An active search is underway for a 10-year-old Sampson County girl who was reportedly taken from Department of Social Services’ kinship placement by her father. An Amber Alert went out for the juvenile on Tuesday with the father listed as a key suspect.

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The COVID-19 pandemic plagued 2020 and caused much heartache for Sampsonians, but it did not stop the resiliency of community members as a whole. There were ups and downs along the way, as people coped in unprecedented times wrought with uncertainty, division, loss, but ultimately optimism for light at the end of the tunnel.

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A new state report released this week revealed Sampson County is now one of 86 counties in the red, indicating critical community spread of COVID-19. Sampson, which has tallied more than 1,000 new cases of the virus already in 2021, has the fifth-highest 14-day case rate in North Carolina, according to the report tracking each of the state’s 100 counties.

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As remote learning continues during the COVID-19 pandemic, officials from Sampson County Schools are working to have a device in the hands of every student next summer.

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Sampson County Schools leaders are continuing to monitor COVID-19 developments with hopes to get more students in classrooms. One of the changes is coming soon to Midway High School.

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