Havelock police arrest bookstore theft suspect
Kenneth Lloyd Noble, 26, of 104 Kenner Heights Apartment 3, was arrested near his home by Havelock police after a two day manhunt for a Monday afternoon robbery at Cover to Cover bookstore on US 70. The clerk was found bound in a back room. Bond and first court date to be set today.
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J. Parks
Havelock Public Safety Department
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State seeks disease resistant sterile oyster aim
North Carolina Sea Grant tests triploid oysters in state waters to grow non spawning, disease resistant stock. Eleven aquaculturists oversee an initial batch of 50,000 seeds from Florida's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution. Seeded oysters are raised in chub mesh bags on shellfish leases to extend the market year.
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North Carolina Sea Grant
North Carolina
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution
Florida
Three New Bern Officers Honored for Drug Roundup Work
Master Police Officers Linda T. Godette and Ronnie D. Lovick and Sgt. George L. Shaver Jr. received federal awards in Raleigh for their roles in the New Bern multi agency drug roundup on November 21. The ceremony honored about 45 officers and assistants in the Eastern District of North Carolina with DEA recognition.
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New Bern
Linda T. Godette
Ronnie D. Lovick
George L. Shaver Jr
Raleigh
J.P. Smith
Federal Drug Enforcement Administration
United States
North Carolina
New Weather Office To Begin Data Transmission Thursday
The National Weather Service will start broadcasting weather warnings for a 15 county area in eastern North Carolina from its Newport office on Thursday. The facility, completed last May, houses a $2 million Doppler radar to improve severe weather detection and speed up warnings. Meteorologist in charge Thomas Kriehn notes the modernization and explains the radar was placed in Newport after considering Hatters. Counties affected include Craven Pamlico Jones and Carteret.
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National Weather Service
North Carolina
Newport
Thomas Kriehn
Hatteras
North Carolina hires headhunter to fill marine fisheries post
The state contracted with A T Kearny headhunter David Lauderback to recruit a new Marine Fisheries Division director after former leader Bill Hogarth left. More than 100 applicants. search covers U S and Canada with background checks from the firm's 41 offices. Salary tentative under state guidelines. deputy director to follow.
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State Marine Fisheries Division
David Lauderback
A.T. Kearny
Cleveland
Ohio
Lauderback
David Martin Jones
England
State Zoo
Asheboro
Marine Fisheries Post
Bill Hogarth
Bob Jamieson
Weld
Jones
N.C. Zoological Society
Hogarth
Dehnr
Division of Marine Fisheries
General Assembly
Commission weighs heavy agenda at Smithfield meeting
The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission will meet Friday and Saturday in Smithfield to adopt a saltwater recreational fishing license plan, add two emergency meetings, and decide on permit rules and enforcement funding. The panel will review striped bass harvest limits and other regulatory actions with public sessions at 9 a.m. each day.
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Smithfield
Commission
Jess Hawkins
General Assembly
Senate
Mark Basnight
D-Dare
Basnight
Hogarth
Albemarle Sound
Smithfield-Selma
Shooting at Craven Terrace playground leads to assault charge
Walter Ellison was shot in the foot during a Tuesday incident at Craven Terrace playground and treated at Craven Regional Medical Center. Harry Purvis Brown, 23, faces a charge of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury.
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Walter Ellison
Craven Terrace
Harry Purvis Brown
Ellison
Craven Regional Medical Center
Grandmother Raises Three Grandchildren Seeks Holiday Aid
A Craven County grandmother rears three grandchildren ages 7 9 and 11 on a fixed income and seeks help from the Empty Stocking Fund. The fund serves Craven and Pamlico counties with cash toys and non perishable food. Donations can be dropped at the Sun Journal or Salvation Army offices or mailed to the two organizations. The fund has raised over 18 000 last Christmas and 1 871 so far this year.
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Howell's Medicaid funding saved after state settlement
Howell's Child Care Center in River Bend wins concessions from state agencies after an investigation into abuse allegations dating to 1993. The settlement acknowledges no substantiated abuse while noting the facility acted promptly to correct issues, preserving its certification and funding. Four convicted ex-staff members tied to the broader probe, none of whom worked at Howell's during the charges, are not central to the agreement.
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River Bend
Howell
State Division of
Howell's
Lynda McDaniel
Division of
Tina Howell
The
Sun Journal
State Attorney General’s Office
Virginia
McDaniel
River Bend Police
Craven Social Services
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