TURKEY — With applications in hand, Mayor Max Pope spent time Friday visiting local businesses with hopes that they ‘ll take advantage of funding available to help offsets costs for COVID-19.
President Donald Trump will be visiting Robeson County and deliver remarks at the Robeson County Fairgrounds. He will be joined by Congressmen Richard Hudson and Dan Bishop. The event begins at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, and all are welcome to attend. Those interested may apply for two tickets per mobile device by logging onto https://events.donaldjtrump.com.
As freshmen begin to return to buildings in the Sampson County district, board members would like to see sophomores and upperclassmen in classrooms too — a request going against the recommendation of officials.
A report of another 21 cases of the novel coronavirus in Sampson County on Friday brought the new case tally in the county over the past week to 131, the most in a week span in months, according to reports from the local health department. This week also saw three additional deaths in Sampson attributed to COVID-19.
