Today's News

When you look up “albatross” in the dictionary, you will read about large, web-footed birds, mainly found in the Southern Hemisphere, having a hooked beak and long narrow wings. However, if you look up “albatross” in a golfer’s glossary, you will see it is a term used in Britain for a score of 3-under par for a hole. In the U.S., this score is more commonly referred to as a double-eagle.

SUPPLY—The students of Supply Elementary School have spoken. They voted Sen. Barack Obama as the next president of the United States during a school-wide election Monday.

The fifth-grade students had a mock election Monday morning, complete with campaign supporters, poll workers and vote counters. Every student in the school had the opportunity to vote.

PIKEVILLE—As expected, the rout began early.

The C.B. Aycock Golden Falcons, 19-1 and ranked among the top-10 high school soccer teams in Class 3-A, scored in the first 34 seconds in the state playoff Oct. 29 against West Brunswick.

Falcons’ fans, who filled about half of the stadium, had seen this kind of domination all year.

The Trojans, unranked and winless in their conference… then went on to beat the Falcons 2-1.

Rainy weather hasn't stopped people from going to the polls this morning.

Voters were lining up at the Supply precinct polling place—the Brunswick Educational Transition Center—where Register of Deeds candidate Brenda Mercer Clemmons was doing some last minute campaigning.

At the old Shallotte fire department building, as a light rain sprinkled outside, poll workers said there were lines throughout the morning, but by around 10:30 a.m., it had slowed to a steady, constant flow.

Polls opened at 6:30 a.m. and will stay open until 7:30 p.m.