Local News in Craven County, North Carolina

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Mall hosts Reading Fun Day
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:09:35 -0800

Parents and children, birth to 12, are invited to attend Reading Fun Day Saturday at the New Bern Mall. The annual free event, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., will focus on the theme “Treasures of North Carolina.”

December regional unemployment up
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:14:13 -0800

December unemployment rates show regional unemployment rate increases in Craven, Pamlico and Jones counties in numbers released this week by the North Carolina Department of Employment Services.

US Postal Office To Dedicate Commemorative Postage Stamps
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:17:02 -0800

NC NEWS Winston-Salem State University and the U.S. Postal Service will dedicate commemorative postage stamps honoring three people for the Black Heritage stamp series, including artist and North Carolina native Romare Bearden.

$24 million Craven Water system on target for 2016
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:57:12 -0800

Design work continues on schedule for a Craven County water supply expansion expected to cost about $24 million and to be finished by the middle of 2016.

Craven County arrests, citations and incidents for 1/9/12
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:57:32 -0800

Jerry Renard Reid, 51, 607 First Ave., misuse of 911 system, false report to police station. Officer: Ben Lewis. Sheri Potter Mathews, 43, 1008 Meadows St., Jan. 6, driving while impaired, reckless driving. Officer: T. Conway.

Suspect in Wilmington killing also faces murder charge in Craven County
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:25:58 -0800

Andrew Bernard Adams is suspected of bludgeoning 24-year-old Latricia Scott to death last week at his house on Cowan Street, burying her body in a shallow grave in the backyard. Besides the first-degree murder charge in that case, jail officials said Monday that Adams also stands accused of murder and rape charges in connection to a death in Craven County, though the details of that case were ...

Unemployment Increased From Thanksgiving To Christmas
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:35:24 -0800

There was a rise in unemployment in Eastern Carolina during December, according to the latest unemployment figures out.

Man Charged With Rape in 2 States
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:32:02 -0800

DARE COUNTY A man wanted for sexual assaults in two states was arrested, an official with the Dare County Detention Center said.

Local ADs wait on realignment
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:29:28 -0800

Last week, some of eastern North Carolina’s high school athletics directors pitched their realignment suggestions to members of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association realignment committee at East Carolina’s Murphy Center.

Pitt County's drop-out rate falls
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:09:42 -0800

The number of students dropping out of Pitt County Schools is down by more than 10 percent for the second year in a row according to a state report released on Thursday.