Sneads Ferry News

Additional charges have been filed against two Sneads Ferry men originally accused of breaking into Yopp's Tires over the weekend.

A man working on the new Onslow County Jail took a break Wednesday afternoon, walked a short distance and turned himself in as a person of interest in a Sneads Ferry burglary case.

The Onslow County Sheriff's Office says two men were caught in the act of breaking into Yopp's Tires in Sneads Ferry.

Sneads Ferry residents banded together three years ago to see a nightclub closed down and several drug dealers locked up.

A shotgun blast that hit a man in the arm halted a group of men trying to break into a Sneads Ferry home after one of them had been kicked out by the owner early Monday morning, authorities said.

The Sneads Ferry Community Theatre will hold auditions for "Murder in the Magnolias" at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday at the community center.

Area fisherman helped foil a break in at Yopp's Tire and Garage in Sneads Ferry early Saturday.

Sneads Ferry Community Theatre is currently auditioning for 12 parts in "Murder in the Magnolias." Six men and six women of various ages are needed.

The community is invited to participate in the Keep Onslow Beautiful Earth & Surf Festival July 4th, an environmental awareness event aimed at keeping Onslow County beaches clean and litter free.

A Sneads Ferry man has been charged in a Wednesday hit-and-run involving a pedestrian, officials say.

When a mayday call was made by a boater south of Bogue Inlet last week, the Coast Guard's new Rescue 21 communications system proved its effectiveness.

The Onslow County Parks and Recreation Department and the Onslow County Board of Education are sponsoring a Summer Day Camp Program at various school sites.

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State troopers say they will not charge an Onslow County deputy sheriff who wrecked his cruiser Sunday night.

The Shepard family, owners of the New River Nets and Cofish International in Sneads Ferry received the Business 2008 Pelican Award by N.C. Coastal Federation, for support of the federation.

Authorities have identified the victim of a weekend fatal hit and run in Sneads Ferry.

Submitted by SHNS on Wed, 06/24/2009 - 15:29. Vandals of portable toilets: Consider this your warning.

HOMECOMING Celebration at Bell Fork Church of Christ at 7 p.m. June 24-25 with speaker Steven Thompson.

A Cumberland County grand jury indicted two Camp Lejeune Marines charged in the brutal slaying of an Army nurse whose dismembered, burned body was found in a shallow grave in Sneads Ferry last summer.

The Onslow County Sheriff's Department is investigating an early Sunday morning fatal hit and run in Sneads Ferry.

Craig Jenkins of Jenkins Gas Company is trying to help stock the shelves of The Salvation Army's food pantry.