A Sampson County girl reported missing and the subject of an Amber Alert on Tuesday was found safe later in the day, Sheriff’s Office reported Tuesday night.
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.
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.
