BLADENBORO-The West Bladen Lady Knights defeated the South Columbus Stallions for a 54-53 victory last Thursday for a ...

Looking back at 2024, the Border Belt Independent brought readers in-depth news coverage about the election, the economy, ...

NC State clinched bowl eligibility with a 35-30 win at North Carolina in its regular-season finale. The Wolfpack have won six of the last 10 meetings between these teams, including a 21-20 win in ...

The United States Census Bureau does not have an official definition for the term "middle-class." But the Pew Research Center does. By Pew Research Center standards, the middle class is made up of ...

A young North Carolina woman was doused in gasoline and set on fire by a sick suspect who then fled — leaving her heartbroken mother wondering, “How could they do this to my baby?” ...

A police officer who was responding to a report of an armed man inside a Greensboro, North Carolina, grocery store was fatally shot Monday morning. The Greensboro Police Department announced the ...

After a turbulent several years, Party City is reportedly planning to shutter all stores. According to reports from CNN, Party City's CEO Barry Litwin told corporate employees in a Friday meeting ...

U.S. News & World Report has published a ranked list of 2,149 North Carolina elementary schools, including many entries in Western NC. The report used standardized scores on four ranking ...

N.C. State football is headed north this weekend for its 2024 finale, and what it hopes is a belated Christmas gift. The Wolfpack (6-6, 3-5 ACC) faces East Carolina (7-5, 5-3 American Athletic ...

A North Carolina man convicted in the brutal deaths of two Conway bank tellers is among 37 death row inmates whose sentences were commuted by President Biden - two days before Christmas. Brandon ...

A 22-year-old female sheriff’s deputy became the target of a 62-year-old male deputy’s sexual comments, she told her supervisor four months after she started. The man was fired, she was told ...