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Today's News

  • Gause pitches Walters State to World Series

    Jay Gause was the winning pitcher as the Walters State Senators beat the Columbia State Chargers 6-0 Saturday afternoon in Morristown, Tenn., and earned a trip to the NJCAA Division I World Series in Grand Junction, Colo.

    In the NJCAA East Central District Tournament championship game, Gause, a West  Brunswick graduate, struck out six, walked two and allowed five hits in the complete-game effort.

    For the sixth time in program history, the Senators are heading to the World Series.

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  • Trojans reach fourth round in baseball playoffs

     The West Brunswick baseball team beat Jacksonville 2-1 Friday in Shallotte in the third round of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Class 3A state playoffs.

    West (19-4) got the winning run in the bottom of the seventh. Senior shortstop Cole Josselyn led off with a walk against sophomore Ryan Thompson. Senior second baseman Erick Hill bunted Josselyn to second. Senior center fielder Markel Jones lined the ball toward the second baseman, who was unable to field it. The ball landed in right field. Josselyn slid home with the winning run.

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  • West Brunswick Theater Classes to Perform

    By Renee Sloan

    Staff writer

    In just a few days, experience the hustle and bustle of New York City without leaving Brunswick County, as the theater department at West Brunswick High School brings New York to the stage.

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  • Tripp’s Jewel Shoppe celebrates 50th anniversary this month

    By Renee Sloan

    Staff Writer

    When it comes to jewelry, Michele Tripp Hobson knows what she likes.

    “I like the bling,” she said, laughing.

    Michele’s love of jewelry likely comes from growing up around showcases full of shiny things. Her parents, Billy and Marilyn Tripp, started Tripp’s Jewel Shoppe in May 1963.

    “Believe it or not, Shallotte was a sleepy little town back then,” Michele said.

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  • BCC graduates say farewell

    By Renee Sloan

    Staff Writer

    Brunswick Community College celebrated its spring graduation ceremony last Friday.

    Three hundred and twenty-five graduates received a total of 368 degrees, diplomas and certificates, and 180 students participated in commencement exercises.

    “It was definitely a spirited group of graduates,” said Susanne Adams, Brunswick Community College president.

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  • Stormwater dominates Shallotte meeting

    By Renee Sloan

    Staff Writer

    Stormwater drainage issues in the Brierwood Community were the primary topic of discussion at the Shallotte Board of Aldermen’s meeting last week.

    Alderman Alan Lewis introduced the issue as a discussion item.

    “There’s a bad problem in Brierwood, and it’s not something that has developed recently,” Lewis said. “This is something that has been going on for years.”

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  • Figuring out the perfect gift might just be saying thanks

    By Renee Sloan

    Staff Writer

    With Mother’s Day right around the corner, many of you are rushing to the mall to find gifts for your wives, mothers, grandmothers and mothers-in-law. After we make deadline, I will probably be right there with you in search of the perfect gift for my mom. However, there’s one person in my life that never wants any gifts—my grandma, Fay Wright.

    Every year, I always ask her what she wants, and she says, “Oh, don’t buy me nuthin’. I don’t need anything.”

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  • Keep calm and Relay on

    By Renee Sloan

    Staff Writer

    Despite the rain and cool temperatures, hundreds of people gathered at West Brunswick High School last Friday and Saturday for the 2013 Brunswick County Relay for Life.

    Team captain and long-time relay supporter, Norman Jean Gurganus said at first she was worried that the weather would affect this year’s attendance.

    “At the beginning, I thought it was going to be kinda slow,” she said. “But as the night went on, there were just as many people as before.”

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  • Writer examines the history of East Coast beach music, local personalities

    By Renee Sloan

    Staff Writer

     

    Write what you know.

    Author Howie Thompson gave that advice to aspiring writers last Thursday at Sunset River Marketplace in Calabash, where he was speaking as part of the gallery’s Coffee with the Authors series.

    However, Thompson wanted to write about beach music, and to follow his own advice, he had to spend a lot of hours researching and interviewing for his two books.

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  • Pondering Pentecost: What’s blowing in the wind these days?

    There is an unusual feast celebrated in many Christian churches. Bearing the name Pentecost, a name that is strange to many, its celebration simultaneously mystifies and lures us. It is also considered to be the birthday of the church. Special attention and homage is paid to God’s Holy Spirit on this day. This is clear. What remains a mystery is the meaning behind the nomenclature. Who, what, how and where is this entity that some call the Holy Ghost?

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