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Two unreleated murders in Sampson County
Two separate murders occurred in Sampson County Saturday morning and one remains under investigation.
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Tragedy strikes Midway High again
This time it was not a car or a truck. It was a train. But the outcome was the same, with yet another Midway student taken too soon and a life ending before it could really even begin.
Tragedy strikes Midway High again
This time it was not a car or a truck. It was a train. But the outcome was the same, with yet another Midway student taken too soon and a life ending before it could really even begin.
Workers injured in fall from scaffolding
A Salemburg man was airlifted to Chapel Hill with head injuries and broken bones Tuesday after he and another man fell off scaffolding while working on a construction project at a local church, authorities ...
The fourth annual Fireworks and Bluegrass Festival continues today through Saturday at the Laurel Lakes Campground near Salemburg.
SINGLES SUPPORT Group meets at 6:30 p.m. July 2 at Marina Caf ©, 110 S. Marine Blvd.
LIBO! Military slang for liberty, time off
Bluegrass music is coming to Laurel Lakes Campground on N.C. 242 in Salemburg. The 4th Annual Fireworks and Bluegrass Festival will be from July 2 to 5. The four-day festival will feature food, family fun, ...
Bluegrass festival to benefit troops
A bluegrass music festival to benefit wounded troops home from the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan will be held at Laurel Lakes Campground on N.C. 242 near Salemburg on Wednesday through Saturday.
SEASHORE DISCOVERY Talk at Fort Macon State Park at 10 a.m. July 1 and join a ranger to look at a variety of creatures found in the park.
Guitars, bass and rangy vocals provide the foundation for the bluegrass/folk offerings of local trio, Nixon, Blevins and Gage.
War hero's valor tried by life's grit
The son stirs the bowl of oatmeal that is his 93-year-old mother's breakfast, then puts a spoonful to his lips for a taste test.
Hawaii stowaway who won Medal of Honor dies
Jack Lucas, who forged his mother's signature on an enlistment document so he could join the military at 14 during World War II and who became the youngest Marine to receive the Medal of Honor, has died.
There's no guarantee that range will be safe
To The Editor: In response to the May 6 letter titled, "Objections to range based on emotions," I support Flat Rock writer's invitation to the Justice Academy to build an outdoor firing range in Flat Rock ... via HendersonvilleNews.com
At least 12 want to be next Brunswick sheriff
Published: Monday, April 21, 2008 at 7:28 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, April 21, 2008 at 7:28 p.m. Former and current law enforcement officers, politicians and a New York City police officer are among those ... via StarNewsOnline.com
New state law governs how police are to conduct lineups
“We're working with a software company to develop software so the witness is basically self-conducting the lineup on the computer. "It provides an excellent record to be taken into court”
Police conducting criminal lineups have new rules to follow since the first of this month. via Goldsboro News-Argus
Ed Holmes leaving NJHS to take reins at James Kenan High
“That seat is just different and acting as principal and being a principal are two different things. As an assistant principal, you can always pass the book and refer people to talk to the principal. But if you're the principal, things stop with you.”
North Johnston High Assistant Principal Ed Holmes will leave to become principal of James Kenan High School Edward Holmes is leaving as assistant principal at North Johnston High School to become the principal ... via Kenly News
Entry published in Biographies - Other Musicians / Last modified on 14 February 2008 Willie Weeks was born in Salemburg, North Carolina. via Eric Clapton News
Fire topples Royal Hardware inS'Burg
“It is a disaster for the town, as well as Sampson County. It was a landmark.”
The oldest continuous running business in Sampson County is no more. In the wee hours of Friday morning, the Royal Trustworthy Hardware Store, located at 104 E College St. via Sampson Independent
“I would work around Christmas time, and I would be in charge of handling gifts and putting them in order. I just loved it.”
C.A. Royal stands in front of the rubble of the Royal Trustworthy Hardware Store in Salemburg that has been in his family for the past three generations and picks out some of the charred books that managed, ... via Sampson Independent
Forgery suspet attempts escape after arrest
A Fayetteville man has been arrested on 15 felony charges in connection with forgery-related offenses following the theft of several checks from a Salemburg man, thefts which were reported by the victim within ... via Sampson Independent