Bike Rodeo at Woodmen Center
Abby Small, 7, of Kinston, demonstrates the proper hand signal for stopping on a bicycle during the Bike Rodeo at the Woodmen Community Center on Saturday. At the event, parents and children were...
View ArticlePhoto Page: Water park preview
The Woodmen Community Center previewed its new water park, Lions Water Adventure, for the community a week before its May 25 opening. All photos by Free Press Photographer Zach Frailey.
View ArticleFirst Southeast community park underway
The future playground photo mounted on the walls of Southeast Elementary School is officially coming to life. School staff, parents and community volunteers began piecing together equipment for the...
View ArticleDodging college debt
You can control student loan debt, ironically enough, through education. There is a foreign world of student aid waiting for the hundreds of area teens entering their first year of college. In North...
View ArticleECA has blue ribbon winners / Names in news
ECA has blue ribbon winners Fourteen members of the Neuse Extension and Community Association and one staff member from the Lenoir County Cooperative Extension Service office attended the Southeastern...
View ArticleParker: Is current look into IRS misbehavior only a prelude?
My dad once shared an observation revealing one of his concerns: “The only group that ever got Al Capone was the IRS,” he told me in a near whisper. He grew up in the days of G-men and mob violence....
View ArticleFilling the Frame: Swamp waters
Swamp waters meander through the woods, green with spring color, near the Neuse River in Kinston. From above, a familiat place such as this looks a bit more unfamiliar and other-worldly.
View ArticleMeet Me Monday: Artist, movie-maker yearns for the big break
SOUTHWOOD — Bobby Creech has a knack for art, but it’s often gotten him into trouble. “I could always draw,” he said. “I would draw on my test because it would help me think.” His fifth- and...
View ArticleLaRoque corruption trial begins
Stephen LaRoque could go from the state House to the jail house. The former member of the state House of Representatives begins his trial on federal corruption charges today in Greenville. A grand...
View ArticleLocal poll worker accused of voter fraud
You can’t just go and vote in place of a family member. A Lenoir County poll worker is accused of doing just that during the 2010 general election. According to county Board of Elections minutes, the...
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 ArticleKinston arrest reports
The following arrests were reported by the Kinston Dept. of Public Safety: Maulen Shackleford, 34, 1943 Hullwood Drive, Kinston, May 10, misdemeanor drunk and disruptive. Bond: $500. Arresting...
View ArticleUpdated May 17th: Mugshots of people arrested in Lenoir County
CLICK HERE to view 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...
View ArticleUpdated: Man shot in Kinston Monday afternoon
From the Kinston Dept. of Public Safety: On Monday around 2:25 p.m., members of the Kinston Department of Public Safety responded to a shots fired call near the intersection of East Lenoir Avenue and...
View ArticleFood, tabs for Ronald McDonald House / Names in news
Food, tabs for Ronald McDonald House Home is a place where families spend time together feeling safe and cared for. That’s the feeling The Ronald McDonald House of Eastern North Carolina in Greenville...
View ArticleJones County man arrested for alleged arson
TRENTON — A Jones County man was arrested and charged with four felonies Sunday after witnesses led deputies to him following an investigation of two weekend fires. Jones County deputies located...
View ArticleCounty board considers 3.5 percent property tax increase
Members of the Lenoir County Board of Commissioners looked at a property tax increase and other options to cover a $1.9 million debt service at their third budget workshop on Monday afternoon....
View ArticleLaRoque fraud trial begins
GREENVILLE — Assistant U.S. Attorney Dennis Duffy boiled down his case in three parts: “theft, ECDC and concealment.” The necessity of simplifying the complex accusations against former state Rep....
View ArticleColumn: Lenoir County poll worker at center of fraud identified
The Lenoir County poll worker at the center of an alleged voter fraud incident has been identified. “We had no intention of releasing the suspect’s name until the investigation was complete,” said...
View ArticleTeachers, volunteers elect to shave their heads
LA GRANGE — Gwen Smith made a brave decision to lose her dark, curly hair. After watching her three teenage children have their locks shaved off to support childhood cancer research last year, the La...
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