Maysville News

Three Onslow County men have been charged in connection with an armed robbery on Hall Point Road in Sneads Ferry, authorities say.

On U.S. 17, along the Jacksonville-Maysville border, you can't miss them. Two neighboring farmhouses take advantage of spacious front yards to create brightly lit extravaganzas of holiday spirit.

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VERONA UNITED Methodist Men hosts a men's breakfast at 8 a.m. Dec. 6 at the church.

GOSPEL MUSIC FEST held at 7 p.m. Dec. 11 at Christian Tabernacle Church, 221 S. Marine Blvd., in the fellowship hall.

CHANGING HEARTS Ministries conducts its Women Fellowship Hour at 2:30 p.m. Dec. 5 at the Piney Green Golden Corral.

Lisa Locklear, 43, of Belgrade Swansboro Road in Maysville, was charged Friday by the Onslow County Sheriff's Department with first degree burglary and larceny of a motor vehicle.

Maps showing the two alternatives for the proposed U.S. 17 project through the Belgrade and Maysville area in Onslow and Jones counties are now available for public review.

Lawrence Harvey Marshall, 47, of White Oak River Road in Maysville, was charged Friday by the Onslow County Sheriff's Department with removing-tampering with a sex offender GPS, felony larceny and failing to register as a sex offender.

David George Shepard, 40, of Belgrade Swansboro Road in Maysville, was charged Thursday by the Onslow County Sheriff's Department with felony larceny, tampering with a vehicle, failure to file a report or notice of an unclaimed motor vehicle, injury to personal property, chop shop activity and failure to apply for a new title.

The following driving while impaired arrests were reported by the State Highway Patrol: Alexander Salinas, 26, 323 Everette Road, Washington, Nov.

Lee Carnahan likes the small-town atmosphere of the Belgrade community and doesn't like the idea of a proposed U.S. 17 bypass project running right through it.

The North Carolina Department of Transportation is giving Belgrade and Maysville residents a chance to make their opinions heard.

Three years after she won the honor the first time, Jo Ann Stone has been recognized again by her peers as Jones County's 2010 Principal of the Year.

Melissa Ann Holland and Matthew Stephen Shores, both of Raleigh, were united in marriage on Oct.

Two people, one of them just 16 years old, are charged with an armed robbery early Saturday morning in Jacksonville.

Two Jacksonville residents have been arrested and police are searching for a third suspect in an early-morning robbery.

FAMILY AND FRIENDS Day service at Gospel Temple United Holy Church at 11 a.m. Nov.

WASHINGTON CHAPEL M.B. Church Male Choir celebrates its 39th birthday at 3:30 p.m. Nov.

Betty Jo Conley is still stunned by the abrupt closing of the store she helped open more than 30 years ago.