Category: LOCAL

Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office needs help locating runaway teen

The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a runaway teen.  16-year-old Imani Thompson left her home in Pantego on Saturday, July 30, 2022, at about 1:00 pm and has not been seen or heard from since.  Imani is 5’…

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Gwendolyn Gibbs

Apostle Gwendolyn Gibbs extends outreach begun by mother & sister

By Assistant Pastor Melanie Woods | LOVE MINISTRY NEW BERN – It was over a process of two years before I found my Spiritual home. I say thanks be to God for leading me to Love Ministry. My Pastor, Apostle Gwendolyn Gibbs, along with Apostle…

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‘Marine of the Year’ goes to Cherry Point pilot

Cherry Point USMC Maj. Cory T. Jones was honored Tuesday night in Washington, DC as ‘2022 Marine of the Year’ by the Military Times publication. The award recognizes the heroic landing of a KC-130J tanker following a mid-air collision with a F-35B. In September 2020,…

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D.A. Vows Swift Prosecution of Alleged Assailant in Murder Case

NEW BERN – District Attorney Scott Thomas released the following statement: “Defendant Dakota Wright had his felony first appearance in Craven County District Court Wednesday morning. He was advised of the pending criminal charges against him and the highest potential punishment for each charge. The…

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Voices of Volunteers at The Old Theater

By Elaine Creel In 2003 my husband Bill and I had just moved to Oriental and were driving around town when I saw an open side door at The Old Theater. I had always wanted to act in a “real” play and decided to go…

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One person arrested with 4 felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor

On Wednesday, July 7, 2022, members of the Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigative Division and the North Carolina SBI ICAC Task Force executed a search warrant on the home of Michael Wayne Stocks, 32, of Bayboro.  Investigators received information that Stocks was in possession…

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Look Out! Here They Come.

Upscale Jewish school in Greensboro (closed since June 2019) reopens w/ mega 5-year federal contract to accept ‘Unaccompanied Alien Children’ Editor’s note: We thank the news website http://www.breitbart.com and its reporter John Binder for some of this report, recently updated by this newspaper to reflect new…

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Sex education in Craven may be on wrong path

Four Board of Education seats up for grabs By Patti Mason | Guest Commentary Craven County Schools has a sex education class paid for by a grant called Pride. The Board of Education voted to continue the program with an ‘opt-in’ policy. There is also…

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Super Realistic!

HAVELOCK – Mark July 9 on your calendar – the date of eastern North Carolina’s largest ever scale model event! In addition to hundreds of museum quality models competing for prizes and trophies, there are now more than 45 tables of merchandise. Enjoy a 100-plus…

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Two arrested after raid finds meth and other drugs

On Thursday the 30th of June 2022 at approximately 6:00 p.m, the Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office conducted a search warrant at 6455 NC Highway 304 Apartment 1 pursuant to an ongoing Narcotics Investigation. The residence belonging to Ms. Crystal Carawan and Mr. Tyrone Devonte Jordan…

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Missing/Runaway Juvenile – SONDYS David MISSING RUNAWAY LOCATED

The Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office is seeking Public Assistance in locating David Allen Sondys. His family last saw Sandys on 07/05/2022 in Pamlico County. Davis is a White Male 6’00” tall, 160 lbs. brown hair and grey eyes. David may be traveling to Beaufort County…

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The New Outreach Deliverance Ministry

By Bernadette King NEW BERN – The New Outreach Deliverance Ministry was started in 2003 by Pastor Elizabeth Green. I first met her, and her faithful friend Patricia Davis, along with James Gurganus when I stopped in during 2008. I was there to help a…

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