)…
Major League baseball playoffs underway. National League: St. Louis Cards vs Washington Nationals. American League: Houston Astros vs New York Yankees. Game 1 of the…
High School football scores – Week 8 East Bladen 41 – Fairmont 38 Whiteville 56 – West Bladen 6 Other area games South Columbus 43…
By Dr. Mike Walden My late mother used to tell me, “Be careful what you wish for; it may come true.” Her advice has relevance…
College football action last night NC State 16, Syracuse 10 NFL Results New England Patriots 35, NY Giants 14 High School football this evening 7:30…
For Appalachian State football fans … ASU 17 – Louisiana-Lafayette 7. NFL Thursday night action, NY Giants at Patriots. Recently had the opportunity to visit…
Yesterday’s news from White Lake … so sad. Actually drove by shortly before the accident and back by on the way home. Saw numerous blue…
A reminder to members of the Elizabethtown-White Lake Chamber of Commerce. You are invited to attend a special lunch meeting at noon today hosted by…
A reminder of the Four County EMC Annual Meeting … in Kenansville TODAY at the Duplin Events Center, located at 195 Fairgrounds Drive. Registration begins…
Yesterday felt like fall …. nice … warming today, but should be very nice. Scattered sprinkles before noon, slight chance after lunch. Partly sunny, high…
A reminder of the annual gathering at Brown Marsh Presbyterian Church, today (Saturday). Everyone is invited … bring a covered dish at noontime and enjoy…
NFL action last night … Seattle Seahawks 30 – Los Angeles Rams 29. And, in college action … Temple Owls 27 – ECU 17. High…
By Jefferson Weaver Buddy Myers would be 23 now. I’d like to think he would have graduated high school, maybe playing football and baseball at…
Contributed Three days ago a headline read: “A Teenager Killed Himself After Being Outed as Bisexual”. This year another news report stated:” ‘My 600-lb Life’…
Bladen County Commissioners deserve a ‘pat on the back’ for their efforts to assist Kelly area residents who were devastated during a recent storm that…
Another hot day forecast for today, tomorrow and Friday. Today’s high expected to in the mid 90s, a degree or so warmer Thursday and in…
By Dr. Mike Walden I make about 70 presentations each year all around North Carolina. I speak to a variety of groups and organizations, and…
Parents, Caretakers, and Educators – Our students’ success in school and beyond is our top priority. To reach that goal, we must create safe environments…
Contributed On behalf of the Best Fest Committee and the Boost the Boro, Inc., non-profit thanks to all the sponsors of this year’s Best Fest.…
I think we broke another weather related record yesterday. High temp at the Curtis Brown Airport was 94 degrees, recorded between 3:15 p.m. and 4…
Late NFL action … Saints 12 – Cowboys 10. … Tonight, Bengals vs Steelers. Organizers of the Clarkton event this past weekend have every right…
The historical figure Jonah taught me something new this week. Many have read or heard about the man swallowed by a sea creature after running…
ACC football results Clemson 21 – UNC 20 (UNC goes for 2 point after late TD and failed) Florida State 31 – NC State 13…
Autumn arrived this week. We found some one line jokes to end the month and the season on a happy note. National Pride Day should…
Today promises to be a ‘big’ day for many… In Clarkton, Farm Fest … a day long celebration, a reminder of Farmer’s Day in the…
Checking the drought meter for our area … we are in the normal category, true for most areas east of I-95. Mid state and western…
Think of the lyrics from a gospel song … ‘God sees the storm from the other side’ … With so much turmoil in our world…
If you are a country music fan … a reminder of the Ken Burns special on PBS. Lots of history of the music, of the…
By Jefferson Weaver The young man’s upturned face barely reached past my belt, but he was all business. “May I help you?” he said, politely…
Received an email from one of the current residents at Southeastern Carolina Crossroads recently. I ask for and received permission to use it. Quoting “On…
September 2019 is coming to a close…Today is the first day of Autumn… Reminder of the Clarkton Farm Fest, Saturday, September 28 at the Dixie…