07/18/11 A Bladenboro man has been arrested on a charge of assaulting another man at 2010 Quail Forest Drive, Raleigh, with a deadly weapon and stealing his laptop computer, according to arrest warrants.
06/09/11 Spartanburg, SC (AP) -- A North Carolina man has been arrested and accused of running naked down a South Carolina city street.
06/08/11 A 28-year-old North Carolina man was arrested early Wednesday morning after police reported he was running down Main Street naked.
06/07/11 DUBLIN,NC (WWAY) -- Travis Pait was introduced as the West Bladen boys basketball coach on Tuesday. Pait is a graduate of Bladenboro High School. He's been the head coach at Harrells, South Robeson and Hoke County High School previously. Pait served as the student manager at UNC Wilmington under Jerry Wainwright. He also had a stint at Cape Fear Community College as assistant coach. Travis Pait ...
06/06/11 BLADENBORO, NC (WWAY) -- It was a year ago that West Bladen High School made headlines for several incidents on campus. But a new school year and a new principal have put the school in a whole new light. At the beginning of the school year principal Todd Finn told WWAY West Bladen will be a whole new school over time. Within one school year the positive changes can already be seen. As you walk ...
06/06/11 HOPE MILLS,NC (WWAY) -- South View High School has named Trelonnie Ownes its new assistant varsity basketball coach. Owens will serve under South View varsity coach Nathan Faulk who previously coached at South Columbus. Prior to South Columbus Faulk assisted Fred Lynch at Laney High School in Wilmington. Trelonnie Owens graduated from Bladenboro High School. He led the Bulldogs to the state 1-A ...
05/09/11 BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- West Bladen basketball coach Ken Cross has resigned in order to accept the vacant head coaching position at rival East Bladen High School. The Bladen County School Board will vote to approve the move tonight. Cross will replace Alton Hill at East Bladen High School. Hill resigned as the Eagles head coach two months ago after just one season at East Bladen. Cross began ...
05/09/11 BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- West Bladen basketball coach Ken Cross has resigned in order to accept the vacant head coaching position at rival East Bladen High School, pending approval from the Bladen County School Board. (UPDATE 9:00 p.m.)....The Bladen County School Board approved the move Monday night. Cross will replace Alton Hill at East Bladen High School. Hill resigned as the Eagles head ...
04/29/11 RALEIGH, NC (AP) -- North Carolina is offering help putting food on the table to victims of the devastating storms that swept through the state earlier this month. The Department of Health and Human Services says that starting Friday it will open the food stamps program to people not normally eligible for the help. The program will be offered in 18 counties, including Bladen and Onslow, that ...
04/27/11 More than a dozen small businesses and organizations in North Carolina will receive awards from the North Carolina Green Business Fund, totaling nearly $4.6 million.
04/27/11 More than a hundred homes were damaged and 25 destroyed in Bladen County when a powerful storm system ripped through the county, bringing tornados, high winds and rain. Now, homeowners there are bracing for another strong storm.
04/24/11 Some homeowners in Bladen County say they feel the requirements for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's loans are too complicated and deter them from applying.
04/22/11 Mary Grady sits in her neighbor's yard where she rode out a tornado in Askewville, N.C., Sunday, April 17, 2011. Her home was destroyed in the storm. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)
04/20/11 A list, by county, of 24 people killed by the severe weather that swept across North Carolina on Saturday. (List includes name, age and place of residence, where known):
04/19/11 Residents and crews are working in Bladen County to clear debris left from Saturday's storm. A solid waste facility opened up at 1522 Mercer Mill Road Extension to take both vegetative and construction related debris.
04/19/11 A complete wrap up of the tornado outbreak for southeastern North Carolina. Tornadoes have been confirmed in Bladen, Columbus, Sampson, Duplin, Cumberland, Onslow and Robeson Counties
04/18/11 The American Red Cross is working hard to provide relief to people affected by the deadly tornadoes that swept across the southeast over the weekend.
04/18/11 Overnight shelters are now open and running by the American Red Cross as of Monday afternoon.
04/18/11 Emergency personnel work around a Lowes Home Improvement store in Sandford after it was hit by a tornado Saturday. "The Lowe's Home Improvement has been flattened," said Monica Elliott, who works at the nearby Brick City Grill. "It's totally destroyed."
04/16/11 AMMON, NC (WWAY) - Law enforcement in Bladen County confirm the storm has killed one person in Ammon. The Bladen County Emergency Operations Center says it is working to open three shelters around the county. They will be at Bladenboro Middle School, Elizabethtown Middle School and Bladen Lakes Primary School. No word yet on when the shelters will open. |