Archive - Jun 16, 2009

While cars sit idle on sales lots throughout the country, Washington lawmakers are taking steps to get the car industry rolling again.

The Brunswick County Sheriff's Department say they've taken a major drug dealer off the streets. Detectives say he dealt prescription drugs to a Brunswick County kindergarten teacher. Brunswick County Sheriff's Deputies say they found the teacher in possession of Fentanyl, an extremely powerful opiate.

Roasting marshmallows and singing campfire songs likely come to mind when we think of summer camp. But ask a group of local middle school aged kids, and they'll probably say "keyboards" and "mouse pads". That's because they've been going to computer camp.

The Waccamaw-Siouan tribe community straddles the Bladen / Columbus county line. Those on the Bladen side have been allowed to go to Columbus County schools with no problem, but new school policies are changing that.

A microburst touched down in Bladenboro last night. That's not a tornado, but it still caused enough damage to warrant a big cleanup Tuesday.

The Brunswick County Republican Party meets Tuesday night to figure out who will replace Bonner Stiller in the State House of Representatives.