The gym was loud, the rivalries were hot, and the nostalgia was thick in the air Saturday as the seventh annual Kings of the ...

Now that we’re a month past budget season, and the dust has presumably settled, it’s time to talk seriously about one of the near-casualties of the 2025-26 Sampson County budget — libraries.

Authorities in Bladen County are investigating the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old Sampson County man who was found on the ...