Mount Olive News

Frank Morrow, president of the Wayne County Ghostriders, unloads toys from his motorcycle Saturday at Thunder Swamp Pentecostal Holiness Church in Mount Olive.

Mount Olive forward Craig Hayes soars to the basket for two points against Virginia Wesleyan Sunday afternoon.

Amid never-before-seen losses, Coharie Hog Farms filed bankruptcy Friday. A Chapter 11 voluntary petition was filed by Coharie Hog Farm Inc.

For the second time during his 18-year career, North Lenoir High School's Brent Williams was named Lenoir County Schools Principal of The Year for 2009-2010. Williams said he received the news last week when a prize patrol team from the school district stopped by his school.

Terry Lee of Mount Olive uses a pair of mules to pull an old one-row tobacco stalk cutter Tuesday afternoon.

Max and Cindy Hubrich of Pikeville prepare to cast their votes with the help of Wayne County Board of Elections Judge Judy Cordeiro and Precinct Assistant Patsy Howard at the Pikeville Fire Station this morning.

With much fanfare and festivity, the small town of Warsaw will continue America's longest consecutive Veterans Day celebration on Saturday, Nov.

Franklin Baking Co. president Tom Buffkin, second from left, and company human resources manager Charles Brogden, third from left, hold the awards honoring the company as Wayne County's Industry of the Year.

The following is the November blood drive schedule for the Wayne County Chapter of the American Red Cross: Nov.

The ghosts, goblins and other creatures that will haunt Mount Olive, Seven Springs, Calypso and Faison on Halloween will be following a similar schedule.

Five people were arrested Saturday on methamphetamine charges after a Duplin County sheriff's deputy on another call discovered a meth lab near Mount Olive.

Laura Collins, left, shows Sarah Kornegay the pickle spears she has packed in the jar while she works on the jar packing line at the Mt.

Starr Benton, 5, right, and Shane Moore, 3, try to move their stubborn donkey, Jackson, at the Open Pony and Mule Show Thursday.

Two employees of a Christian school are accused of stealing from the institution.

Wilson police arrested two people in connection with a string of break-ins in the Old Dam Road area.

Mount Olive Public Works Supervisor Jammie Royal removes the plastic covering on one of the downtown area's new stop signs.

Among A.J. Bullard's earliest memories is playing with his sister and other children among the apple, pear and Chinese chestnut trees on the Sampson County farm where he grew up.

Charges are pending against a man after lawmen discover a mobile meth lab. Lawmen in Wayne County arrested 32 year-old Teddy Moody of Thigpen Dairy Road in Mount Olive.

A Mount Olive man took the stand in his own defense Tuesday for his alleged role in trafficking nearly five pounds of methamphetamine.

Deputies say they have found a mobile meth lab in the back of a pickup truck. Teddy Moody of Mount Olive is being charged with manufacturing meth and trafficking in meth.