Carteret County News

Authorities say that at 3:30 a.m. May 20, deputies responded to Gil's Convenience Market & Bar, located at 797 Chatham Street in Newport.

Nursing-home residents with dementia are too often treated with powerful, unnecessary antipsychotic drugs, federal regulators said Wednesday, announcing a national goal to reduce such prescriptions by 15 percent by Dec.

Jacob Henry served in the North Carolina House of Commons in 1808 and 1809, at a time when citizens were bound constitutionally to affirm the "truth of the Protestant religion." Henry was the first Jewish member elected to the legislature, representing Carteret County.

Breaking News: The National Weather Service is investigating reports that a tornado touched down southwest of the Carteret County town of Peletier Wednesday afternoon.

A confirmed tornado in western Carteret County left behind the worst of the damage Wednesday as Tropical Depression Beryl made its pass by the area.

The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued three stranded boaters whose craft capsized in the Alligator River in Tyrrell County.

Julie Phelps protects herself from the rain with a large umbrella as she walks along Main Street in Elizabeth City, Wednesday.

Havelock police said Tuesday that the trail has gone cold in the search for a missing local mother, her child, and a Carteret County man.

Authorities say a tornado spawned by the remnants of Tropical Depression Beryl destroyed three homes and damaged dozens of others in Carteret County as the system moved through.

Between 40 and 50 homes were damaged near Peletier in the western part of Carteret County, said county Emergency Services Director Jo Ann Smith.

The town of Peletier, which is across the river from Swansboro in Carteret County, was hit by a tornado, WRAL-TV reported, citing the National Weather Service.

WECT TV6-WECT.com:News, weather & sports Wilmington, NC BERYL UPDATE: Flood warning in Pender county until 3:15 p.m., flood watch until 5 p.m. SOUTHEASTERN NC - Tropical Depression Beryl's rains are now exiting the Cape Fear region but some effects may linger.

The remnants of Tropical Storm Beryl headed toward the Atlantic on Wednesday, skimming the coast of the Carolinas and prompting flood watches in eastern North Carolina.

Simply put, there's nothing better than a plate piled high with freshly caught seafood flanked by golden fries, coleslaw and crispy hushpuppies.

Social workers in Onslow and Carteret counties investigated 499 reported cases of abuse, neglect or exploitation against the elderly and disabled last year with nearly 20,000 cases reported statewide, according to research recently released by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.

These are the official mugshots of the people recently booked at the Onslow and Carteret county jails, with information on the charges against them.

The History Place museum in Morehead City will be the scene of a Murder Mystery Dinner Theater in June to benefit the Carteret County Historical Society.

That merry old Catholic, William Gaston, is sometimes called the Father of Religious Freedom in North Carolina because, in 1835, he convinced legislators to change the constitutional requirement that all office-holders had to vow to agree with the "truth of the Protestant religion" and the "divine authority" of the New Testament.

A Carteret County town has dropped in the online hunt for the Ultimate Fishing Town, but is still on the leader board.

A dedication ceremony was held at the public boating access area in Emerald Isle in Carteret County Friday for the new memorial.