04/20/2024
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In about 48 hours, rainfall amounts totaled over 5 inches early in the month.

Cry Out America held their annual event on the steps of the courthouse.

Bladen Baptist held ‘See you at the Pole Rally’s’ at local schools

Four people were arrested and charged with operating a meth lab in a residence at 7982 NC 87 West.

Bladenboro’s Annual Fun Day drew a huge crowd.

White Lake Triathlon was held.

First South Bank purchases Elizabethtown branch of Bank of America along with 8 other eastern North Carolina locations.

Progress continues at Carolina Sands Golf Course…. Play begins October 1.  Memberships are being sold.

Incumbent Judge Sherry Dew Prince switches parties in middle of campaign…still loses race.

Bladen County Seniors sponsor 2nd Annual Trail of Pink to honor and remember those touched by cancer.

Animal adoption fees waived for September at Bladen County Animal Shelter.

Deadline approaches for Four County EMC’s Bright Idea Grants.

East Arcadia School awarded 22 musical instruments from the Mr. Hollandas Opus Foundation.

Bladen Community College Foundation sponsors their annual fall fundraiser at White Lake…

The Annual Dublin Peanut Festival is another huge success.  Proceeds from the event support worthy efforts in the area.

BladenOnline and CAB Marketing open downtown Elizabethtown location.

Charlotte and Daine Smith purchase BladenOnline and vow to carry on with the online newspaper.

30 arrested in Bladen ‘Booze It & Lose it’ campaign.

Bladen Sports Network continues to broadcast East and West Bladen high school football games.

57 year old, Paul Weston was killed when he was struck by an automobile while walking on West Seaboard Street in Bladenboro.  Robert Herrmann, 47 was also hit and suffered a broken leg.

Bladen County Commissioners approve Legislative Goals for the coming legislative session.

Duke Energy announces plans to build solar plant in Bladen County.

New name for Carolina Sands Golf Course; Vineyard Golf at White Lake opens October 1.

Janice Johnson of Elizabethtown was critically injured in 2 vehicle accident at the intersection of NC 41 and NC 410 near Bladen Community College.

Kevin Russell Wilmot, 26 of the 900 block of Hickory Grove Ballpark Road is charged with felony child abuse.

Refurbished Dublin Scout Hut begins to take shape thanks to work by volunteers.

Rev. William Barber calls for help in death of West Bladen High School student Lennon Lacy found hanging in Bladenboro on August 29th.

Elizabethtown Banker Everette Hayes Petteway retires after over 40 years in the banking business in Bladen County.

Two veteran Bladen Community College employees are appointed to new leadership positions.  Sondra Guyton is appointed Vice President for Continuing Education and Sharron Thomas is named Director of Allied Health.

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