State of North Carolina

08/19/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/19/2026 16:08

Commissioner Causey to present awards during Thursday visit to Bladen County

Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey will present two awards during a visit to Bladen County on Thursday, Aug. 20.

Commissioner Causey will present Bladen County Sheriff James McVicker, who has 52 years of law enforcement service, with the Order of the Guardian Award Thursday morning. Later in the morning, Commissioner Causey will present the Commissioner's Award to Elizabethtown Fire Chief Hollis Freeman for 32 years in the fire service.

Here is Commissioner Causey's public schedule for the day:

10:30 a.m. - Bladen County Sheriff's Department, 299 Smith Circle, Elizabethtown, N.C. 28337.

11:30 a.m. - Elizabethtown Fire Department, 300 E. Broad St., Elizabethtown, N.C. 28337.

Area media wishing to cover these events may RSVP at [email protected].

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