Duplin County News

Chief Deputy Phillip Littel fo the Bladen County Sheriff's Department stands with some fo the marijuana plants found in the area.

Published: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 8:22 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 8:22 a.m. There was something special about attending a Rosenwald School.

Photo by Doug Clark Lacy Phipps, left, and his son, Reece, right, are pictured by the elaborate gallows display in Phippsa front yard earlier this year.

Head south on N.C. 11 from Kinston and you'll soon run into signs imploring the community to stay away from methamphetamine.

With the rumble of discontent ever increasing, Duplin County Schools superintendent Dr.

Andy Brown wrote, directed and produced the feature film 'Port City' after growing up in Duplin County and making frequent visits to Wilmington.

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

Courtesy Photo Cast and crew take a break from filming. From left, writer/director Andy Brown, sound mixer Nate Panning , Jodie Sweetin, producer Heath Franklin and actor John Wesley Shipp.

The apparent shooting death of an Albertson teenager Sept. 25 is still being investigated by the Duplin County Sheriff's Office but no concrete motive for the homicide has been established, Sheriff Blake Wallace said this week.

Authorities have filed more charges against two men arrested last week in separate breaking and entering cases.

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.

A Duplin County jury this week convicted 18-year-old Jamar Marquez Goodman of Raleigh of robbery with a dangerous weapon, but Goodman is now out on bond.

Volunteers are needed for the "Hogs n' Hens" barbecue cook-off and festival at the Duplin County Events Center Saturday.

There are more than 35 years of service between the two individuals selected to the top spots in education for Duplin County this year.

Sampsonians still tops the bordering counties with its low 8.3 percent unemployment rate.

Not wanting to waste funds, the Duplin County Board of Education is attempting to learn as much as it can relating to the future needs for facilities.

Investigators with the Sampson County Sheriffa s Office are searching for a missing teen who reportedly walked away from a a oetherapeutic homea in the Harrells community Sunday evening.

A 27-year-old Duplin County man remains in jail today under a $600,000 bond some 48 hours after he is alleged to have threatened to blow up four county courthouses, including ones in Sampson and Duplin.

One person is dead following the crash of an experimental aircraft in eastern North Carolina.

5 2:29 pm Tweet This! http://mync.com/site/42713/ DUPLIN COUNTY Kenansville Police are looking for a woman who is suspected of abducting her own children, WNCT reports.