Duplin County News

Escaped inmate Donnie Travis was captured early Friday morning in Oxford after a Granville County sheriff's deputy spotted him refueling the truck he allegedly stole hours earlier while on a work assignment in Kinston.

Four area counties are among the 93 North Carolina counties that saw April unemployment rates drop, according to figures released Friday by the N.C. Department of Commerce.

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Photo by Billy Todd Roseboro-Salemburg Middle School principal Sheila Peterson is in her first year at the school as the chief administrator.

The Highway Patrol says Jeffrey Wellington died in a wreck on East Wards Bridge Rd., six miles northeast of Kenansville.

WILMINGTON, NC Strong thunderstorms with locally heavy rain developed along the seabreeze boundary this afternoon.

A Duplin County woman has been recognized as the Outstanding Psychology Student in Research during an awards ceremony at Mount Olive College.

Bridge building Cub Scouts from Pack 27 in Clinton recently constructed a bridge and walkway at Cabin Lake in Beulaville.

James Sprunt Community College held its graduation ceremonies Thursday evening, May 10 at the Duplin County Events Center in Kenansville, North Carolina.

The Odell Williamson Municipal Airport in Ocean Isle Beach received $150,000 from the N.C. Division of Aviation, according to a news release from the N.C. Department of Transportation.

WALLACE, NC - Like many of the other agricultural crops this spring, the strawberry arrived earlier than normal.

Duplin County Schools maintenance director Bobby Norwood came before the county commissioners to request using some of the previously appropriated high school athletic funds for construction at North Duplin.

The controversial Amendment 1, which passed with 61% of the vote on Tuesday, had widespread support across much of Eastern Carolina.

In a year that saw counties upended by redistricting, Sen. Brent Jackson took a large and early lead in the District 10 race and Sen.

Rumors coming from the state capital in Raleigh have destroyed the peace of mind of many farmers across Duplin and Sampson counties.

The company tapped to hire extras for "Caged Heat," a title widely known as the code name for the film "Iron Man 3," will hold a casting call in Kenansville on Thursday, according to a company news release.

A Garland man, already wanted in Duplin County on three outstanding warrants, is facing three serious drug charges after being stopped Monday evening on East Third Street.

Samantha Hall took center stage and the crown in the 20th annual Ms. SCC Pageant held Friday, April 27, in the Sampson Community College Activities Center.