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Bladen Dixie Boys, Junior Boys Games Postponed
Bladen County Dixie Boys and Junior Dixie Boys first-round games in the state tournament Saturday were postponed because of wet fields. The games at Town Creek Park in Winnabow have been rescheduled for Sunday and tournament games have been pushed back a day. The Junior Dixie Boys (13U) open the...
Three charged with murder in 2022 Bladen Co. killings
BLADEN COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - Almost two years after Josey Rodriguez and Williford Robinson were found murdered in White Oak, sufficient evidence has been collected to charge three people with the killings, according to the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office. Per the BCSO, deputies responded at around 5 a.m. on...
Three charged in Bladen County double murder
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — Three people now face charges in a 2022 double murder in Bladen County. Barbara Age, 33, and Terry Allen White, 41, both of Wilmington, and Koran Anthony Floyd-Sutton, 33, of Lumberton are each charged with two counts of first degree murder. The trio are...
Dissecting Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s “killing” comments
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is a proud and unapologetic provocateur. Robinson often couches statements that he knows will be viewed as controversial with a preemptive admission that he’s aware he’s about to cross a line not usually breached by high elected officials. Then, typically, he attributes the squeamishness about what he’s about to […] The post Dissecting Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s “killing” comments appeared first on NC Newsline.
Political scientists weigh in on Mark Robinson's controversial remarks at NC church
North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson recently spoke at Lake Church in Bladen County where he was video-taped saying “Some folks need killin’,” during his half-hour long talk on the importance of Independence Day and freedom. His remarks, first reported by The New Republic, made waves...
Octogenarian continues and chooses to work
ELIZABETHTOWN – Floyd Merritt decided to retire and then continue to work. In another field. Merritt is Bladen County, born and raised, beginning his life in Colly, North Carolina – just out of White Lake. He was a blue-collar worker and one of the old-school men who worked all of his life chose it rather than finishing school.
Man charged, another wanted following string of Bladen Co. break-ins
BLADEN COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - A Fayetteville man has been charged in connection to a series of break-ins that affected communities in Bladen and surrounding counties, and another suspect is still wanted, according to the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office. Per the release, 31-year-old Rolando Alexander Torres has been charged...
Bladenboro man accused of selling narcotics from home
BLADEN COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - A Bladenboro man is in custody on charges stemming from selling illegal narcotics from a home, according to the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office. Per the BCSO, 47-year-old Bryna Brady was arrested on Wednesday, July 3. “On July 3rd, 2024, the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office...
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