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Garland Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Garland, NC.

Results 1 - 20 of 48 in Garland, NC

  1. Stabbing suspect sought

    Tuesday Aug 5 | Sampson Independent

    ... in the Clinton area Saturday, just hours after an unrelated incident of knife violence resulted in the arrest of a Garland man. Leonardo Mendez Juarez, 31, of Clinton, was stabbed just below his throat during an altercation with another man, who is ...

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    Related Topix: Clinton, NC, Sampson County, NC

  2. School newsRead the original story

    Sunday Aug 3 | Asheville Citizen-Times

    ... helping with the event, call 669-4878. Buncombe County Private Schools CAROLINA DAY: Callie Sims and Elizabeth Garland recently returned from a week at Tar Heel Girls State held at Catawba College in Salisbury. The two rising seniors were ...

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  3. Chamber meeting brings cooperation and communicationRead the original story

    Thursday Jul 31 | Sampson Independent

    ... addition to the city of Clinton and the county of Sampson, representatives from Newton Grove, Roseboro, Turkey and Garland were there, and others had planned to attend but had conflicts that prevented their attendance. We give the breakfast an A and ...

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    Related Topix: Sampson County, NC, Opinion

  4. Local leaders gather to share ideas, concerns

    Wednesday Jul 30 | Sampson Independent

    ... with leaders offering up a variety of issues, from concerns about gangs to the need for a pharmacy in the town of Garland. Informal reports were given by mayors Anthony Johnson of Garland, Gerald Darden of Newton Grove, Roland Hall of Roseboro, Leon ...

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    Related Topix: Sampson County, NC, Newton Grove, NC, Roseboro, NC, Clinton, NC, Turkey, NC

  5. Two dead in Sampson

    Sunday Jul 27 | Sampson Independent

    ... Sampson County Sheriff's Office Highway Enforcement Awareness Team located the suspect's vehicle, a green Taurus on Garland Airport Road, just outside of Garland. At that time, Louis Franklin Highsmith, Jr., age 35, of 625 Garland Airport road was ...

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    Related Topix: Salemburg, NC, Roseboro, NC, Violent Crime

  6. Crime Watch, July 25

    Friday Jul 25 | Sampson Independent

    ... of worthless check. No bond was set; court date is Aug. 20. - July 23 - Chester Allen Cain, 52, of 2903 Bull St., Garland, was charged with larceny and two counts of transporting of copper. Bond was set at $2,500; court date is Aug. 20. - July 23 - ...

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  7. New community mobile crisis unit up and running, assisting seven counties 24 hours a day

    Jul 16, 2008 | Brunswick Beacon

    ... for shrimping Rain drizzled down Friday afternoon, underscoring the mood of men lolling around picnic tables at Garland's Fresh Seafood. New community mobile crisis unit up and running, assisting seven counties 24 hours a day WILMINGTON - ...

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    Related Topix: Wilmington Metro, Wilmington, NC, Brunswick County, NC

  8. Spencer-Perry

    Jul 11, 2008 | Kinston Free Press

    ... by her parents, the bride is the daughter of Earl and Laura Spencer of Statesville. She is the granddaughter of Garland and Billie Page of Bedford, Va., and Lee and Rachel Spencer of Statesville. A graduate of the University of North Carolina with a ...

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    Related Topix: Edward, NC, Earl, NC, Lee University, North Carolina

  9. Blog: Cruelty Charges Filed Against Pig-Farm WorkerRead the original story

    Jul 4, 2008 | People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

    You might remember when we broke the news back in December about our undercover investigation at a pig farm in Garland, North Carolina, owned by Murphy Family Ventures, which supplies pig meat to Smithfield ...

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  10. Worker at N.C. farm faces charges of animal crueltyRead the original story

    Jul 1, 2008 | PilotOnline.com

    ... for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. The Norfolk-based animal-rights group sent a worker to the Murphy facility in Garland, N.C., from September through November of 2007. PETA provided video footage and other evidence to the Sampson County district ...

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    Related Topix: Animal Rights, Food, Smithfield Foods, Sampson County, NC, Clinton, NC

  11. Smithfield Supplier's Farm Worker Faces Cruelty-to-Animals Charges

    Jul 1, 2008 | People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

    ... a company that supplies pig meat to Smithfield Foods. The PETA investigator-- who worked at a Murphy facility in Garland, N.C., from September 13 to November 2, 2007-- documented that workers beat and jabbed pigs with metal gate rods and roughly ...

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  12. Sampson County Sheriff's looking for a man considered armed and dangerous

    Jul 1, 2008 | WECT-TV Wilmington

    A year ago, a man was fatally shot in Garland. The Sampson County Sheriff's Office continues to search for the murder suspect who is considered to be armed and dangerous.

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  13. Sampson County deputies seek homicide suspectRead the original story

    Jul 1, 2008 | Wral.com

    ... believed to be involved in a fatal shooting Tuesday. Just before 12:30 a.m., deputies responded to a shooting at 962 Garland Airport Road, Garland. There, they found the body of Gabriel Ishmael Kerr, 22, of Harrells, in the back yard of the house. ...

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    Related Topix: Sampson County, NC, Ishmael, House, Harrells, NC

  14. Reeds: Student to study at DCCC; golfer wins state junior tourneyRead the original story

    Jun 24, 2008 | The Dispatch

    ... a second lieutenant in the Marines serving in Iraq and was an honorary attendant for the wedding. Grandparents are Garland and Mae Watson of Reeds. The prayer list Please remember the families of Sharon Lanier Easter and Jesse Mock Callahan Jr. in ...

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    Related Topix: Davidson County, NC, Greenville, NC, Greenville Metro

  15. Grady, Edwards wed in Warsaw

    Jun 19, 2008 | Mount Olive Tribune, Mount Olive, NC

    ... She is employed as a teacher with Clinton City Schools. The groom is the son of Bobby Ray Edwards of Garland and Laura Shaw Edwards of Ivanhoe and the grandson of the late Benjamin Franklin and Annie Ruth Edwards of Roseboro and Rachel Mitchell and ...

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    Related Topix: Warsaw, NC, Kenansville, NC, Wedding

  16. 33 debutantes presented at Rhododendron Royal Brigade of Guards coronation ball

    Jun 15, 2008 | Asheville Citizen-Times

    ... n Natalie Elizabeth Fisk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Beecher Fisk, Tulane University. n Elizabeth Link Garland, daughter of Ms. Elizabeth Harding Garland and Mr. James Boyce Garland Jr., Presbyterian College. n Solari Kyle Garren, ...

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  17. Wilmington author pens biography of Garland

    May 5, 2008 | StarNewsOnline.com

    ... fictional, tongue-in-cheek "Professional Organization of English Majors" - chances are you never heard of Hamlin Garland. High school students might encounter one of his short stories or an excerpt from his big memoir A Son of the Middle Border ...

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    Related Topix: Education Etc., Opinion

  18. Closing arguments were heard in Superior Court Monday afternoon in...Read the original story

    Apr 22, 2008 | Watauga Democrat

    ... Byrd presented evidence on behalf of the state throughout last week, ending Friday morning. Defense attorney's Garland Baker and Mark Killian presented evidence on behalf of Sargeant Friday afternoon and Monday morning. Harrington's body was ...

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  19. Jury selection is complete and the presentation of the prosecution's...

    Apr 15, 2008 | Watauga Democrat

    ... Byrd spoke of dousing the body with lighter fluid as a cowardly, heinous and atrocious act. Defense attorney Garland Baker then spoke on behalf of Sargeant. Baker began by acknowledging the title "drug dealer." He then proceeded to tell the jury ...

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    Related Topix: Charlie Byrd, Jazz, Drugs

  20. Orange pitcher shinesRead the original story

    Apr 3, 2008 | News Observer

    ... The NCHSAA record for strikeouts in a game is 33 held by E.V. Spell of Clement High in a 14-inning, 1-0 victory over Garland in 1968. The unofficial state record for a seven-inning game is 22 by Gary Johnson in a 4-3 seven-inning victory over ...

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