This morning’s deadly house fire killed three children and hospitalized five more along with their mother. Read the news. Photos taken at the scene: Still smoldering at 6:40 a.m.: Putting out the last of the flames: U.S. 17 traffic control: Overhauling the house: Long, hot day: Norman Bryson, director of Onslow County Emergency Services, and [...]

A report that begin about a former Marine accused of child abuse ballooned into a much bigger story as details emerged in the marriage of the defendant and his now-estranged wife. The resulting article is online. Ironic that this report – which was held for a few days due to spacing issues because of so many [...]

For the last week activity in Onslow County has been shifted from Court Street to Piney Green Road. Hundreds of volunteers have descended on the area to help residents digging out of the rubble that used to be their homes. Here are a few photographs Mike McHugh has taken in the last few days. Click on the thumbnail for [...]

The newsroom did an excellent job covering a weekend twister that damaged more than 170 homes in Onslow County. Where was I? Playing video games with the kids. I had promised my wife I’d unplug and that’s what I did. While Hubert recieved very little rain, all hell was breaking loose just  few miles away along Piney [...]

- A Hubert man was attacked by a pitbull early this morning right after the storm passed. The man shot the dog dead, according to Onslow County animal control. He was in the right, officials told me. Since he was packing heat, maybe the man read my article about animal behavior after storms. – An intoxicated Marine lance corporal [...]

You know how people always talk about how crazy it is that TV reporters stand in the rain to talk about conditions during hurricanes? I was watching a national news channel just now and a reporter was talking about the storm in Wilmington. I recognized the palm plant blowing in the wind behind him and remembered something I haven’t [...]

I should have done this earlier, but I have been slightly busy. The Daily News has a storm blog up with constantly updated information. For those of you on the Eastern seaboard, check it out. You can learn all sorts of stuff and see storm pictures. A wreck less than an hour ago on Western Boulevard in [...]

Look at this cool, but very quickly to be outdated Hanna map. I have been talking to emergency officials that say the real danger in Hanna is that the storm might lull residents into thinking hurricanes are not that big a deal. And then here comes Ike to slap us around like we are Tina [...]