Mount Olive News

A recount of votes cast in Lenoir, Greene, Craven and Wayne counties this week confirmed John Bell as the winner of the Republican primary for N.C. House District 10.

The NCAA Division II Southeast Regional baseball game between Tusculum College and Catawba on Thursday in Mount Olive, N.C., was suspended due to rain in the middle of the seventh inning, with Catawba holding a 3-2 lead.

After struggling as the marching season began last August, the members of the Hobbton High School Marching Band came through in their final performance competition to reach their goal.

The Highway Patrol says no one was hurt in the 1:00 p.m. crash on Highway 55 near Jubilee Road, east of Mount Olive.

Olive, was charged with three counts of writing worthless checks. Rich was given a trial date of June 19.

Mount Olive Town Manager Charles Brown, left, is sworn in to another one year term on the North Carolina Water Treatment Facility Operators Certification Board by Mayor Ray McDonald Sr.

Staff report LUMBERTON - Lumberton High School senior soccer player Caroline Smith has signed an athletic scholarship to play soccer next year at Mount Olive.

Rep. Stephen LaRoque, R-Lenoir, is seeking a second consecutive term in the N.C. House seat he won back in 2010 - he served two prior terms in the House from 2003 to 2006, before being defeated in the 2006 primary.

Miss NC Pickle Princess 2012 Chelsie Spurgeon stands in front of a 1936 John Deere tractor owned by Ricky and Pam Benson of Newport.