Bridgeton News

A 30-year-old New Bern man facing three counts of second-degree kidnapping among other charges is in the Pitt County jail with his bond set $136,000. Deputy Police Chief Ed Preston said that Pitt County Sheriff's deputies working with New Bern police took Richard West of 608 Crawford St.

Members of area chapters of the Red Hat Society celebrated the organization's 11th birthday with a lunch Saturday at Ham's restaurant in Havelock.

Lenoir County Sheriff's Office Detective Ryan Dawson didn't even know he'd been hit a week ago when a gunman hiding in the woods shot him in the neck and his partner, Detective Allen Pearson, in the shoulder.

A Craven County sheriff's investigator said Thursday that Clarence Douglas Phillips left two notes after he killed a Bridgeton woman with whom he had been living.

The N.C. Department of Transportation will stop most road work early this week across the state.

Christine Turner of Bridgeton was grocery shopping with her three children Wednesday afternoon when she saw the North Carolina Lions Foundation free eye-screening bus in the parking lot of Merci Clinic.

Police say the woman found dead in New Bern Tuesday night was the girlfriend of the gunman who killed a Lenoir County deputy and shot another deputy.

The builder of the marina at Bridgeton Harbor has filed a $448,322 lien on the property and has a lawsuit pending against the Florida company that is responsible for the half-billion-dollar development.

A teenager who was distracted while driving ran off U.S. 17 and hita guardrail near the Neuse River Bridge on Tuesday afternoon, but escaped the wreck unhurt, authorities said.

Henryk 'Henry' Janas-iak, 83, of Upper Deerfield Township, died Thursday evening, Feb.

A weekend checkpoint set up to test sobriety caught more than drunken drivers. Officers also found cocaine and marijuana and made at least 15 drug charges.

A Pamlico County duo is in custody after a Pamlico County Deputy Sheriff spotted them in a stolen car on Sunday and gave chase over back roads of three counties to recover the vehicle and make the arrest.

The Craven County school system is looking at alternative properties for a new high school after failing to reach an agreement with owners on a price for its first option.

State troopers are looking at whether black ice caused a deadly accident early this morning in Craven County.

A representative from an Eastern North Carolina accounting firm told Craven County school officials this week that they managed the system's finances as well as possible last year, considering the tight ...

A Craven County man has been charged with 40 counts of breaking and entering and larceny, and investigators say he stole an estimated $200,000 worth of goods.

While walking down B Street with her husband and about 30 others, Wanda Snell said she had her first chance Saturday to explore the town.

Wires behind an oven began a fire that destroyed a Craven County house this week, the assistant director of emergency services said Saturday.

Obesity, especially among our young people, is a growing problem in North Carolina - no pun intended.