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Editor’s note: This story is No. 4 in a series looking at the top 10 stories of 2020 for The Daily News, counting down from 10 to 1 from Dec. 23 to Jan. 1.  New school board member Eric Whitfield was sworn into office this month after a controversial path to his election that began with allegations of racism. Whitfield, who was one of four Republican candidates for Onslow County Board of Education to win the party’s nomination in the March primary, was fired from his job and received backlash online after posting a racial remark on social media. According to previous Daily News reports, ...

Whether they worked with her, taught with her, volunteered with her or served with her, friends and colleagues of longtime educator and public servant Pam Thomas remembered one thing: her love for Onslow County. “Pam was a pillar of our community, a mentor and a leader,” Onslow County Board of Education member Ken Reddic said. Onslow County’s education community lost a great advocate with Thomas’ death and the community as a whole lost a great public servant, Reddic said. Thomas, who was admitted to the hospital in late November after being diagnosed with COVID-19, died early Sunday ...

Three of the four newly elected members of the Onslow County Board of Education have been sworn into office. Incumbent Ken Reddic was administered the oath of office along with new members Melissa Oakley and Eric Whitfield in a ceremony Tuesday night at the Eastern North Carolina Regional Skills Center. “Now the real work begins,” Oakley said after the brief ceremony. Her family and Onslow County Commissioner Robin Knapp stood with her as she took the oath of office. The three were sworn in by District Court Judge Michael Surles, who administered the oath from a microphone more than six f...

Due to health concerns related to COVID-19, the swearing in of the school board members-elect will be done in two separate ceremonies and the first meeting of the newly elected Onslow County Board of Education will not be held until January. The oath of office will be administered Tuesday, Dec. 15, Ken Reddic, who was re-elected to another term, and newcomers Melissa Oakley and Eric Whitfield. The ceremony will be held at 6 p.m. at the Eastern North Carolina Regional Skills Center in Jacksonville. Due to ongoing health concerns for newly elected board member Joseph Speranza, he will be sworn ...