Prison superintendent named

Cynthia Thornton is the new superintendent at Neuse Correctional Institution, an 828-bed minimum custody prison. Neuse Correctional is the point of entry into the prison system for adult male misdemeanant offenders from all counties. It also processes felons with sentences...

Published: Sep 9, 2011 5:22 PM Full Story

Arrest made in shooting in Fremont

FREMONT -- Fremont police arrested a man accused of shooting a father and son in the front yard of his home Wednesday night. Kentrell Alston, 23, who is believed to have left the scene of the shooting at 302 S....

Published: Sep 9, 2011 5:22 PM Full Story

Churches plan services to honor those lost on Sept. 11

Wayne County's churches are commemorating the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, with special services, a luncheon and even a parade. Pastors will talk about freedom, liberty and hope. Choirs will perform patriotic music. And congregations will be remembering those...

Published: Sep 9, 2011 5:22 PM Full Story

Burying Maj. Thomas Reitmann

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Carol Sumner vowed to stay strong -- to ensure that the day of her husband's funeral was spent celebrating his life, not mourning his death. The truth is, she has already played the role of a grieving...

Published: Sep 9, 2011 5:22 PM Full Story