Elizabethtown News

A A group of veterans handing out poppies in honor of Memorial Day in front of a local Walmart were told to vacate the premises.

Sidney M. "Chico" McLean, 38, of 1601 1/2 Cross Street, formerly of Elizabethtown, died Wednesday, May 23, 2012.

I would like to commend all the volunteers at the recent Special Olympics in Elizabethtown, especially the white-shirt students that helped the individual participants.

The employees of Walmart in Elizabethtown will be holding their annual fundraiser for the Children's Miracle Network on Saturday, June 2. The event, hosted by Walmart employees Amber and Christopher, will begin at 10 a.m. and be held in the Walmart parking lot along West Broad Street.

Two Raleigh men escaped with minor injuries Wednesday when their car went out of control and crashed on Mercer Mill Road.

An Elizabethtown political action group was working Monday to get in compliance with state elections law, according to the Bladen County Board of Elections.

Elizabethtown commissioners Monday delayed action on a proposed change in the town's election method.

I often feel that my newspaper home is split between Lumberton and Elizabethtown.

Robert Hester says the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend is one of the most important days of the year for veterans Hester is the post commander for VFW Post 8062 in Elizabethtown.

ELIZABETHTOWN, NC Loggerhead Apparel, based in Greenville, South Carolina, announces its first Elizabethtown retailer in Leinwand's clothiers.

Two election protests emerging from the May 8 primary were given a pass Tuesday to a full hearing by the Bladen County Board of Elections.

I want to thank the beautiful girl who stopped on the afternoon of April 10 to help me and my husband, Ernest DiLello, on Hwy.

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Two teens were stopped Sunday when they tried to get on the subway with one MetroCard swipe - and cops found two loaded illegal guns and bulletproof vests in their backpacks, police said.

Rhonda Griffin,staff writer ELIZABETHTOWN - The cool, rainy weather did nothing to dampen the spirits of the children of all ages who participated in "A Day of the Child" on Wednesday.

Thelma Arnetta McDowell, 88, of 608 Martin Street, died Thursday, May 10, 2012, in The Carrol S. Robeson Hospice Center, Fayetteville.

She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Craven Pait. - May 18, 1977: A out-of-court settlement is reached in a lawsuit by the mother of a Bladenboro Rescue Squad worker who was accidentally shot by a member of the town's police department.

Scooter, a year-old pit-mix, is completing his training through Cape Fear Rescue League and the "New Leash On Life" Prison Program at the Bladen County Correctional Facility in Elizabethtown.

A Thursday accident near Autryville claimed the life of an Elizabethtown man. According to a report by N.C. State Trooper S.S. Canady, Jody Gerald Japarks was travelling east on N.C. 24 toward the Hayne community when he crossed the center line, striking a westbound tractor-trailer. A second tractor-trailer then hit the first truck.

Todd Carper, formerly of Elizabethtown, is starring in the leading role of "Rat" in North Raleigh Arts and Creative Theatre's musical production of "The Wind in Willows," now through May 20 in Raleigh.