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Report: County’s overall health ranks low (Sampson Independent)
A report detailing health rankings for each of North Carolina’s 100 counties shows Sampson County 67th in the state in overall health and even lower — 82nd — in factors that influence health, being particularly at-risk for poor behaviors that include adult smoking, adult obesity, binge drinking, motor vehicle death and high risk sexual activity.Political sign problems popping up around county (Sampson Independent) As the pace of the upcoming election picks up over the next couple of months, other things are getting picked up as well — local candidates’ signs, which, DOT officials said, are being put up in places where, by law, they aren’t supposed to be.
Inside Politics: City, county plan meeting in spring (The Fayetteville Observer) Fayetteville and Cumberland County officials have something to talk about after all.
Drop out rates for schools in Southeastern NC (WECT 6 Wilmington) Columbus County Schools' dropout rate for 2008/09 is 2.83%, which is the lowest of the surrounding counties.
$5,000 reward offered in May’s death (Sampson Independent) This week, Gov. Beverly Perdue signed a proclamation authorizing $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the death of Sampson County resident Gerald Adrian May.
R’boro man charged with robbing his own mother (Sampson Independent) A 24-year-old Roseboro resident was arrested and charged with robbery after taking $40 from his mother late Sunday night. Gregory Michael Ammons, 24, of 432 Corbin Road, Roseboro, was taken into custody on the robbery charge and placed under a $2,500 secured bond.
The power of pink (Sampson Independent) A pink propane truck turns heads and gets people talking. That’s the goal for Parker Gas Co. Inc. — to raise awareness, and some money, for a cause worthy of that attention.
Guilty plea lands woman in jail for 7-plus years (Sampson Independent) The final person to plead guilty in the separate murders of a mentally disabled Harrells man and a Duplin County cab driver in 2007 has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison.
U.S. Senate candidate speaks to students about education, health care (Technician) Marion Butler was born on May 20, 1863 in Sampson County. A short 32 years later, he was elected for his first, and only, term as North Carolina’s representative to the U.S. Senate.
Operation Perk-Up nabs two (Sampson Independent) Operation Perk-Up continues to bring in arrests almost a year after its inception. Two more Clinton men turned themselves in to law enforcement officers this week in connection with the investigation that initially began last summer.