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Thursday, July 21, 2011

For Women Only burglarized, vandalized

Members of For Women Only were turned away Wednesday morning as employees and the owner made repairs to the fitness center following an overnight break-in. An unknown number of suspects pried open the front door of the business sometime...

James Sprunt Community College worried about consolidation aftermath

KENANSVILLE -- With talk in the General Assembly of consolidating some of the state's smaller, more rural community colleges, officials at James Sprunt Community College are bracing for the unknown. The proposal, which would merge some programs at 26...

Public record

Burglar lured by fishing shop EZ Bait & Tackle, located at 2049 N.C. 117 South, was burglarized between 8 p.m. Tuesday and 4:56 a.m. Wednesday. Deputies with the Wayne County Sheriff's Office responded to an alarm at the fishing supply...

Mount Olive plans communitywide National Night Out

MOUNTOLIVE -- Neighborhoods throughout Mount Olive are invited to join forces with thousands of communities nationwide Aug. 2 for the 28th annual National Night Out crime and drug prevention event. From 7 to 10 p.m., residents in Mount Olive...

Rouzer to run for Congress in 7th District

State Sen. David Rouzer, R-Johnston, announced Wednesday his intention to run for the newly formed 7th Congressional District seat in 2012. Now in his second term in the N.C. Senate, Rouzer said he had not planned to run for...

Sitting pretty

Jayna Beamon stays cool Wednesday by playing in the water at the pool at Lane Tree Golf Club. Temperatures were expected to soar to 100 degrees today, with a heat index near 108. A heat advisory is in effect...