Bladenboro News

ELIZABETHTOWN a ' Candidate filings for the Nov. 3 municipal elections in Bladen County opened Monday, and first in line was the Elizabethtown foursome of Ricky Leinwand, Charles DeVane, Herman Lewis and Rufus Floyd.

We just ask that you keep things civil. Leave out the personal attacks. Do not use offensive language, ethnic or racial slurs, or assail anyone's personal or religious beliefs.

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Those wanting to file for the upcoming Nov. 3 elections in Bladen County will need to wait until Monday, rather than the official start of filing today, because of the July 4 holiday.

Come enjoy services at Higher Plain Cowboy Church. We are a friendly, fun, come as you are baptist church.

A Bladenboro man was killed in an accident late Wednesday afternoon. Authorities say 70-year-old Horace Long was operating a tractor on NC 242 when he was hit by a vehicle.

The U.S. Department of Education recently announced that the Bladen County school system has been awarded a grant through the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries for $495,381. Bladen County was one of 57 districts across the nation to win the LSL grant.

Father's day isn't for another few days, but I have to say I'm rather looking forward to the chance to say "Thanks Dad!" for all he has done for me.

Lord Alfred Tennyson, famous 19th century poet laureate from the United Kingdom, once said "The old order changeth, yielding place to new." Those words apply well today to the Bladen Journal.

Three would-be shoplifters were busted late Tuesday afternoon after members of the Clinton Police Departmenta TMs Neighborhood Improvement Team nabbed the suspects running away from the crime.

A former Bladenboro man, James William Cain, 65, of 602 Sketter Lane, Orrum, was recently indicted by the grand jury on charges of first degree murder.

Submitted by WWAY on 16 June 2009 - 5:03pm. Microburst takes Bladenboro by storm A microburst touched down in Bladenboro last night.

ELIZABETHTOWN a ' Residents of Bladen and Robeson counties may never know what John Franklin Hester chose Friday the 13th to go on a crime spree that allegedly resulted in two deaths, a 70-year-old Bladenboro man and an 83-year-old former pastor in Lumberton.

The Bladen County Public Library has announced its schedule for the annual summer reading program.

Bladen County Sheriff's deputies arrested five men on Friday after four separate reports of gunfire in and around Clarkton According to reports, the men were riding in a green Lincoln on Friday evening when the shooting spree began.

BLADENBORO a ' Two men were arrested on drug charges during an April 29 traffic stop on Ronald Britt Road.

Polly Hancock has been teaching for 19 years, but when she boils down her list of the best things about teaching, she comes up with: That ah-ha moment.

The number of vacationing Americans will be down this summer, according to a new AP-Gfk Poll, and a third of Americans surveyed said they have already canceled at least one trip this year because of financial concerns.

The North Carolina Strawberry Festival, in association with Grand Ole Gospel-Chadbourn, will host the Dove Brothers Quartet, a southern gospel group from Bladenboro, in concert on Tuesday, April 28, at 7 p.m. at the Strawberry Festival Event Field, located at the corner of Strawberry Blvd.

Apr. 8 MULTIMEDIA Video by Stephanie Bruce Slide show by Stephanie Bruce ------ CLARKTON -- Tony Jacobs shook his head in disbelief when he saw the damage a tornado did to his childhood home Monday.