Faison News

FAISON a ' A Goldsboro man was caught for an attempted larceny at Buckshots Grill, located in Faison, on Sunday afternoon.

North Carolina is one of just a handful of states that allows communities to expand by forcing landowners into communities and taxes they don't want.

Commissioner John Blanton, middle, expresses his concerns with taking a position from one department to help fund an additional position in Department of Social Services.

It was dA©ja vu for Duplin County Sheriff's deputies who responded to an area residence regarding a possible meth lab Monday - and possibly for those arrested.

The last two Sampson County residents federally indicted as part of a oeOperation Juiced Outa have now been sentenced, bringing to a close a comprehensive methamphetamine investigation that blanketed the county and took a sizable chunk out of the production and distribution of the drug in Sampson.

A Faison man is getting everything he asked for, and maybe a little more. According to articles in the Sampson Independent and Jacksonville Daily News, Lacy Phipps has hung effigies of robed judges, attorneys, a sheriff and even Mike Easley in his yard.

The manager of a North Carolina town has quit over his role in handling problems at the police department before it was stripped of authority by court officials.

Published: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 4:39 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 4:39 p.m. Christa Faison, a senior at Wilmington Christian Academy, has been awarded a 2009 North Carolina Teaching Fellows Scholarship.

A local man has been sentenced to nearly 17 years in federal prison as part of a methamphetamine ring that engulfed Sampson County in previous years, the harshest punishment handed down in connection with the case thus far.

A Faison man is being investigated by local, state and federal authorities after constructing an elaborate gallows display that includes hanging mannequins labeled with the names of government officials.

Johnston County Sheriff's deputies arrested two men in Princeton Wednesday who they say were involved in the RBC bank robbery here.

Two men have been arrested and charged with robbing a Zebulon bank on Wednesday.

Unattended cooking is being blamed for a Tuesday morning house fire that claimed the life of an elderly bed-ridden woman.

The economy is beginning to take its toll on the Faison Fire Department, and knowing this, fire chief Donny Taylor has asked for a little assistance in making sure that his department is fully equipped if and when any major emergency occurs in his assigned district.

Three Clinton men and one Warsaw man are facing federal drug trafficking charges after an initial investigation conducted by investigators with the Clinton Police Department, the SBI and ATF late last month put the men behind bars.

A bill aimed at stopping racial bias in the administration of the death penalty stalled yesterday in a legislative committee.

The Martin Award is given each year in honor of Lorelle F. Martin, professor emerita, who taught science at Mount Olive College from 1957 to 1987.

Arrests 5/28 a 'A Shalanda Carlton, 21, of 315 Community Road, Warsaw, was charged with injury to personal property .

Construction could begin as early as this fall on a new multi-use retail and office complex across from Camden County High School.

Obituaries - Mary A. Backus, Anita G. Grantham, Daisy Jo Turner, W. Glen Sykes, Brian Davis, Gladys Sloan, LuRae C. Tyndall, Margaret W. Whitman, Ruth E. Smith, Katie F. Best, Mary Turner, Hooty Lewis NEW BPW OFFICERS - The Wayne-Duplin Business and Professional Women's Club recently inducted its new officers for the 2009-10 year.