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A massive drug round-up in Martin County left more than a dozen people in handcuffs this afternoon.

The following accidents were reported by the State Highway Patrol. These reports cover Lenoir and Jones counties: Accident time/location: 1:45 p.m., April 11, 3.3 miles west of Kinston in the parking lot of the ... via Kinston Free Press

“We just want to support our schools ... It's not only our home it's in our hearts.”

A Pitt County judge ruled Friday to halt the controversial consolidation of four Martin County Schools. via The Daily Reflector

On May 6, North Carolina voters will head to the polls for the state's primary election. via The Daily Reflector

“Be aware of your surroundings and you have to watch everything you do whether you go in your yard, backyards--make sure your doors are locked. Make sure windows are shut”

Police say a 99-year-old woman is lucky to be alive tonight after a masked man tried to rob her. via WNCT-TV Greenville

On Thursday March 06, 2008 at approximately 7:00 a.m., Deputies with the Martin Sheriff's Office were alerted to a shooting in which two victims were injured. via WNCT-TV Greenville

“Martin County doesn't have any laws. You have to take the law in your own hand”

Authorities in Martin County are trying to get to the bottom of the second shooting in seven days. via WNCT-TV Greenville

“I've sat on the board for 11 years and I've yet to see any facts and figures to support the two school option”

Bear Grass, Jamesville schools to close By DAN PARSONS Staff Writer WILLIAMSTON - The Martin County Board of Education voted 4-2 Monday night to close two smaller high schools and send the students to ... via Washington Daily News

A Robersonville woman was killed Saturday when her car was struck broadside by a passenger-filled car at an intersection near Stokes, a State Highway Patrol official reported. via The Daily Reflector

“The plant itself is a really nice plant. It's laid out very nicely for us and has a lot of advantages. But the reason to come to North Carolina is the experienced work force.”

Great American Knitting Mills hung on as long as it could. But in 1995, with its parent company bankrupt and the whole U.S. textile industry heading offshore, the sockmaker closed its plant, and all at once, ... via News Observer

“My friends and teachers did everything they could to get me back on track after my treatment”

Many people want four high schools in Martin County By DAN PARSONS Staff Writer WILLIAMSTON - During her freshman year at Bear Grass High School, Juliann Stalls was diagnosed with leukemia. via Washington Daily News

“Everybody knows Christmas music, so people that might not normally hear us, might get a chance to do it. Once they hear us, we hope they are going to be hooked on us and want to hear some more somewhere down the road”

He gets a reaction almost every time. A teacher or maybe a student walks by and hears the sound of "Jingle Bells" or "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" filling Principal Dennis Hart's office at Roanoke ... via Rocky Mount Telegram

“Prior to that, our newest schools were built in the 1970s”

Bear Grass, Jamesville schools could be closed under consolidation plan By DAN PARSONS Staff Writer Facing the reality of aging schools and a consistently declining student population, the Martin County Board ... via Washington Daily News

A task force comprised of Greenville police, Pitt sheriff's deputies and the U.S. Marshal Service recently made arrests of several fugitives living in the Greenville area wanted on a variety charges. via The Daily Reflector

“If you want to find someone on a Friday night, you go to the gym. Closing the school will tear the community apart. So, we're getting a lawyer and we're going to fight them.”

Residents plan to 'fight' school consolidation Rally tonight to aid Bear Grass, Jamesville schools By DAN PARSONS Staff Writer The Martin County Board of Education is on track to consolidate the county's four ... via Washington Daily News

“I would like to let everyone in Martin County know that we are fighting the war on drugs in Martin County and we're going to tell the drug dealers they need to get out of Martin County or if they don't, they're going to get arrested.”

It was in the pre dawn hours when law enforcement in Martin County smashed through the front door of Robert Keel's mobile home. via WNCT-TV Greenville

Police in Selma have charged three men with robbing patrons of Stancil's BP Oil Co. via The Smithfield Herald

Folks dressed up in creative costumes turned out for WITN's annual Halloween Costume Contest this morning. via WITN

“Our trained workforce often leaves the area for higher paid technical jobs, but this is an opportunity in our backyard. It's an opportunity to allow our most well-trained people to remain in Northeastern North Carolina.”

Microcell, a Raleigh-based developer of novel fuel cell technology, has opened its 80,000 square foot manufacturing facility in this Martin County town. via Local Tech Wire