Onslow County News

Deputies say a dog was killed with a baseball bat, and then burned on a trash pile.

Two Maysville residents have been charged with killing a dog, according to authorities.

Onslow County Senior Services will host a Medicare Update Seminar from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday at the Onslow County Multipurpose Complex on Richlands Highway.

Jacksonville police say proactive patrolling early Thursday morning led to the arrest of a man taking scrap metal from area businesses without permission.

Wanda Lynne Starr, 36, of Appleton Lane in Richlands was charged Friday by the Onslow County Sheriff's Office with 30 counts of identity theft and two counts of financial card fraud, according to warrants.

A woman found dead in her Jacksonville apartment last month after her husband admitted to a 911 operator that he killed her was strangled with a belt, according to autopsy reports made public today.

Editor's note: This is part an ongoing series looking at unsolved homicides in Onslow County.

Allegations are swirling that campaign contributions made by an area developer to Jacksonville City Council incumbents running for re-election may have been in an exchange for the council members' votes on a policy change made in September.

Ten people registered to vote using addresses in North Topsail Beach will not be able to cast a ballot on Nov.

Authorities are looking into what started a fire at a duplex in Onslow County around midnight Sunday.

This male Wheaton-Pointing Griffon mix, ID No. A033263, is three years old and available for adoption at the Onslow County Animal Shelter.

The Division of Environmental Health lifted a swimming advisory and an alert for two recreational swimming areas in Onslow County Saturday.

Thursday's Brown Bag Lunch and Learn "Navigating H1N1" was a timely event as it came on the heels of Onslow County's first H1N1 related death.

Two dozen people wanted for probation violations are now back behind bars, thanks to Operation AWOL.

A step grandfather accused of sex crimes with his own step grandchildren was in an Onslow County courtroom to face the charges Tuesday.

Updated at 7:20 p.m. A Sneads Ferry man who authorities say tried to outrun a cruiser on a golf cart Thursday has been charged with several area break-ins. And Onslow County Sheriff's deputies say his girlfriend is facing similar charges after they served search warrants on his home and found her hiding inside.

A step-grandfather is in jail under more than one million dollars bond for multiple sex offenses involving a relative.

A swimming advisory for two places in Eastern Carolina have been lifted. Below is the news release from the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

A fire damaged an Onslow County school Friday night. It happened in a modular classroom at Dixon Elementary School in Holly Ridge.

A Stella man is being held under a $1,045,000 bond after being arrested on 23 charges, including first degree statutory rape of a child, officials say.