Clarkton News

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.

Jerry Wallace, former pastor of Elizabethtown Baptist Church, is appointed president of Campbell University, one of the longest church-affiliated universities in the country.

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.

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.

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

Special Music by Jack Johnson of Clarkton, and The Colly Creek Singers of Harrells, NC.

The Bladen County Board of Commissioners look on Keep Bladen Beautiful Coordinator Gloria Dove Allen congratulates the winner of the KBB essay contest held during Keep Bladen Beautiful Month.

Winners in the Keep Bladen Beautiful Recycling Poster Contests were recognized by Coordinator Gloria Dove Allen as the Bladen County Board of Commissioners looked on proudly.

There have been a dozen fatal accidents in Columbus County in less than a month.

For three years now, in an effort to bring the public and elected officials from Bladen, Columbus and Cumberland counties together, the Politicians Appreciation Day Committee has hosted a gathering somewhere in Bladen County.

CLARKTON a ' A fire that claimed a home just past the Columbus County line on Monday evening was believed to have been caused by a lightning strike, officials say.

The third annual Politician's Appreciation Dinner was held at Lu Mil Vineyard in Dublin Saturday.

The Bladen Baptist Association is stepping up along with the Baptist Men's Association to help those affected by the recent tornadoes in Clarkton.

KELLY a ' A call that was first paged as a vehicle fire has turned into a homicide investigation late Saturday night.

A 42-year-old man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in New Bern Thursday to 10 years in prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

The National Weather service confirmed that an EF2 tornado touched down around the area of Porterville School Road and Farmers Union Road shortly after 10:30 a.m. The tornado was on the ground for about two minutes, cutting a 1.5-mile path of destruction with wind speeds of 115 mph.

Residents throughout Bladen County felt the wind gusts on Monday that swept through the region, but not as much as those in the Clarkton area, where a Category 2 tornado touched down a few miles outside of town.

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.

For the second time in nine days, parts of Bladen County have been hit by tornadoes.

Submitted by WWAY on 29 March 2009 - 10:15am. READ MORE: Saturdaya s severe weather caused reports of a possible tornado touching down in Bladen County.