Elizabethtown News

White Oak author Jane T. Pait read her book,' The Red-Headed Angel discovers the Crystal Sea' during the February Bookmark Program at the main library in Elizabethtown.

Elizabethtown Police Lt. Dwayne Cheshire has returned to active duty after shooting a suspect in a traffic stop May 11.

Manly Clark, a Bladen County native, was recently recognized by the Boy Scouts of America at the council recognition banquet held at the Hilton Hotel in Wilmington.

Annie Mary Bradshaw, 85, entered into eternal rest on Friday, Feb. 2, 2012. She is preceded in death by her parents, Massia Nathaniel Bradshaw and Annie Smith Bradshaw.

The first "official" major United Way campaign is scheduled to get underway in Bladen County on September 2, according to Bladen County United Way Executive Director Tammy Armstrong.

Gangs are still a problem in Bladen County, but it looks like the violence is decreasing, according to Elizabethtown Police Chief Robert Kinlaw.

Polls are expected to be crowded across the nation today as voters cast their ballot in the General Election.

The Burneys introduced the fried croissant when they opened in November, and now, they say sales of the croissants far outnumber the sale of doughnuts.

Weiss, an outspoken Democrat, represented Wake County for 12 years and called her decision difficult.

The Bladen County Board of Education's Redistricting Committee will recommend to the full board, at the board's regular meeting next Monday, a plan that will leave most high school students in the districts they now are assigned.

The plans for a new water storage tank in White Lake are quickly becoming reality with work soon getting under way to have the site cleaned and leveled.

The Elizabethtown Town Council approved a 120-day moratorium on certain business in the proposed Central Commercial Business District.

The sweetest day of the year is just around the corner, and the Bladen Journal is sure Bladen County folks have some sweet memories about a Valentine's Day gone by.

Walter Taylor, Staff Writer For White Lake resident William "Will" Breazeale, the road to Congress begins at the Elizabethtown airport.

Do you remember your first love? How about that first really romantic date? Want to share how you and your loved one met, got engaged, spent your 50th wedding anniverary? If the answer is "yes" to any or all of those questions, then have we got a forum for you, complete with avenues to tell your stories and, at the same time, gather some pretty ... (more)

A look-n-learn cosmetology class is being offered on Monday, March 5, at the Paul R. Brown building in Elizabethtown.

White Oak author Jane T. Pait read her book,' The Red-Headed Angel discovers the Crystal Sea' during the February Bookmark Program at the main library in Elizabethtown.

February has long been a month of big events: the Super Bowl, Valentine's Day, the Daytona 500, Black History Month, the opening of Major League Baseball's spring training and, every four years, it is home to a Leap Year.

Officer Charles Melvin, while on patrol near South Poplar and King streets on Tuesday, Jan.

RHONDA GRIFFIN,STAFF WRITER Three arrests have been made in connection with the Dec.