Spent Sunday morning knocking on doors in the neighborhood where a 15-year-old girl was stabbed then shot to death during an alleged domestic dispute between her older sister and her Marine boyfriend. 15 is just too damn young to be caught up in all that drama. Read the news. Here are a few photos of [...]

Video of the suspects being booked into jail. ———————————————————————— Two active duty Navy corpsmen and one who was recently discharged were arrested Friday in the shooting deaths of a Carteret County father and son. Investigators detailed the case at a press conference Monday. Read the latest news from the press conference. Read the arrest news. [...]

Jacksonville High School’s band director has been charged with having sex with a student. Read the news. Mike McHugh snapped this cellphone photo of Chris Howard being arrested at JHS on Wednesday morning: Chris Howard was the school’s teacher of the year 2010-11. He is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old female [...]

I’ve been contacted by several local fundraising vets who are upset with a Navy wife who has been the promoter of two failed concerts linked to military charities. Lauren Peterson from her twitter account: Read the news.

A woman married to a Jacksonville man who married another woman appears happy to now be divorced, according to her Facebook page. Read the news. -

New reporter Amanda Wilcox, with Mike McHugh’s help, wrote a compelling article about a Marine involved in a murder/suicide late last week. Read the news. They have a good follow-up for today’s newspaper. Check it out. The Marine who killed his wife’s lover before killing himself cried out in many ways. One of them was [...]