National Garbage Man Day
The first National Garbage Man Day is today, and the City of Kinston and its Environmental Services Section are asking everyone to thank their garbage man or woman. City Environmental Services...
View ArticleJune to October weekends offer multiple fishing tourneys
On a picture perfect Sunday afternoon at Wrightsville Beach, things are slowly wrapping up at the 40th annual Cape Fear Blue Marlin Tournament check-in station. T-shirts are being returned to their...
View ArticleFilling the Frame: Father/Son Breakfast
Ty Wentz, 8, hammers a nail into a small birdhouse as his father, Brent, steadies the frame. Ty and his brother, Levi, 12, along with their dad, took part in Saturday's annual father/son breakfast at...
View ArticleBarbecue master still adrift
Editor’s note: This article originally ran at ncpolicywatch.com and is reprinted with permission of the author. For more information on NC Policy Watch, visit the website. Bruce Patterson only needs...
View ArticleParker: Missing Dad: ‘What did I know … ?’
Father’s Day always brings me mixed emotions. I know the joy of being both a father and a grandfather. The Lord has blessed me with four children and 12 grandchildren. I desire to be as special in the...
View ArticleMeet Me Monday: Keith spends summers as Parks and Rec lifeguard
Fun in the sun isn’t always a guarantee. While lifeguarding is an appealing summer job for some young adults, those who land the gig must refrain from amusing distractions to save lives — when...
View ArticleCultural event recognizes end of American slavery
Drums, dance and audience participation in the celebratory performance of Jonkonnu revelers from Tryon Palace set the theme for the fourth annual Juneteenth event at the Kinston-Lenoir County Public...
View ArticleCutter Greek hosts annual NGA tour stop this week
SNOW HILL — As dozens of pro golfers ascend on Greene County this week, crews at Cutter Creek golf course are putting the final preparations on the 220-acre course this week for the third annual...
View ArticleUPDATED: 40 pounds of marijuana found in vehicle
A routine checkpoint on Will Baker Road turned up something less than routine for Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office Deputies — 40 pounds of marijuana. LCSO Maj. Ryan Dawson wrote in a statement that...
View ArticleUpdated: 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 ArticleTwo men shot at DWI checkpoint
(AP) Something went wrong at a North Carolina traffic checkpoint, leaving two motorists recovering from gunshot wounds and seven deputies on paid leave until investigators get answers. Four...
View ArticleTeen flips car
WYSE FORK — State troopers suggested Alyssa Bryant, 19, would have been ejected from her car after it flipped off the road if she wasn’t wearing her seatbelt. The Dover teenager said she swerved to...
View ArticleRotarians updated on European trip / Names in news
Rotarians updated on European trip Jacob Warner, a local attorney, recently addressed the Kinston Evening Rotary Club about a mission trip to Eastern Europe. Introduced by Imelda Pate, a Club member,...
View ArticleMayor, city manager: New state bill could hurt Kinston
The N.C. Senate is expected to vote today on its version of House Bill 998, a bill that could possess negative traits for residents of Kinston. On Thursday, the N.C. Senate approved HB 998 — also...
View ArticleColumn: Illness, injury mars Father’s Day festivities
If you have a Facebook account and at least one functioning eye, you’ve probably seen upwards of 46,000 images of fathers, dads, daddies and pops over the last 48 hours. Everybody looks happy in all...
View ArticleKinstonians remember Gov. Holshouser, who died Monday
The state’s youngest governor since the 19th century — at age 38 when he was elected — died Monday morning. Former Gov. James Eubert “Jim” Holshouser Jr., the 68th governor in North Carolina,...
View ArticleNix won’t run for city council
And now, there’s one less candidate for Kinston City Council. John Nix, part of a historic lawsuit that helped bring nonpartisan voting to Kinston, will not run for city council this November, he told...
View ArticleMan abused at state hospital now fed by tube
Not too long ago, Patrick Hill could eat solid food and sit up on his own. But for the 73-year-old who’s required a life of care because of childhood polio and pneumonia, that’s not possible any more....
View ArticlePost 43 enters key road stretch
When Father’s Day was over Kinston Post 43 sat in a three-way tie atop the Area I East Division, but it knows it should be all alone in first. Last week’s late defensive meltdown may have given away a...
View ArticleSinkhole closes outlet mall in N.C.
(AP) -- An outlet mall in the North Carolina mountains is closed after a hole 20-feet deep opened up at the spot where cars enter the parking lot. The sinkhole formed Monday at the entrance of the...
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