Church Women United honors member
At Kinston-Lenoir County Church Women United recent World Community Day celebration at Sharon United Methodist Church, Elsie McDowell was presented a Certification of Appreciation for her service to...
View ArticleSloan – Edwards
Warren and Pam Sloan of Chinquapin announce the engagement of their daughter, Andrea Maready Sloan, to Dennis Clayton Edwards, son of Dennis and Pat Edwards of Kinston. A March 16 wedding will be held...
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Warren and Pam Sloan of Chinquapin announce the engagement of their daughter, Andrea Maready Sloan, to Dennis Clayton Edwards, son of Dennis and Pat Edwards of Kinston. A March 16 wedding will be held...
View ArticleKinston boys dominate North Lenoir
LA GRANGE — Few teams in North Carolina can match the Kinston boys basketball team when it’s hot. Friday night at North Lenoir, it was sizzling to the tune of an 87-59 shellacking of the host Hawks...
View ArticleKinston girls take down Hawks
LA GRANGE — Kinston’s girls basketball team had a goal of finishing this week with three wins in three games. North Lenoir became its latest victim. Monique Lofton scored 21 points and Brittany...
View ArticleBirths
Allen Michael Allen II and Lareesa Farrow of Kinston and son, Keynic Williams, announce the birth of a daughter and sister, Khyliah Masiah Allen, on Nov. 9, 2012, at Lenoir Memorial Hospital in...
View ArticleCouple celebrates 50 years
Mr. and Mrs. William King of Pink Hill celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Nov. 24, 2012, at the Lenoir County Cooperative Extension Center in Kinston. A dinner was given by their children —...
View ArticleLCC Surgical Tech Club spreads cheer / Names in the news
LCC Surgical Tech Club spreads cheer Members of the Lenoir Community College Surgical Technology Club provided Christmas cheer to the Homeless Shelter of Kinston/Lenoir County and Mary’s Soup Kitchen....
View ArticleWho will win the Mirror Ball trophy?
Looking for a last minute Christmas gift? Tickets to the Jan. 12 Stars Dance for the Arts event at the Community Council for the Arts will promise recipients an evening of good food, libations and an...
View ArticleA dream come true / Names in the news
A dream come true Albert Pridgen of Kinston, a retired Army Iraqi Freedom veteran, noticed a child in need of a bicycle while on his daily walk in his neighborhood Dec. 19. Javier Cannon, 8, was...
View ArticleShriner’s Sudan Cart Caravan sponsors family / Names in the news
Shriner’s Sudan Cart Caravan sponsors family Members of the Lenoir County Shrine Club’s Sudan Cart Caravan sponsored a family for Christmas. The members of the family include three children who would...
View ArticleBags of blessings
Billie Humphrey delivers meals to seniors throughout Lenoir County every Monday. After retirement, Humphrey has dedicated her time helping others. “I know there’s a great need and there is not enough...
View ArticleLetters to Santa
Dear Santa, My name is Jhordan Chapman and I am 7 years old. I go to Faith Christian Academy and I have been a very good boy this year and I made the “A” Honor Roll. For Chirstmas I want the Nintendo...
View ArticleClark: We should all have our own drone
Guns don’t kill people — stupid, evil people with guns kill people. We’ve heard a ton of some variation of this throughout the last week. And it’s true. The political posturing started before the...
View ArticleUnemployment continues to decrease
The state and national unemployment rate continues to inch its way downward. North Carolina’s smoothed seasonally adjusted — a statistical method of smoothing out wide swings — unemployment rate...
View ArticleTillis looks toward 2013 session
N.C. House Speaker Thom Tillis, R-Mecklenburg, came to Kinston last week as the guest of honor during Mayor B.J. Murphy’s “Merry Christmas with the Mayor 2012” political fundraiser. He sat down with...
View ArticleLocal shoppers scramble to find Christmas gifts as holiday clock winds down
It’s late morning last Wednesday — with six shopping days left before Christmas the shoppers at Kinston’s Walmart Supercenter mainly consist of those buying food and other regular household items....
View ArticleECU falls in bowl
NEW ORLEANS — East Carolina’s Andrew Bodenheimer walked slowly off the Superdome field. He and the other receivers exited together, among the last Pirates to step off the turf and into the tunnel....
View ArticleJohn Hood: Job creation a priority in 2013
RALEIGH— It’s about time for New Year’s resolutions. My recommendation for North Carolina politicians of all stripes is to resolve to focus their attention, rhetoric and legislation on reducing the...
View ArticleLetters to the editor for Sunday, Dec. 23
Picking winners, losers won't resurrect economy President Obama talks a great deal about economic fairness in America. He did so on the campaign trail and he has continued to do so during the fiscal...
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