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Today's News

  • VIDEO INCLUDED Kassens wins third straight Run for Food women’s half marathon

     Eighteen-year-old Peter Deucher of Vass won the eighth annual Run for Food Half Marathon Saturday at Ocean Isle Beach.

    In sunny, 45-degree weather, Deucher ran the 13-mile course in 1 hour, 18 minutes, 12 seconds. The course took runners over the high-rise Odell Williamson Bridge to the mainland and back to the island.

    Kevin Timp, 28, of, Chapel Hill, finished second in 1:19.55. David Smith, 55, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., finished third in 1:21.44.

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  • Lady Trojans’ rally falls short against South Columbus

     

     

     

    Playing in their first two games since the Christmas break, the West Brunswick High School girls’ basketball team lost 45-23 on Jan. 3 at East Bladen and lost 36-32 on Friday at South Columbus.

    West is now 1-4 in the conference, 3-8 overall.

    Friday at South Columbus, West rallied from a 17-3 deficit and trailed 35-32 with 15.9 seconds left but missed two shots before South Columbus clinched the victory with a free throw with two seconds left.

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  • Trojans build big lead, defeat South Columbus

     TABOR CITY—The West Brunswick High School boys’ basketball team built an 18-point lead and then held off a South Columbus comeback in a 51-47 conference victory Friday night.

    West (2-3, 7-8) led 40-22 but the Stallions cut the lead to 49-45 with 11.2 seconds left. Gray Cheers then hit two free throws to clinch the victory. Cheers finished with a team-high 20 points. He scored eight of West’s 17 fourth-quarter points. For the game, he made nine of 10 free throws.

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  • Hunting

     

    Shannon’s 10-point buck

     Fifteen-year-old Shannon Kirby killed this 10-point buck on Christmas Eve in Winnabow.    

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  • VIDEO INCLUDED Pitt beats BCC on rebound in final seconds

     Chuckie Becton scored on a rebound of a layup with 2.3 seconds left as Pitt Community College beat Brunswick Community College 74-72 Jan. 4 on Walter Shaw Court at the Dinah E. Gore Center.

    BCC (8-6) trailed 38-24 at the half but hit 10 3-pointers in the second half, the last by Steve Johnson with 1 minute, 59 seconds left in tying the score 65-65.

    Pitt (7-7) hit a jumper with 1:47 left, but a tip-in by Johnson tied the score 67-67 with 1:30 left.

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  • District court docket

    The following cases were adjudicated over two days of District Criminal Court on Dec. 21and 22 in Bolivia.

    Codes: PG, pleaded guilty; PNG/NG, pleaded not guilty, found not guilty; PNG/G, pleaded not guilty, found guilty; BCDC, Brunswick County Detention Center; NCDOC, North Carolina Department of Corrections.

    Wednesday, Dec. 21

    Judge Napoleon B. Barefoot Jr. presided over the following cases with prosecutor Gina Essey and courtroom clerk Jennifer Hearn:

    Tiyari Abdur-Rahman, PG improper equipment.

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  • To believe in the unbelievable is a testimony of trust

    Incredible! Awesome! Wonderful! Amazing! Wow! How often have we said, or heard, those words used to describe what we can scarcely believe? We use them to chronicle our view of a spectacular sunrise or sunset, to relate the first stirrings of life in a woman’s womb, to comment on the many experiences for which words seem inadequate.

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  • Selecting fruit trees

    By Tom Woods
    Master Gardener
    Soon you will begin to see containerized fruit trees at your garden center, nursery and co-op. There are many varieties, and you will be confronted with how to choose the right tree for you in your home landscape.

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  • Selecting Christmas cacti

    Susan Brown
    Horticulture Extension Agent
    The holidays are here and stores are packed with people trying to find that perfect gift. In the spring, I spend all my money on outdoor plants for my garden. Once the weather changes, I start to purchase indoor plants.

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  • Add health to your resolutions

    Cheryle Jones Syracuse
    Family and Consumer Science Staff
    NC Cooperative Extension
    Brunswick County Center
    Well, we’re in the home stretch now...past one holiday and heading fast toward the New Year. This is the week that people think about making resolutions to get the New Year off on the right track.
    Many resolutions tend toward heath issues with vows to lose 50 pounds, stop eating fast food or quit smoking. While admirable goals, they are almost impossible to reach and usually quickly forgotten.

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