Area News

    A late afternoon wreck in the heart of the Sidney community Thursday injured two men, prompting a request for a helicopter that could not be answered quickly.     Ambulances from Tabor City and Chadbourn carried the two men to McLeod Loris and Columbus Regional Healthcare respectively, with the second patient initially scheduled for a…

    Beta Club Advisor Angela Zokal takes a pitch in the fight against breast cancer at Williams Township School on Thursday, taking a turn at the dunking booth.     Students paid $1 in the club sponsored event for every shot at the dunking booth, and a chance to send staff member Will Bell into the…

By DEUCE NIVEN     Mother nature could not have been more kind to this year’s North Carolina Yam Festival at Tabor City, with thousands crowding the streets celebrating all things yam.     Weather was a little cool as the parade line-up began, very comfortable by the time it stepped off at Tabor City Elementary School.…

By DEUCE NIVEN     John and Christy Armstrong say their Halloween display was intended to delight and gently frighten children and others this week.     Instead the display, which included a hooded figure hanging by the neck from a rope around a very tall branch in front of their Lewis Street home, has evolved into…

    Children of many ages have already found delight in North Carolina Yam Festival activities, with much more fun to come on the annual celebration’s biggest day, Saturday.     From the Ritz entertainment stage to Kid’s Street on East 4th, and well beyond, both the young and young at hear should find plenty to delight.…

    Early voting got underway across North Carolina on Thursday, a bit sluggishly as the doors opened at 1 p.m. at the District Court Building in Tabor City.     First, the electronic ballot box would not work, then a printer used for voter verification forms did, but very slowly.     Derek Kern from the Columbus…

By DEUCE NIVEN     Former Tabor City Mayor and town Police Chief Bertus Carson “Pete” King died Wednesday near his home in Clinton. He was 85.     King died at Sampson Regional Medical Center in Clinton. He had returned to his former hometown following the death of his wife, Daisy Lee Thorpe King, in March.…

    Rebekka Garrell’s sweet potato cream cheese bundt cake was the Best In Show winner in the adult division in the North Carolina Yam Festival at Tabor City Sweet Potato Cook-Off, held Wednesday at The Ritz Center in downtown Tabor City.     Rebekka, an assistant public defender in Durham and a native of the Bronx…

By DEUCE NIVEN     A sweet evening of tribute to the volunteers who make the North Carolina Yam Festival run in Tabor City was made even sweeter with $14,200 generated through the auction sale of prize winning sweet potatoes Tuesday.     Brenden Jones, the GOP candidate for the N.C. House of Representatives seat now held…