Dudley News

Burning crosses is often associated with racism and the Klan. Many think it's a thing of the past but the Wayne County Sheriff's Office says it happened there just a few days ago.

Hey, read the rules! A cross burning lands a Wayne County man behind bars. Deputies say Dixon Steward of Dudley is charged with ethnic intimidation after he burned the cross in a neighbor's yard yesterday.

When faded $5 bills printed up to pass off as $100s showed up in Mount Olive on Monday, a detective said police had "people of interest." On Friday, at least two suspects had been arrested with the aid of the ...

The Wayne County Sheriff's Office said John Harley Smith, 20, Plantation Road, is responsible for more break-ins to vehicles in the Rosewood community.

Thursday, 2008 Thieves clean out backyard, take more than $6,000 worth of goods 10 July 2008By John Cate, staff writer A Seven Springs man was the victim of an apparent late-night theft, resulting in the loss ...

There were no injuries, but officers said one innocent motorist was nearly "rear-ended" during the chase.

When members of the Carver High School Class of 1968 gather for the school's annual Fourth of July reunion weekend they will have something they have been missing for 40 years -- a school yearbook.

Six people were arrested by Mount Olive Police in a drug round-up Monday, including a fugitive from a past drug round-up who absconded last October, Police Chief Ralph Schroeder said.

Thursday, 2008 Dudley man reports theft of an ATV 26 June 2008 Allen Thompson of 212 Coral Drive, Dudley reported the theft of a 2005 blue and white Yamaha ATV on Wednesday.

A meeting between a Dudley man and a woman he knew allegedly turned into a kidnapping and repeated rape at his home, authorities said.

A man was arrested Monday and charged with kidnapping and rape after an investigation by the Wayne County Sheriff's Office.

Thursday, 2008 Dudley man facing another felony charge 19 June 2008 By John Cate, staff writer A Dudley man who was arrested last week on nine felony counts relating to the alleged theft of three motor vehicles ...

Judy Pelt was just 12 years old when she read a book that changed the course of her life and in doing so changed the lives of the thousands of people she has touched over the past three decades.

Emergency crews worked the scene of a fatal accident just off of Interstate 40, at the 112 exit, around 5 p.m. on Saturday.

Wayne County commissioners Thursday had plenty of praise for the job Sheriff Carey Winders and his officers are doing, but held out little hope that the county will come up with almost a half-million dollars ...

The driver, Craig Leshaun Darden, was ejected from his 1995 Cadillac, which subsequently landed on top of him, according to N.C. Highway Patrol reports.

A Mount Olive man was crushed to death after being ejected in a one-car crash Sunday afternoon in Dudley, a state Highway Patrol trooper said.

On a recent trip to celebrate Mass at a new Roman Catholic Church, the Rev. Omoviekovwa Nakireru set his car's GPS to Our Lady of the Rosary in Louisburg.

A Wayne County man is charged with stealing up to three vehicles. The Wayne County Sheriff's Office tells Nine On Your Side that James Michael Harper is charged with 3 counts of Felony Motor Vehicle Theft, 3 ...

Two local students receive $500 scholarships from Mt. Olive Pickle Co. 29 May 2008 Mt.