Jacksonville News

Flag retirement ceremony after lunch. OLIVE TREES Ministries presents an old fashioned service from 9 a.m. to noon May 25 at Shekinah Glory, 818 New Bridge Street with speakers Tammy Hawthorne and Rudolph Cook.

A man is in a Wilmington hospital after deputies say he was shot at his Onslow County home early this morning.

Leon Robert Coxe III of Jacksonville was disbarred by the Wake County Superior Court after state officials say more than $120,000 in trust was misappropriated and another $150,000 was "borrowed" from a settlement fund, according to a notice on the state bar website.

At least one Red Cross volunteer from the region has headed to Oklahoma and others are prepared to follow if needed, said Joy Branham, executive director of the Onslow County and Coastal Carolina chapters.

Leon Robert Coxe III of Jacksonville was disbarred by the Wake County Superior Court after state officials say he misappropriated more than $120,000 in trust and "borrowed" $150,000 from a settlement fund, according to a notice on the state bar website.

County officials believe a recent letter from the Jacksonville city manager regarding a weekend mutual aid incident is in response to a fire department funding request that is being considered as part of the 2013-14 Onslow County budget,but city officials say that is not the case.

General Dynamics NASSCO recently delivered USNS Montford Point , the lead ship of the Mobile Landing Platform class, to the U.S. Navy.

Cars enter the main gate at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, N.C. The sprawling military installation is the site of one of the worst drinking water contaminations in U.S. history.

A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated, long before authorities determined that as many as a million Marines and their families were exposed to a witch's brew of cancer-causing chemicals.

A teenager wanted in connection with the armed robbery of a Jacksonville tobacco shop turned himself into authorities Friday, according to Jacksonville Police.

ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013 AND THEREAFTER - Entries for nameless infants cover the "babyland" page of a burial register at Onslow Memorial Park in Jacksonville, N.C., on Wednesday, Feb.

Sheegog, a Jacksonville High School graduate who has a degree from N.C. State University and a doctorate of veterinary medicine from the University of Georgia, returned to Jacksonville in 1982 to open Onslow Animal Hospital on Doris Avenue.

JACKSONVILLE, NC State Attorney General Roy Cooper addressed a group of marines at Camp Lejeune in part of initiative called, "Scam Jam." The objective of the seminar was to educate marines and their spouses on the risks of fraud and preventative measures to take to protect yourself and your money.

Air Force Capt. Sydney Todorov, daughter of Valentine Hamilton of Jacksonville, was recently selected as a superior team member during higher headquarters inspections conducted at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo.

"We wanted justice for Terri. We want closure. We will never get to see our sister again," she said.

A Camp Lejeune marine has been arrested in Duplin County after dispatchers on base say he threatened another marine, and was considered homicidal.

According to police, Petteway entered Emily's Tobacco Shop, at the Piney Green Shopping Center on Freedom Way, at about 7:50 p.m. Tuesday.

After week that started with unusually cool nights, temperatures today are expected to climb into the mid-80s. And the 80s should stick around for at least the rest of the week.

The Autism Society of North Carolina will host an autism ride on June 1 at New River Harley Davidson in Jacksonville with registration starting at 11 a.m. and kickstands going up at noon.

As we officially enter Mother's Day 2013 and on the heels of April, which has been deemed Sexual Assault Awareness Month.