Clark: What will our world look like in 2030?
A recent intelligence report outlining possible scenarios for what the world may look like in 2030 has some interesting results. First and foremost, the U.S. — in all likelihood — will still be a top...
View ArticleTV series based on Stephen King novel set to film in Wilmington
WILMINGTON — A CBS television series based on a best-selling Stephen King novel will film in Wilmington, according to local film industry sources. “Under the Dome,” a 13-episode series based on the...
View ArticleArea dentists prepare to serve children in need
Local dentists will be serving at least 50 local children next month who have no access to dental care as part of the American Dental Association’s decade-old Give Kids a Smile Program. The program...
View ArticleKinston, Greenville, Ayden mayors collaborate
Kinston, Ayden and Greenville recently took their first step toward greater regional collaboration on a long-term effort to bring an interstate-level highway network to Eastern North Carolina. Ayden...
View ArticleSmall cuts with cutting edge technology
James Bailey began suffering last spring from a serious problem with acid reflux, known as GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease). That’s when backwash from the stomach enters and causes injury to the...
View ArticlePizza Villa turns 40
When Homer and Loretta Lanier opened Pizza Villa in 1973, they didn’t expect the restaurant to boom the way it has the past 40 years. The former auto parts worker and banker wanted only to make a...
View ArticleStory of a big leaguer
Chris Hatcher’s off-season has been about as atypical as his baseball career. Sure, he works out. But he also works. The former Kinston High School and UNC Wilmington catcher hopes to play at the...
View ArticleIf These Walls Could Talk
In many towns and cities, it’s the “in-between” streets that get forgotten or go unnoticed. In many cases, as main roads and thoroughfares go through modernization and improvement both to their...
View ArticleSecond Chances host pet adoption event
On Saturday, the Second Chances Thrift Store on Vernon Avenue held a pet adoption event, featuring dogs and cats from the Lenoir County SPCA. The organization’s goal for 2013 is to increase local pet...
View ArticleParker: As we begin this New Year, please watch for school buses
Let’s begin with a quiz. What stands between 9.5 to 11 feet tall, is 8 feet wide, and measures roughly 40 feet long? What is bright yellow, has flashing red and amber lights, an extending...
View ArticleFilling the Frame
A flock of birds take flight over a field Sunday morning off Taylor-Heath Road. Birds often fly in a V or J formation. Accorind to scientificamerican.com birds fly in formation to conserve energy,...
View ArticleGreene County finishes community garden
SNOW HILL — Saturday marked the completion of a Greene County community garden, starting a hopeful neighborhood fellowship in Snow Hill. In September, a then-empty lot on Hart Street was transformed...
View ArticleMeet Me Monday: Deputy takes ‘resource’ seriously
LA GRANGE — It’d only be cliché if it weren’t so often true — Terry Avery is here for the kids. A 17-year veteran of the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office, Avery is the North Lenoir High School resource...
View ArticleCandidates, elections officials gear up for municipal elections
Although the filing period is months away, local incumbents and elections officials are getting their minds set for this year’s municipal elections. Every election has something special about it, and...
View ArticleYellow grease thefts prompt new law
It’s the next-best thing to stealing gasoline. Yellow grease, the byproduct of deep frying, is now a tracked commodity thanks to the advent of biofuels. Restaurant staff empty grease traps into a...
View ArticleUpdated Jan. 5: Mugshots of people arrested in Lenoir County
Click HERE to view a PDF document that includes photos of inmates processed at Lenoir County jail this week. To access previous entries, click on the "MUGSHOTS" tab in the crime section on this page...
View ArticleSon of Sen. Rand Paul arrested at N.C. airport
(AP) — Police say U.S. Sen. Rand Paul's son was arrested after a flight from Kentucky to North Carolina. The Charlotte Observer reports me 19-year-old William Hilton Paul was arrested Saturday...
View ArticleFour Kinston men charged with murder
From the Kinston Dept. of Public Safety: The following suspects were arrested by members of the Kinston Department of Public Safety on January 4 for the Dec. 26, 2012 murder of Dajuquon Poole and the...
View ArticleCouple honored for volunteerism / Names in the news
Couple honored for volunteerism Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schlier have been volunteers at Lenoir Memorial Hospital for more than 10 years. He is a retired veteran of the Air Force, an active member of the...
View ArticleGovernor’s Eastern Open House set for today in New Bern
NEW BERN — Following his oath of office, Governor Pat McCrory will make his only Eastern North Carolina inaugural appearance at 6 p.m. today at the N.C. History Center on South Front Street, New Bern....
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