Ivanhoe News

This morning I had the chance to chat with Ariana DeBose, the first female dancer to be eliminated from So You Think You Can Dance .

Published: Sunday, September 20, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 4:01 p.m. Andrea Nicole Costin of Burgaw, N.C., and Bret Allen Strickland of Willard, N.C., are engaged to be married.

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.

The Sampson County Sheriff's Office has seized $6 million worth of marijuana . The office issued a press release Friday saying that the plants were found in a wooden area near the Black River in Ivanhoe.

Sampson County Sheriff Jimmy Thornton says his officers have busted a huge marijuana growing operation.

Members of the Bladen County Water Rescue and Bladen County Sheriff's Department search coves and along the shoreline of the Black River on Thursday.

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

Published: Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 10:12 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 10:12 a.m. Natalie Marie Kelly of Wilmington and Marcus Kaine Simpson of Ivanhoe, N.C., were united in marriage at 2 o'clock in the afternoon on Saturday, May 16, 2009.

Submitted by WWAY on 21 June 2009 - 9:44am. Sixth Annual Blueberry Festival Blueberry lovers to flocked to Burgaw Saturday for the North Carolina Blueberry Festival.

Sampson County Parks & Recreation and Friends of Sampson County Waterways next community paddle trip is on Sunday, June 21.

Brittany Herring and Kelsey Royal paddle like pros, as Sampson County Parks and Recreation director Ali Turpen, center, gives instruction.