The 2026 baseball season may have ended one win short of the East Regional Finals, but for the Clinton Dark Horse baseball program, this spring represented something much bigger than a final score.

Current Sampson Independent sports editor Anthony Goodman will take the editorial reins of the over 130-year-old loca, three-day per week newspaper Monday, becoming the first Black man to serve as ...

After finishing 7-14 overall and 4-7 in conference play during the 2024-25 season, the Lakewood Leopards took a slight step backward this spring at 7-16 overall and 3-9 in conference play.

Residents of Garland will not have to worry about a tax increase going into the 2026-27 fiscal year, as the town reversed course on potentially raising the tax rate by two cents. There will be an ...

Since joining the Clinton Police Department in 2005, Jesse Kittrell has steadily climbed the ranks and gained experience in many locations before becoming the city’s current assistant police chief. A ...

For a program with only five athletes on the mat, the Union High School competitive cheerleading team made one of the loudest ...

Dana Hall, director of the Sampson County Parks and Recreation, is adamant that despite statements made at a county budget ...

Graduates earned both degrees and diplomas during the commencement. Pictured are the 2026 Medical Office Administration graduates. Soon-to-be SCC graduates pose with the Viking before their graduation ...

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They say they want it. Then, after some more begging, they get serious. Now it’s more than wanting that toy; now they “need” ...

Senior Dark Horse Holden Spell was selected as the 2025 Sampson County Player of the Year for fall sports and the East Central Conference Player of the Year. For four years, Clinton Dark Horse senior ...