Garland News

While investigators continue piecing together details of a Nov. 11 shooting that left one man dead and another injured, the county medical examiner has released the cause of death.

Town leaders are hoping to put the brakes on a growing problem with speeding in this western Sampson County town by purchasing equipment which will help alert heavy-footed drivers that they are exceeding the town's speed limit.

Investigators with the Sampson County Sheriffa s office have identified the victim in a shooting that took place Wednesday, Nov.

Recycling continues to create a conundrum for most of Sampson's municipalities, and the town of Garland is no different.

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.

While a federal civil rights lawsuits against the Moore County Sheriff's Office and a former deputy who shot two student soldiers was settled this week, the deputy's own suit against the Army may be headed for its day in court early next year.

A 24-year-old Rose Hill woman was killed after her vehicle ran off the road, flipped and hit a tree near Garland late last week.

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Two local residents pleaded guilty Monday to voluntary manslaughter in separate shooting deaths occurring just hours apart in Sampson County in July 2008, with the judge doling out minimum sentences in the cases of eight years in prison and six and a half years, respectively.

By Katie Holland Staff Writer GARLAND - Smiles were abundant in the small Sampson County town on Saturday as its residents celebrated the annual Rotary Fair with a parade and dozens of booths for people to share their crafts and indulge themselves with homemade food.

A Garland man was arrested late Tuesday night after leading a Sampson County Sheriffa s deputy on a high-speed chase that ended near Wrighta s Bridge Road.

Spivey-Lewis Tire Company, locally owned and operated, has been serving Sampson County since 1984.

The planning of the 28th annual Rotary Fair is under way, with a salute to the military in the works and lots of family entertainment.

Ray Cannon stands in front of Center Baptist Church in southern Sampson County, which was underwater following Hurricane Floyd.

It is the second major drug bust in less than a week, but Tuesday's seizure of 251 pounds of marijuana, with a street value of over a million dollars, also shed new light on a not-so-new problem in Sampson County.

Is a mini-cinema headed to Ra boro? Local minister Ransom Newkirk has big plans for a building he owns in Roseboro, and he is hoping with through the grace of God, each one will come to fruition.

Sampson County Parks & Recreation and Friends of Sampson County Waterways next community paddle trip is on Saturday, August 22.

A Garland man, who was recently convicted of a firearm felony, was arrested again Wednesday night and placed under a $100,000 bond.

There will be no changing of the guard for four mayoral posts across Sampson County, and just as many county municipalities will welcome at least one new commissioner, barring write-in votes for the 2009 local municipal election.

Sampson County Parks & Recreation and Friends of Sampson County Waterways next community paddle trip is on Saturday, July 18.