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Probe under way into elderly abuse report
Sampson County sheriff’s investigators have become involved with what they said was a disturbing case of alleged elderly abuse against a 76-year-old woman. It was reported to them by the Sampson County Department of Social Services. According to reports, the investigation was initiated by DSS officials last month when they were notified that a Salemburg woman was not being cared for properly. By Jan. 27, the woman was moved to an undisclose...
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Outreach in our Churches
Ashley Chapel AME Zion Will present their Black History program entitled Our Past, Our Present and Our Future, at 6 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 18. Speakers will include: Dr. Larry Bell, Dr. Theodore B. Thomas, retired magistrate Franklin Brown, and many others. Music will also be provided. Central Baptist Will present Love Worth Fighting, a live event, at 6 p.m, Saturday, March 17. The program will feature TV star Kirk Cameron and Spi...
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Deputies uncover guns during traffic stop
A routine traffic stop Wednesday evening uncovered two concealed .38-caliber special revolvers, one stolen, along with drug paraphernalia. Cruise Dion Scott, 20, of 2305 Vester Ave., Fayetteville, was charged with possession of a stolen firearm; two counts of carrying a concealed weapon; and possession of drug paraphernalia after the stop around 11 p.m. Wednesday. According to reports, Scott was riding in the back seat of a 2007 Saturn Io...
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Solution still sought to keep US 421 rest area open
Three months after the N.C. Department of Transportation indefinitely suspended a plan to close the U.S. 421 rest area in Sampson County in favor of developing a course of action with local and state leaders, that workable solution is still being sought. The state first expressed its intention to close the U.S. 421 rest area at Six Runs last summer, an announcement met with much local opposition. The reaction led state officials to push bac...
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