Guest column: An open letter to the N.C. General Assembly — from a teacher
The Free Press guest columnist feature is published every other Wednesday. Would you like to be considered as a guest columnist? Contact Managing Editor Bryan Hanks at 252-559-1074 or at...
View ArticleAssistant principals trading places
A Lenoir County School assistant principal swap will diversify a pair of administrative teams next school year. As an AP job opened at North Lenoir High School upon the retirement of Edwin Jones,...
View ArticleSampson Alternative School is now Lenoir County Learning Academy
A school by any other name is still a school. The new owner of the old Sampson School building, Lin Dawson, has decided to retain naming rights of the property, overlapping with the name of Lenoir...
View ArticleLaRoque takes the stand
GREENVILLE — Nearly five hours of testimony Tuesday by former state Rep. Stephen LaRoque came down to two statements he made on the stand. One, “There’s no doubt in my mind I made mistakes,” and two,...
View ArticleLabor Department investigating Greene’s EMS department
SNOW HILL — The U.S. Department of Labor has called for an investigation of Greene County’s Emergency Medical Services. A May 31 letter from the Wage and Hour Division and addressed to Emergency...
View ArticleColumn: Good job county administrators
High school football still isn’t as big around here as I’d like it to be, but the administrations at Kinston and South Lenoir high schools are doing their part to see that it succeeds. Both have had...
View ArticleParrott eases by NL Green
LA GRANGE — The Patriots didn’t hit the ball consistently, but went they did they made it count. Parrott Academy clustered nine of its 14 hits into just two innings and used those two outbursts to...
View ArticleGieselman tabbed as Kinston’s next football coach
Ryan Gieselman has been given a big promotion. The Lenoir County school board on Monday approved Kinston High’s recommendation that Gieselman take over its football program, a little over 48 hours...
View ArticleDWI arrests
The following information was provided by the N.C. Highway Patrol: 05/27, Matthew L. Hart, 313 West Blount St., Kinston, 30, .09. Arresting trooper: J.B. Locklear; 05/27, Brandon L. Smith, 2601...
View ArticleMarijuana seized in Jones County
THE FREE PRESS The Jones County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man Tuesday after uncovering 3.12 pounds of marijuana and more than $7,000 cash in his vehicle. Jeffrey Allen Pettigrew Jr., 25 of 123...
View ArticleMarijuana seized in Jones County
POLLOCKSVILLE — A suspected drug dealer probably gave himself away. The Jones County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man Tuesday after uncovering 3.12 pounds of marijuana and more than $7,000 cash in his...
View Article‘Eggsperts’ at Banks
From left, Mary Beth Moye, second-grade teacher, Kathryn Griffin, first-grade teacher, and their students at Banks Elementary School presented information on their Eggspert project to Lenoir County...
View ArticleLCC graduate wants to keep learning
With a Lenoir Community College diploma in hand, Michelle Denise Campbell of Kinston is heading to ECU to follow her dreams of becoming an attorney. The road has been rocky at times, but she will tell...
View ArticleColumn: Barbecue entered as evidence in LaRoque trial
The Stephen LaRoque trial over in Greenville has taken up a lot of time, effort and ink over the last few days. As of this writing, the jury is busily trying to determine what the meaning of the word...
View ArticleMom and son share May honors / Names in news
Mom and son share May honors A mother and son shared graduation with high honors in the same month ending the spring semester of May 2013. Malcolm Keith-Goldwater Jones graduated magna cum laude from...
View ArticleAlbum Reviews: Queens of the Stone Age and Johnnie Taylor
New album: Like Clockwork Artist: Queens of the Stone Age Label: Matador Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5 The new Queens of the Stone Age album — like most of the group’s albums — is an approximation of...
View ArticleMother Nature postpones Sand in Streets opening
Mother Nature is at it again, taking aim at the Sand in the Streets summer concerts at Pearson Park. What would have been the 2013 season opener and 10th anniversary birthday party tonight has been...
View ArticleLMH provides one-stop site Lenoir County statistics
Finding information about a particular area can be daunting and time-consuming. So Lenoir Memorial Hospital has provided an online resource that puts all the available demographics of the county from...
View ArticleLaRoque case goes to the jury
GREENVILLE — Now begins the waiting. Assistant U.S. Attorney Dennis Duffy and defense attorney Joe Cheshire gave their closing arguments Wednesday in the fraud trial of former state Rep. Stephen...
View Article2nd Saturday Weekend begins Friday
Several local entities and the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources are joining forces to offer summer family fun without breaking the bank. At three different times this summer, the second...
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