Jacksonville News

Family and friends are still mourning the loss of four soldiers from eastern North Carolina who died in Iraq earlier this week.

WITN News has learned that four members of a North Carolina National Guard unit, based in Jacksonville, have been killed in Iraq.

Jacksonville Police are investigating the murder of a 19-year-old man. Police tell WITN officers responded to 111 Bridgewater Ct.

An Onslow County mother was taken away in handcuffs Thursday after authorities found her two toddlers living in dog feces and trash.

Four North Carolina National Guard soldiers were killed in Baghdad on the last day of regular combat operations for U.S. forces in Iraqi cities, the military said Thursday.

This story was updated at 10:05 a.m. Friends were passing a loaded handgun around Wednesday night when the handgun went off, killing 19-year-old Bryan Thorkelson, police said.

A Wilson woman was killed in a wreck Sunday while traveling on N.C. 58 in Carteret County.

A Wilmington man has been charged with trespassing at two Jacksonville car dealerships, and breaking into a Ford Mustang at one.

A Jacksonville man was shot Tuesday afternoon in a daylight hold up, officials say.

The Onslow County Parks and Recreation Department and the Onslow County Board of Education are sponsoring a Summer Day Camp Program at various school sites.

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If recently fired Jacksonville city manager Kristoff Bauer is in search of a job, he should look no further than Leonard Buildings & Truck on S. Marine Boulevard.

To those who have spoken for or against my position, I respect and actually appreciate your exercise of your free speech.

The Museum of the Marine's days of paying rent to house artifacts will soon end.

A group of 17 rising freshmen are spending a few days in search of youth-friendly places in Jacksonville and Onslow County as part of a YouthMapping project with the City of Jacksonville.

A Greenville man has been charged with obtaining more than $15,000 from area banks by cashing checks that did not belong to him.

The American Red Cross and Camp Lejeune have partnered to assist the families displaced by Sunday's Beacham Apartments fire.

While Jacksonville residents may feel the sting of the property tax increase from the county, they won't be getting hit with a tax increase on the city side of things.

It is a small group, but they say they have a big message and they definitely cover a lot of ground.

Elena Sheils has one word to describe her father. "Strong," she said. "He's never showed his weaknesses, only his strength." That strength is part of what helped Dan Sosa raise three children as a single father - something uncommon in the 1960s.

A Jacksonville apartment complex maintenance man rushed toward a burning building early Sunday morning, knocking on doors and telling tenants to evacuate just before fire engulfed the whole structure, witnesses said.