Cherry-Point News

20 1:08 am Tweet This! http://mync.com/site/45946/ MORRISVILLE, N.C. - It's been five long months since GySgt Thomas Guerrero slept in his own bed.

Firefighters work to free two people trapped inside a damaged Pontiac Grand Prix after a wreck Tuesday at the intersection of U.S. 70 and Slocum Road.

Long ago, a grizzled Marine suited up as Santa Claus and, with the same flair as that gent from the North Pole, he thrilled a little girl on a brisk December morning at Cherry Point air station.

19 6:41 pm Tweet This! http://mync.com/site/45942/ Extreme weather to our North forced delays and cancellations at Raleigh-Durham International airport Saturday.

The economic impact of basing options for the new F-35B Joint Strike Fighter will be part of a new study funded through the Golden Leaf Foundation.

The Blue Angels will be streaking across the skies again around Havelock as they return to headline the 2010 Cherry Point Air Show on May 21 to 23.

New Bern's new leaders want at least three or four months to understand what's going on before they make any decisions on a proposed sewer agreement with Havelock.

A Marine stationed at Cherry Point air station restrained a man who had allegedly assaulted a Walmart greeter on Monday until New Bern police could arrive at the scene.

Nine residents of three Havelock apartments escaped unhurt as a fire swept through their building Monday morning.

Tim Dalhouse has always thought of himself as a straight-up kind of guy. Born in Raleigh and educated at a private Christian school there, he joined the Marine Corps in 1985 and learned to work on A-6E Intruder jets.

The town board votes to accept bids from companies for garbage collection in the city.

Havelock Mayor Jimmy Sanders was presented a Regional Leadership Award at the Eastern Carolina Council Annual Awards Banquet Thursday evening in New Bern.

Cherry Point Marines will be conducting training operations until Dec. 18, according to military officials.

A Cherry Point Marine involved in the shooting death of a fellow Marine in Havelock Sunday will remain on full-duty status until a January court appearance, according to a release from the air station.

Sewer capacity matters will dominate a special work session of the Havelock Board of Commissioners at 5 p.m. today at Havelock City Hall.

Cherry Point has announced traffic changes at Slocum Road in an effort to relieve traffic congestion along U.S. 70 during morning rush hours.

A North Carolina-based Marine was accidentally shot and killed by a fellow Marine on Sunday as the pair argued over a football game, according to local media reports.

Cherry Point Marines will be among the first deployed in the surge of new troops headed to Afghanistan.

The Carteret-Craven Electric Foundation recently approved a grant to help the Craven-Cherry Point Child Development Center in Havelock continue its work with special needs children.

State Rep. William Wainwright said he needs more support from several agencies before he would push for legislation exempting school and activity buses from stopping at the James City railroad crossing.