Update: Dollar General opening today
Dollar General is celebrating its grand opening beginning 8 a.m. today at 405 E. King St. The first 50 shoppers in the store will receive a $10 Dollar General gift card, and the first 200 shoppers...
View ArticleBethel graduate headed for Marines
Jordan Stallings is braving military service following his Bethel Christian Academy graduation. After wrapping up his high school career Friday night, Stallings, 18, is looking forward to the travel...
View ArticleParrott twins to separate for first time after graduation
They spent 14 years at Arendell Parrott Academy and 18 years side-by-side to wind up following diverging paths to college. Lucy and Mary Scott Manning, known as “The Twins” or “The Mannings” around...
View ArticlePost 43 knocks off Jacksonville
Kinston Post 43 returned to Viking Field on Friday determined not to be embarrassed by Jacksonville Post 265 for the second straight night. What a difference a day makes. Ryan Cobb went 3-for-3 with...
View ArticleClark: Hunting dogs are living, breathing creatures
Much like the political left and guns or the right with welfare, I am about to condemn an entire group based the negligent acts of a few. I am speaking of hunters — specifically, the ones that use...
View ArticleCapital Correspondence for week ending May 30
House Roll-Call Votes HB371 — Chiropractic Assistant Certification: Authorizes the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners to establish and enforce educational standards for chiropractic clinical...
View ArticleCoastal Views’ features work from three painters
NEW BERN — New Bern ArtWorks Fine Art Gallery opened a new exhibit Saturday entitled “Coastal Views,” a body of works by landscape painters, Barbara Hesketh, Ken Wallin and Karen Crenshaw. The exhibit...
View ArticleHanks: Merritt announces decision not to run for reelection
Some news and observations from the past week for your perusal on this beautiful ENC weekend: MERRITT WON’T RUN FOR REELECTION: Evidently, one term on the Kinston City Council was enough for Bobby...
View Article60 volunteers ran to raise money to fight modern slavery
AYDEN — Helping one child for a year costs about the same as buying a crib for your baby, so said Christie Bloom, a former Kinston resident. She and her husband Grant participated in the second annual...
View ArticleTake a vacation in your own neck of the woods
A majority of people take one big vacation, at the most, during the summer. But there are many more days left before the cold weather sets in. Some of the best-loved places to go are just a short...
View ArticleBest-James
Amber Lauren Best of Albertson and Brandon Thomas James of Pink Hill were united in marriage at 6:30 p.m. April 20, 2013, at Kinston First Pentecostal Holiness Church in Kinston. The Rev. Gerald...
View ArticleHarris – Kennedy
Tim and Alicia Harris of Greenville announce the engagement of their daughter, Meredith Harris, to Justin Kennedy, son of Bobby and Sheila Kennedy of Snow Hill. An Aug. 3 wedding will be held at...
View ArticleWhitman – Murphy
Randy and Susan Whitman of La Grange announce the engagement of their daughter, Brandi Renee Whitman, to Matthew Dustin Murphy of Kinston, son of Lewis and Ellen Murphy of Pink Hill. A July 27 wedding...
View ArticleSouthwood alumni plan reunion
This picture of Southwood’s 1956-57 defending county champion basketball team appeared in the 1957 Southwood yearbook. Team members include J.T. Hardison, William Wiggins, Kenneth Johnson, Charles...
View ArticleLenoir County names weekly 'Smile' recipient / Names in news
Lenoir County names weekly 'Smile' recipient This week’s Smile of the Week is Marlin Witherspoon, who drives for the Lenoir County Transit system. He is accepting a gift from Lucy Marston, Lenoir...
View ArticlePost 43 handles Jones County
Maybe hitting isn’t the albatross that Kinston Post 43 manager Ronnie Battle feared it might be at the start of the American Legion baseball season. Four games in and Post 43 has scored a combined...
View ArticleAARP gets downtown update / Names in news
AARP gets downtown update The local chapter of AARP meets monthly with guest speakers and programs. Adrian King, executive director of Pride of Kinston, was the speaker at the May meeting. He was...
View ArticleWilmington man charged in wreck
LA GRANGE — A Wilmington man and two male passengers were transported to Lenoir Memorial Hospital after the driver lost control of his car on Sunday, Trooper Bud Radford of the N.C. Highway Patrol...
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