The Christmas candy was barely off the shelves when the Valentine’s candy appeared. Red and pink hearts with caramel and nut-filled chocolate goodness caught our eye. We are reminded of how we love love. Young love, especially.
Published: Friday, March 29th, 2024 @ 11:27 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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What would happen if, just before the tip-off to a basketball game, the referees announced that they were awarding one of the teams a 15-point lead at the beginning of the game?
Published: Sunday, March 24th, 2024 @ 6:14 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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In 2023, it seemed that a war against women was happening. Roe v. Wade was repealed after 50 years of precedent. Governors and Legislatures across the country put the clamps on abortion.
Published: Saturday, March 23rd, 2024 @ 2:33 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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I’ve put off writing about the 2024 elections as long as I can, but with the “Super Tuesday” Primary election in 14 states a month away, we need to check in.
Published: Thursday, March 21st, 2024 @ 12:15 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The classic musical film “Mary Poppins” has been changed to a “PG” rating in the United Kingdom due to perceived “discriminatory language.”
Published: Friday, March 15th, 2024 @ 12:00 am
By: Daily Wire
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My recent column about North Carolina’s “First in Freedom” claim established the events leading up to the Revolutionary War. But now, as legendary broadcaster Paul Harvey frequently said, you’re going to hear “the rest of the story.”
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2024 @ 11:26 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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News from Florida and Texas these days is shocking. Both Governors appear to be in a race to the bottom. One of them is running miserably for President of the United States. God help us.
Published: Thursday, February 29th, 2024 @ 1:32 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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Mr. Lonnie James Stokesberry, age 98, a resident of Pinetown, NC died Tuesday February 27, 2024, at Autumnfield Retirement & Rest Home of Belhaven.
Published: Thursday, February 29th, 2024 @ 7:30 am
By: Announcements
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“First in Freedom,” our state license plates proclaim. Is this claim true?
Published: Tuesday, February 27th, 2024 @ 5:28 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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After viewing Jill Biden's newly-released holiday video, Chinese President Xi ordered the total ground invasion of the United States. According to sources, it was the dancing flower man who finally forced Xi's hand.
Published: Monday, February 26th, 2024 @ 12:19 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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I am no football expert. I am only a fan. I learned the game as a cheerleader in the 1960s. I knew the “push ‘em back” and the “ hey, hey, let’s go” as well as anybody.
Published: Saturday, February 24th, 2024 @ 9:58 am
By: Lib Campbell
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Jim Martin was the most underappreciated governor in our state’s modern history.
Published: Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 @ 6:14 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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No sooner had the sun gone down Christmas day than everyone started greeting you with “Happy New Year.” But will 2024 be happy?
Published: Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 @ 9:49 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Tom and I got married on a cold December Wednesday in the Ayden Christian Church at three o’clock in the afternoon.
Published: Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 @ 12:45 am
By: Lib Campbell
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Here’s my parting message for the year: “23 skidoo.” Readers “of a certain age,” know this early 20th century slang expression.
Published: Wednesday, February 21st, 2024 @ 5:19 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Cargo shipping giant Maersk announced on Tuesday a pause of transits through the Red Sea “until further notice” after one of its container vessels got attacked over the weekend by what the United States identified as Iranian-backed Houthi boats.
Published: Thursday, February 15th, 2024 @ 11:54 pm
By: Daily Wire
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As we prepare to turn the page on another year, we are reminded we are a year older.
Published: Thursday, February 15th, 2024 @ 9:31 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Bells are ringing all over the country. Some are Christmas bells, but more of them are alarm bells. Even conservative Republicans are beginning to sound the alarm.
Published: Thursday, February 15th, 2024 @ 7:46 am
By: Lib Campbell
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SHANGHAI — In response to some confusion around China's ongoing ban on Bibles, President Xi called a press conference to confirm an exception to his prohibition on God's Holy Word will be made for a popular version known as "The Message."
Published: Thursday, February 1st, 2024 @ 11:51 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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There’s no better example of community spirit than a small-town Christmas Parade.
Published: Thursday, February 1st, 2024 @ 5:10 am
By: Tom Campbell
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The Shell oil company, one of the largest oil companies in the world, has announced it is suspending all shipments through the Red Sea indefinitely because of the attacks from the terrorist Houthis from Yemen.
Published: Wednesday, January 31st, 2024 @ 9:49 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Chinese communist dictator Xi Jinping told President Joe Biden to his face last month that China is going to take over Taiwan and that there was nothing the U.S. could do to stop it.
Published: Saturday, January 27th, 2024 @ 7:52 pm
By: Daily Wire
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One can only imagine what will happen in a second presidency of Donald Trump. One of the more frightening possibilities is the abuse of power in handing out pardons like gum drops to cronies, who pledge fealty to Caesar in return.
Published: Thursday, January 25th, 2024 @ 4:29 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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U.S. forces shot down nearly two dozen drones and missiles that were launched as part of a “complex attack” on international shipping lanes in the Red Sea this week.
Published: Thursday, January 18th, 2024 @ 6:33 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Xi 2022: "We will never promise to renounce the use of force and we reserve the option of taking all measures necessary.”
Published: Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 @ 3:16 am
By: Daily Wire
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We were invited to attend the meeting of Pamlico Partners for Democracy, a group concerned about current threats to Democracy.
Published: Saturday, January 13th, 2024 @ 3:03 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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As the Biden administration has avoided confronting Islamic Houthis in Yemen aligned with Iran who are impeding navigation in the Middle East, two of the world’s largest container shipping lines announced on Friday they have paused transits through the Red Sea.
Published: Thursday, January 11th, 2024 @ 6:23 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The Christmas story, as recorded in Luke, says there is no room in the inn for the holy family to find shelter, and a safe place for the baby to be born.
Published: Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024 @ 1:39 am
By: Lib Campbell
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We picked up our Boykin Spaniel in Florence, South Carolina. The name already given her was “Karma.” The irony of the name was that the day we picked her up was the same day of Donald Trump’s first indictment.
Published: Monday, January 1st, 2024 @ 11:11 am
By: Lib Campbell
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Happiness through religious and moral teachings
Published: Saturday, December 30th, 2023 @ 7:34 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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After repeated instances of one Peregrin Took causing terrible mischief, an irritated Gandalf the White finally put Pippin on a toddler leash.
Published: Thursday, December 28th, 2023 @ 5:24 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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In my darkest imagination, I see Donald Trump on Inauguration Day 2025. He is smug as he places his hand on the Bible and pledges his oath to uphold the Constitution.
Published: Thursday, December 28th, 2023 @ 3:46 pm
By: Lib Campbell
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Mrs. Sybil K. Keech, age 91, a resident of the Free Union Community of Pinetown, NC died Tuesday December 26, 2023, at Ridgewood Manor Nursing Center in Washington.
Published: Thursday, December 28th, 2023 @ 7:22 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Monteen Aster Harrison Waters, age 93, a resident of Pinetown died Wednesday December 27, 2023, at her home.
Published: Thursday, December 28th, 2023 @ 7:21 am
By: Announcements
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