Woke this a.m. thinking about clothes, closets full … If those who have more...
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Another Sunday has arrived … CHURCH DAY… A small lady with a long shadow...
It’s Saturday, March 18. Springtime 2023 just ahead … begins Monday, March 20. Easter...
By Sonny Jones If your NCAA basketball tournament bracket wasn’t busted Thursday afternoon when...
Happy St. Patrick’s Day… March Madness first round action underway … a few scores…...
NIT results … Morehead State 68 – Clemson 64… Quick look at NCAA schedule...
Passing along a special Fire Danger Statement for today, noontime through early this evening…...
By Sonny Jones Some news and notes from around the sports world: • Check...
Not sure where to begin … but last night … I went back to...
By Sonny Jones Temperatures dipping into the mid 30s at night and March winds...
March Madness participants have been selected, including several North Carolina teams … NCAA, men’s...
By John Clark I didn’t watch the NCAA Brackets Show Sunday. I knew it...
Duke University men’s basketball team standing tall today … The Blue Devils are ACC...
By Sonny Jones How about those Blue Devils? Awesome ACC tournament performance for first-year...
Thankful for every drop of rain that fell yesterday … 38 hundredths of an...
By Sonny Jones Stunned would be a good word to use when the news...
By Mike Walden Although there are debates about the speed and details, it is...
Weather forecast for this Friday, March 10, 2023… Showers, mainly before 1 p.m. today....
By Sonny Jones Well, that certainly didn’t go as hoped. Of the four North...
March 5-12th is Severe Weather Preparedness Week … in North Carolina … Sure would...
By Sonny Jones The real ACC basketball tournament begins today. Eight teams, seven games...
44 degrees at 4 a.m. Bladen County weather forecast … Sunny and windy today....
By Sonny Jones Professional sports needs more athletes like Larrell Murchison. Heck, society needs...
A reminder … AGAIN … “Bladen County Emergency Services, along with the NC Forestry...
By Sonny Jones The ACC tournament plays its consolation bracket today inside the Greensboro...
Ladies ACC basketball tournament champs … Louisville defeated Va. Tech 75-67 … in Greensboro…...
By Sonny Jones Who says you can’t go home again? East Bladen High graduate...
Men’s ACC basketball results… Syracuse 72 – Wake Forest 63 Duke 62 – UNC...
By Sonny Jones How can you tell that spring is about ready to be...
Ever have someone tell you to go fly a kite? Maybe bothering mom and...
By Sonny Jones Today should be an exciting day for Dixie Youth Baseball players...
It’s Friday, March 3 … So hopeful of a good shower yesterday and last...
By Sonny Jones Here’s what Me Thinks on a Friday morning: • ME THINKS...
Woke early this AM … just slept out … thinking about events along the...
By Sonny Jones The West Bladen baseball team was thrown a curve ball prior...
By Jasmine Littleson Swannanoa, NC For thousands of years, the North Atlantic right whale...
Good bye February, Hello March … Looking forward to Springtime … begins March 21...
Remember the old saying … “Don’t worry about the mule, just load the wagon?”...
By Sonny Jones Admittedly, I don’t follow college basketball closely. I’ll watch a game...
The past weekend was a busy one in the world of sports … but...
By Sonny Jones Want to know when your favorite Bladen County high school or...
Checking the weather forecast … Patchy fog before 9 a.m. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with...
By Sonny Jones A Carolina Hurricanes weekend ended with a tough loss, but the...
Our early summertime weather is over for now … well for a few days...
By Sonny Jones Basketball season ended Thursday for Bladen County high school and middle...
By Mike Walden After inflation, the labor market shortage has probably been the top...
Remember when older folks during a warm winter day would comment … ‘Wish we...
By Sonny Jones It’s always disappointing to the end of a season unless, of...
68 degrees @ 5 a.m. A few more hours of this summertime like weather…...
By Sonny Jones Ever sat in the stands watching a game and think “What...
By Sonny Jones Well, that didn’t quite work out as hoped. One round of...
Scrolling through news in the Tar Heel state yesterday … Drive-In theater closing …...
March arrives in just over a week. We think of March as the time...
By Sonny Jones We’ve entered the “must win” portion of the high school basketball...
The nation celebrates George Washington’s birthday … Federal offices closed … (banks and post...
By Sonny Jones Let’s be honest. The better basketball team won Sunday inside PNC...
It is cold outside as we begin a new day, Sunday, February 19, 2023...
By Sonny Jones The Carolina Hurricanes put on quite a show Saturday night inside...
Yesterday’s high temp in Bladen County was 79 … High today expected to be...
By Sonny Jones Today is the day that Bladen County high school basketball teams...
By Sonny Jones It’s Championship Friday for the Southeastern Athletic Conference basketball tournaments. The...
NASCAR racing returns to Daytona, Florida this weekend … Joey Logana and Aric Almirola...
Was awake early this A.M., not sure why, but I thought about high school...
Beautiful day yesterday, and hopefully another today… Mostly sunny today, with a high near...
Happy Valentine’s Day to ALL … Be nice … Build up points… Thanks to...
Kansas City Chiefs 38 – Philadelphia 35 … Chiefs are Super Bowl champs again...
It’s Super Bowl Sunday, 2023 … Eagles vs. Chiefs … Game time is 6:30...
By Sonny Jones Which team will win the Super Bowl and how do you...
If you were out late last evening, you may have been ‘rained on’ …...
ACC basketball season regular season winding down … and the four North Carolina teams...
By Sonny Jones The focus Friday night, as it should, will be on the...
I had a most wonderful dream early this day … Dreamed it was mid-May,...
By Sonny Jones Will there be a Southeastern Athletic Conference boys’ basketball champion determined...
Did you watch the State of the Union speech? President Biden delivered the speech...
So much to report on and so little time and space… Earthquakes in Turkey...
Checking local weather … Patchy fog before 8 a.m. Otherwise, sunny, with a high...
By Sonny Jones If the high school basketball playoff pairings had been announced Sunday...
NCAA basketball results Duke 63 – UNC 57 Wake Forest 81 – Notre Dame...
It’s Saturday … February 4, 2023 … Remember the old song, “Baby It’s Cold...
We have asked for rain recently, we have received … not more than needed...
Selected College Basketball Results NC State 94 – Florida 66 Pitt 65 – UNC...
By Sonny Jones Down the stretch we come and still a lot on the...
An explanation is in order … I produced Thoughts for Tuesday, January 31 …...
By Sonny Jones Basketball season is red-hot. Take Monday’s East Bladen at West Bladen...
Interesting comments from recent ‘Thoughts” One response to yesterday’s thoughts … “We have been...
By Sonny Jones Who needs Duke-Carolina? We have a Bladen County boys basketball rivalry...
Happy to begin a new week, last couple of days for January ’23… NFL...
By Sonny Jones What a way to start a week with West Bladen hosting...
Enjoyed basketball, football, golf, horse racing and more yesterday… Selected ACC Basketball results… NC...
By Sonny Jones I’ve got Philadelphia and Cincinnati in today’s NFL conference championship games....
By Sonny Jones Steve Wilks earned the opportunity to be the head coach of...
I don’t like me when I wake up, get up, check my surroundings and...
By Mike Walden Decades from now, people who lived through the pandemic will remember...
Probably already heard, new Carolina Panthers head coach is Frank Reich … named Thursday...
The weather picture has changed for the Bladen County, NC area in the past...
By Sonny Jones Just wondering: Why don’t division champions play for the Waccamaw Middle...
Do you have classified documents at your house? Maybe just the two of us...
I have read and re-read the list of locals recently honored by the Elizabethtown-White...
By Sonny Jones Who among us hasn’t enjoyed a game of cornhole? Tossing the...
Water logged yet? We ask for rain, and it came … Not sure how...
