3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (978+ words) Lucas and his father Chris haul their gear back from hunting at the Kitty Fork Outdoors Annual Veterans Dove Hunt Saturday. Chris brought his family out for the event and is still in the service. Chris specifically requested The Independent…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1360+ words) The hospital sealed a time capsule set to be opened in 25 years Staff of Sampson Regional take time to enjoy refreshments after comments and the sealing of the time capsule. Morgan Shaw, director of Business Development at Sampson Regional, opens…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (536+ words) Sampson County Sheriff Jimmy Thornton, along with deputies and members of the community, gather at a monument for World War II airmen to pay their respects. More than eight decades have passed since four young Army airmen lost their lives…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (337+ words) The Clinton City Board of Education reorganized itself Thursday, naming Jeremy Edgerton vice chairman and approving the process for filling the seat vacated last week by Carol Worley, all during a called meeting following last week’s unfinished agenda. Worley had…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (535+ words) There are famous people, there are legends, and then there are those rare souls who somehow make millions of strangers feel as though they knew them. Dolly Parton was one of those people. Her death Tuesday at age 80 closes the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (716+ words) Town Commissioner Tommy Honeycutt insists during Tuesday’s regular Autryville town board meeting that the board’s attorney should review a DOT contract regarding lawn maintenance along Highway 24. A stormwater improvement project to divert 75 percent of Autryville’s stormwater runoff off of private…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (587+ words) Visitors say new office Garland Department of Motor Vehicles employees Best and Anders assist Alysha Torres obtain her North Carolina driver’s license. Best and Anders declined to give their first names. Torres, a Cumberland County resident, travelled an hour on…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (568+ words) Garland Department of Motor Vehicles employees Best and Anders assist Alysha Torres obtain her North Carolina driver’s license. Best and Anders declined to give their first names. Torres, a Cumberland County resident, travelled an hour on Monday morning to the…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (664+ words) Over the last four decades, softball has been a staple in the town of Garland. In the 1980s, the Garland Softball League was created, drawing children from across the town to take part. Just ask Michael Spell, one of the committee…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (635+ words) North Carolina Cooperative Extension Agent Sydney Knowles instructs Sharon Carter and Kay Raynor on how to create hummus during a class last week. Sharon Carter and Kay Raynor work on making hummus. Zeily Araqz and Evelyn Cabanzo measure out honey…...