Latino gang announces arrival, marks turf
Sureño 13 is in Kinston, and the California-based gang wants you to know it. Seemingly overnight, gang tags appeared at Emma Webb Park, on brick walls on Independence and North Queen Streets and on...
View ArticleAbortion in the classrooms
A bill filed in February to include abortion education in students’ health care studies advanced through the North Carolina Senate on Wednesday. Under Health Curriculum/Preterm Birth, North Carolina...
View ArticleDawson headed to Fayetteville State
For Josh Dawson going to Fayetteville to play basketball every year came to be expected. It’ll now be his home for the next four. Dawson, Kinston’s energetic point guard who guided the Vikings to...
View ArticleDetails of NC House tax plan unveiled
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press Dozens of DFW flights canceled, delayed in storms Perry holds ceremony to sign Morton Act into law House to consider much-watched charter school bill Owners...
View ArticleVideo of N.C. rape/murder suspect's police interview screened
(AP) -- The man accused in the kidnapping, rape and murder of a 5-year-old Fayetteville girl has gone against the advice of his attorneys and allowed jurors to see the entire videotape of his police...
View ArticleCrack in nuclear reactor forces Shearon Harris to shut down
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View ArticleArea will be well represented in state track finals
Greene and Lenoir counties will be well represented today in Greensboro. A slew of participants from Greene Central, Kinston and South Lenoir high schools will vie for several NCHSAA state 2A...
View ArticleSL softball entertains Whiteville in third round
DEEP RUN — All Lisa Smith wants from her South Lenoir softball team is for it to give everything it has. The Blue Devils have, and that’s why they’re in the third round once again. South Lenoir (20-3)...
View ArticleTyndall signs with Mount Olive
DEEP RUN — Grant Tyndall had many options, but in the end he chose Mount Olive. Tyndall, a five-tool baseball player at South Lenoir, has signed his national letter of intent to play for the Trojans...
View ArticleWeek to emphasize safe boating / Names in news
Week to emphasize safe boating In recognition of National Safe Boating Week, Kinston Mayor B.J. Murphy has proclaimed Saturday through May 24 as Safe Boating Week in Kinston. To kick off the week, the...
View ArticleTrenton’s AmeriCorps team feels impact after departure from Round 1 project
TRENTON — They vowed to keep in touch and wouldn’t dare call it “goodbye.” There was a flood of tears when Trenton’s AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps team loaded up in its van to depart...
View ArticleGreater Kinston Credit Union working to remove conservatorship stigma
Interim Manager Shawn Wilson of Greater Kinston Credit Union is working to pull the financial institution out of conservatorship — a status into which it was ordered by the state on Feb. 5, 2012....
View ArticleRetail Notebook: JR Jamaican Cuisine, Tractor Supply Company
A visit to the new JR Jamaican Cuisine is almost like eating a home-cooked meal on the Caribbean island. It’s down-home Jamaican cooking at the family-owned restaurant that opened April 29. “The whole...
View ArticleGreene County entrepreneurs turning ‘unsuitable’ sweet potatoes into...
SNOW HILL — Let’s begin this story by putting down the iPad, smartphone or printed page and stepping outside. Scratch around a bit in the first patch of dirt you see. That sandy soil? It’s the...
View ArticleAudio: Josh Dawson, Perry Tyndall and Ryan Herman
On this week’s show, Bryan Hanks and Jon Dawson are joined by Kinston High School basketball star Josh Dawson, who recently signed a scholarship offer with Fayetteville State University. Bryan and Jon...
View ArticleSuperior court decisions
The following decisions were reached in Lenoir County superior court in April, 2013. The presiding judge was the Hon. Jack W. Jenkins. Matters may be resolved as the result of a guilty plea or...
View ArticleLiving history at Parrott Academy
Thursday morning, some lucky students at Arendell Parrott Academy were witnesses to a living, breathing history lesson. World War II veteran and Snow Hill resident Ben Rayford, 89, spoke to history...
View ArticleLenoir County arrest reports
The following arrests were reported by the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office: Mary Alicia Mumford, 24, 2532 Sapphire Place, Kinston, May 9, two counts misdemeanor worthless checks. Bond: None....
View ArticleMinister's Column: God’s promise of new things sustains through storms
Summer is here … or at least about here … depends on what day it is. I think the worst part of the pollen season is over, from what I can tell when looking at my vehicle. It’s warming up outside. The...
View ArticleOut of attic / Names in news
Out of attic Ronda Head Mangold of Kinston had a one-on-one visit with WITN TV 7’s Whitney the Hobo in April 1967, when the TV children's celebrity paid a visit to the old Woolco Store, formerly in...
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