UPDATE (5/15/25): The body found near Hammocks Beach State Park has been identified as Joseph Michael Marshall Edwards, 34, of Jacksonville. He was located about 150 yards offshore in the water near ...

RALEIGH — Hammocks Beach State Park is about to get larger. The N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources says the park is getting 289 acres on the mainland following approval of the ...

ONSLOW COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - Authorities are investigating the discovery of a body near an Eastern Carolina state park. Onslow County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Trevor Dunnell says the man’s body was ...

ONSLOW COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - Authorities have identified the body found in the water near Hammocks Beach State Park Wednesday. The Onslow County Sheriff’s Office says Joseph Edwards, of Jacksonville, ...