Vanceboro News

Jemsinia H. Chandler, 89, of Vanceboro, died Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009. She was born in Panama, where she attended school through high school.

Todd Bayles of Whortonsville returned from a Christmas visit to Virginia Saturday night and as he drove through Bayboro, he noticed something missing - orange construction barrels.

Three Craven County residents were arrested on drug charges this week after law enforcement officers found 26 grams of cocaine and more than 140 methadone pills at a home on Campbell Road.

A four-car collision near a popular Christmas-light display outside Vanceboro shut down part of U.S. 17 for at least two hours Tuesday night.

When Malcolm Johnson describes the moment when he received his calling from God to go into ministry, he likens the conviction he felt then to the feeling of falling in love.

Kimberly Moore hoisted a box full of books into the backseat of her car on Tuesday that she planned to tote back to James W. Smith Elementary School to pass out to her preschool students.

Commissioner Perry Morris added chairman to his title for second time in his tenure on the Craven County Board of Commissioners with his election to the post Monday night.

A retired logger from Vanceboro has won $1 million from a scratch-off lottery ticket that he bought at a Craven County gas station.

The Craven County Board of Commissioners traditionally reorganizes at its first meeting in December and, typically, a new chairman takes the gavel after the first vote of the night.

A Craven County man is Eastern Carolina's newest millionaire. Toby Eason of Vanceboro won the prize in a new scratch-off game called 200 Million Dollar Extravaganza.

A cemetery in Vanceboro has been hit by vandals. Celestial Memorial Gardens Cemetery on Old Washington Road in Vanceboro was the target of vandals who broke pots, vases and signs over the weekend, according to the New Bern Sun Journal.

Joyce Toler works long and hard to keep the non-profit Celestial Memorial Gardens cemetery in top shape but vandals are striking the cemetery with counterproductive results.

Amber Ellis of Vanceboro and Jacob Puryear of Ernul were united in marriage on Oct.

The words pokey, slammer, clink, dungeon, black hole or can do not describe the new Craven County jail, part of the Craven County Judicial Center on Clarks Road.

The following arrests and citations were issued recently in Craven County: New Bern Police Department: Jesus Manuel Hernandez, 18, 3708 Dove Field Court, Nov.

Nikki Staton organized a walkathon at West Craven High School on Thursday to raise money for the American Diabetes Association and to educate students about the disease.

Be careful what you promise, or even for what you pray. Fulfilling a promise and repaying an answered prayer put Pastor Marty Warren up a ladder and on the roof of Holly Hill Pentecostal Holiness Church in Vanceboro on Sunday.

Six substandard houses in Craven County will be replaced or upgraded with a $400,000 grant awarded to Craven County.

A fatal wreck has led to criminal charges against one of the drivers. Twenty year-old Hailey Renee Howell is charged with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle in the crash that killed 40 year-old Anthony Cox, Jr.

A 20-year-old Vanceboro woman faces multiple charges, including misdemeanor death by vehicle, in connection with a two-vehicle car crash, which left a man dead.