Autryville News

Town leaders still don't know how they plan to acclimate the area to the state's new recycling law, but rather than throwing their hands up, the mayor and Autryville commissioners sought the advice of Waste Industries.

While most high school students may dread going back to school every Monday, 14-year-old Jared Alan Williams would love nothing more than to sit in a real classroom with his friends and learn something new.

Detectives have charged an Autryville man with nine counts of taking indecent liberties with a child.

In what might just end up being one of the lowest voter turnout elections in Sampson County history, incumbents, and a couple of newcomers, were returned to their seats on municipal boards from Autryville to Garland, Newton Grove to Roseboro and everywhere in between.

From left, Autryville commissioners Grover Autry, Jean Cooper, Gil Security Systems representative Alan Buffaloe, commissioner Kenneth Johnson and mayor Pat Williams examine a camera system that the board considered purchasing.

An Autryville man was airlifted to New Hanover Regional Medical Center after a single-vehicle wreck Saturday night just 4.4 miles northwest of Roseboro.

The state's new recycling law, mandating the recycle of plastic bottles, motor oils and wooden pallets, has left members of the town's elected board shaking their heads, wondering what the best course of action would be to get residents to follow the mandate as easily as possible.

AUTRYVILLE a ' Two pounds of marijuana were seized by deputies with the Sampson County Sheriffa TMs Office during a traffic stop shortly after 4:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon just outside of Autryville.

Sampson County residents, businesses, organizations, clubs, churches, schools, etc., have been challenged to promote physical activity within your community.

An Autryville man has been arrested and was placed under a $10,000 bond after allegedly assaulting an acquaintance with the stock of a rifle, breaking the mana s arm and sending him to the emergency room.

I've been making it a point this year to step out of the routine and try new restaurants when I get the chance.

A 24-year-old Autryville man has been arrested on a laundry list of charges following a dispute that reportedly turned ugly in the early hours of Friday morning.

A 24-year-old Autryville man has been arrested on a laundry list of charges following a dispute that reportedly turned ugly in the early hours of Friday morning.

The filing period for local municipal elections has begun and will extend through next week, with terms for 23 posts expiring countywide, including four mayoral positions.

R. F. Fann Jr. is attempting to preserve a tradition started by his father, Futrell, one that welcomes the comeback of the Purple Martin in his backyard near Reynolds Crossroads in northern Sampson County.

In 2006, when one of her professional advisers invited her to a luncheon hosted by the Cumberland Community Foundation, Flora Cornelia "Neill" Bullock Wilkins had had little or no connection with the organization.

By Doug Clark Assistant Editor A midday fire sent no less than seven fire deparments to the 200 block of Marion-Amos Road, just east of Roseboro, Wednesday to contain a fire that had engulfed a house in the area.

The Sampson County Sheriff's Office has issued an Amber Alert for missing 4-year-old Marlon Ramon Torres.

Before she died in 2007, Flora Cornelia Bullock Wilkins gave $10,000 to the Cumberland Community Foundation for the creation of an endowment fund.

The last two Sampson County residents federally indicted as part of a oeOperation Juiced Outa have now been sentenced, bringing to a close a comprehensive methamphetamine investigation that blanketed the county and took a sizable chunk out of the production and distribution of the drug in Sampson.