A local one-stop voting plan for the general election was approved unanimously by the four-member Sampson Board of Elections Friday, the final day for such plans to be submitted by counties to avoid the state [...]

A former Lakewood High School faculty member has been charged with indecent liberties offenses following a months-long investigation by Sampson County Sheriff’s officials, who said the educator had an “inappropriate relationship” with an underage student. [...]