North Moore High School head football coach Andrew Carrouth spoke with HighSchoolOT to preview the 2023 football season for the Mustangs. North Moore is coming off of a sensational 13-1 overall season in 2022.
Whiteville might be thinking it’s facing a mirror image in East Duplin when they face off in the fourth round of the 2-A state playoffs Friday night. Both teams
Bobo leads West Point mayor’s race with absentees still being processed
Ken Poole
WEST POINT Only one of West Point’s four Democratic primary races had been settled Tuesday evening due to a discrepancy in the absentee vote tallies.
A computer readout of 594 absentee votes did not match the number of paper ballots counted, leaving election officials tediously looking to resolve the issue heading into midnight today.
With enough absentee votes in each ward to alter the outcome, the winner in the mayoral primary and selectmen races in Wards 1 and Ward 5 had yet to be determined.
Rod Bobo
Only in Ward 3, where incumbent Ken Poole held a 122-vote lead over challenger Jonas Robinson with 112 absentee votes outstanding, did the outcome appear clear, although Democratic Party coordinator Jeanatta Edwards said an unknown number of affidavit ballots remained to be counted in that race as well.
Our View: Today’s vote is consequential; make your voice heard
Today, Golden Triangle voters have the opportunity to participate in our nation’s most intimate form of self-government.
Although municipal elections rarely generate the interest and passion typically found in state and national elections, the decisions made in today’s primary elections and in the June general election often have more direct impact on the lives of voters than any other election.
The people chosen for office will be entrusted with how our cities operate – everything from taxes to police and fire to streets to public parks, zoning and a host of other decisions that have a direct bearing on the lives of citizens. There is nothing abstract about the roles these officials will play over the next four years. This is governing at its most basic level.
Bryan, Bobo raise combined $38K ahead of mayoral primary
WEST POINT Two Democratic candidates for mayor have raised more than $38,000 combined ahead of Tuesday’s primary election.
Candidates for municipal races running in party primaries were required to file campaign finance primary pre-election reports by 5 p.m. Tuesday. Those reports must include the totals a candidate took in and spent, as well as itemize, or identify, each contribution or disbursement of more than $200. Those $200 or less can be considered non-itemized and are not required to be identified.
Cole Bryan led the way at deadline, reporting $21,849 in contributions, $5,649 of which were not itemized. His itemized donations which the city clerk’s office provided The Dispatch in a handwritten list instead of on the official form included $4,200 from M. Sundbeck and Joy; $4,000 from J. Bryan; $1,200 from Old Waverly Properties; $1,000 from Robinhoods; $600 from S. Jameson; $500 each from K. Dill Jr., J. Pop