Medicare in its current form is unaffordable at anything lower than ruinous tax rates. That’s also true for Medicaid in its current form, and for the various exclusions from income, payroll, and sales ...

The back wall of the Pickle Parlor is lined with shelves filled with a wide variety of Mt. Olive Pickle products for sale. It was this area that caught the attention of Joann Frances, who was making ...

Duplin County Schools Superintendent Dr. Austin Obasohan died on Thursday after a battle with cancer. He had served as ...

Raymond Turner Jr. and Johnny Powell shake hands after Powell was recognized for 70 years as a Mason. WARSAW — A Warsaw man ...

When 18-year-old Kate Ward won the title of Miss North Carolina’s Teen 2025 on June 28 in High Point, it was the culmination ...

The Pender County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) and North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) have identified a large-scale Moldovan and Russian money laundering scheme.

Bill Bryan, Mt. Olive Pickle Co. executive chairman, samples pickle soda prior to Thursday morning’s grand opening for the company’s new Pickle Parlor located at 109 N. Center St. From left are Bryan, ...

The Faison Community Garden features a vegetable plot that measures approximately 100 feet by 60 feet. Around the garden’s perimeter are grapevines and fruit trees and shrubs. (Kathy Grant ...

Beverly Weeks, left, founder and CEO of the anti-human-trafficking organization Cry Freedom Missions, shows off merchandise in the Cry Freedom Missions Shoppe that raises funds to help sustain the ...

Denise Sutton, center, and Chandra Williams, right, lead the singing of the black national anthem “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” Saturday afternoon during the fourth annual Community Juneteenth ...

It could be another three to four years before the town of Mount Olive is finally able to resolve its nearly 50-year-old struggle to fix a troubled sewer system that has stalled its growth. Meanwhile, ...

Three Eagle Scouts, from Troop 48, have completed projects to enhance the Faison Community Garden. One project entailed erecting two signs at the garden. ‘It was really important to me to make the ...