Category: LOCAL

 On March 30, 2023, Detectives with the Carteret County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit and the Morehead City Police Department arrested Peyton Keith Ashton, 19, of Morehead City, NC. Ashton was charged with two-counts of Third-Degree Sexual Exploitation of a Minor (Possession…

BRIDGETON – Board Chairman Chip Chagnon announced Wednesday that the $5.3 million Bridgeton Campus Project is over 50 percent completed. “We are happy to see that our once-in-a generation major construction project is on target for a mid-September of 2023 opening. This project includes a…

On 03/27/2023 Iredell and Catawba County deputies along with members of the SBI Violent Criminal Apprehension Team arrested Christian Jovani Osorio Cruz, 23, of 446 Nine Foot Rd, Newport following a 25-mile chase on I-40 through those counties. Cruz was currently wanted by the Carteret…

Reward offered for info leading to recovery This valuable vehicle – with roll bars, parachute, and Wheelie Bars — was on a trailer at 189 Mursue Street near Aurora Beach in the vicinity of Hickory Point. Please call Tina Propes at (704) 519-7583. NO QUESTIONS…

BATH, NC —“Join us to keep our party strong and moving in the right direction!” encourages GOP County Chair, Carolyn Garris. All Republicans in Beaufort County, registered as of January 31, 2023, are called to meet on Saturday, March 25, 2023, at Southern Acres in…

CARTERET COUNTY, NC (March 16, 2023) – This week, Jim Dandy Convenience Stores and Coca-Cola Consolidated presented a $5,000 donation to Carteret County Department of Social Services (DSS) to support local foster care programs. Executives of Jim Dandy and Coca-Cola Consolidated gathered at the Jim…

Sheriff Scott Hammonds is excited to announce the implementation of monthly Town Hall Meetings throughout Beaufort County beginning in March 2023. The purpose of these meetings is to give the residents of Beaufort County an opportunity to meet with Sheriff Hammonds and receive valuable information…

 In the fall of 2022 Carteret County Sheriff’s Office and Morehead City Police Department Drug Detectives received information that Kuwain Omar Greene was selling controlled substances in Carteret County. Detectives were able to conduct several controlled purchases of cocaine from Kuwain Greene. During the investigation…

CARTERET COUNTY, NC – Carteret County Sheriff Asa Buck, along with Craven County Sheriff Chip Hughes and District Attorney Scott Thomas will be hosting a press conference, Wednesday March 1st, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. at the Carteret County Courthouse to announce the results of a…

On February 23, 2023 Carteret County detectives arrested Michael Bryan Ward, 54, of George Taylor Road, Newport after citizens identified him from a surveillance image released by the Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday. The image captured Ward after he snatched an employee’s personal cell phone and…

On February 22, 2023 Detectives with the Carteret County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit and the Morehead City Police Department arrested Randy Wade Jackson, 37, of Morehead City, NC. Jackson was charged with two-counts of Third-Degree Sexual Exploitation of a Minor (possession…

Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help in identifying these individuals. The male and female are persons of interest in a fraud investigation. The male is driving a dark in color Toyota Tacoma with and LED light bar on the front. The female is…