Half Moon News

Some Onslow County residents are concerned and frustrated in the wake of the charges against Marine Cpl.

The homicide rate in Jacksonville appears to be on the rise. The Jacksonville Police Department investigated a double-homicide in 2006.

“There were way more (early voters) than expected, though absentee voters were very weak this time - only 552 absentee ballots were received, and we were expecting around 2,000”

Onslow County voters who were not one of the more than 4,000 who cast their ballots early can expect long lines today, said Rose Whitehurst, director of Onslow County Board of Elections. via Jacksonville Daily News

Two of Onslow County's three N.C. House of Representatives districts have Republican opponents running against each other in Tuesday's primary. via Jacksonville Daily News

“I've done this for the last couple years.”

Onslow County has a full plate during this year's primary. In addition to selecting Republican and Democratic contenders for November elections, Onslow County voters will elect five members to the Board of ... via Jacksonville Daily News

“Lance Cpl. Christina Laurean was advised not to discuss circumstances of the case with anyone other than law enforcement officials”

The efforts of law enforcement to eliminate fugitive Marine Cpl. Cesar Laurean's resources led to his "impoverished state" of living in a tiny wooden cabin and having 10 pesos in his pocket when he was captured ... via Kinston Free Press

“Communicating with someone who is a fugitive in North Carolina is not against the law”

Cesar Laurean sent an e-mail to Sheriff Ed Brown almost two weeks before he was captured in Mexico, asking whether Brown could provide immunity from military prosecution if Laurean returned to Onslow County. via Jacksonville Daily News

“You know my name. You know who I am”

Cesar Laurean, a fugitive Camp Lejeune Marine accused of killing a pregnant colleague, has been captured in Mexico by Mexican authorities and the FBI nearly three months to the day after fleeing Onslow County. via Jacksonville Daily News

“New calls will hopefully mean new information”

Cesar Laurean has made "America's Most Wanted" dirty dozen list. Laurean, a Marine corporal stationed at Camp Lejeune who has been on the run since mid-January, is accused of killing a fellow female Marine and ... via Kinston Free Press

VIETNAM VETERANS of America Chapter 654 meets at 7 p.m. March 18 at Britthaven of Jacksonville, White Street. via Jacksonville Daily News

“The heart is barely recognizable...the left lung is absent...the stomach is not recovered”

Baby clothing was found with the charred remains of Marine Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach and her unborn child, according to the autopsy report released Friday. via Kinston Free Press

These wind gusts seem to be causing more damage than the actual storm system did this morning. via WITN

The National Weather Service in office in Newport has canceled the tornado warning it issued for Onslow and Duplin counties, but a tornado watch remains in effect until 3 a.m. today. via Jacksonville Daily News

Because of a fire near U.S. 258, the road has been closed completely to traffic in both directions from Rhodestown Road to Richlands. via Jacksonville Daily News

Cesar Laurean rode a bus into Mexico. He arrived in Mexico, by bus, two days after leaving Jacksonville on Jan. via Jacksonville Daily News

“They were back at the shed in the yard taking boxes of stuff out”

Onslow County neighborhoods usually are quiet, peaceful places to live. But that changed for one Half Moon neighborhood on Friday when law enforcement agencies began to search there for the body of Lance Cpl. via Jacksonville Daily News

“I do not know. Is there anything that you have not told me?”

The key witness in the violent slaying of a pregnant Camp Lejeune Marine knew about the murder the day before she told law enforcement officials, according to court records unsealed Thursday. via Kinston Free Press

Onslow County Medical Examiner Charles Garrett said today he has spoken with the state Medical Examiner's Office in Chapel Hill, and the body that was found Saturday in the backyard of the home of Cpl. via Jacksonville Daily News

“I watched (him) standing with reporters and listening to me very carefully to (see) exactly what I planned to do”

In a move District Attorney Dewey Hudson described as "highly unusual," a state office has assigned a defense attorney for Marine Cpl. via Jacksonville Daily News

“When I saw her in the police car, she kept her face down”

Investigators on Sunday pursued the reported sighting in Louisiana of the prime suspect in the grisly killing of a pregnant North Carolina-based Marine, saying they were only hours behind the fellow Marine ... via News Observer