Three arrested on drug charges
POLLOCKSVILLE — A multi-agency license checkpoint resulted in three felony drug arrests late Monday night and early Tuesday morning. Jones County Sheriff’s Office deputies, with assistance of the...
View ArticleKelly: Pass the peas, please
Green peas are in season and these are not your mushy canned green peas from elementary school cafeteria days. These are the fresh, plump and even a little crunchy green peas. Green peas are one of...
View ArticleDSS recognizes retiree / Names in news
DSS recognizes retiree Gay Humphrey, an Income Maintenance supervisor in the WFFA and Day Care unit at the Lenoir County Department of Social Services, will retire from the agency on June 28. Jackie...
View ArticleColumn: Deception is the rule at Planned Parenthood
The Free Press guest columnist feature publishes 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 ArticleNo trial yet for indicted investigator
A former narcotics detective won’t have to face opiate trafficking charges just yet. Clay Keel, head of the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division when he resigned on Dec. 19, 2011, had...
View ArticleBarn burns to ground in Trenton
TRENTON — A “controlled” wheat field fire at Rouse Farms got out of control and destroyed a barn on Tuesday afternoon in Jones County. Kyle Koonce — assistant chief of Trenton Volunteer Fire...
View ArticleControlled burning prepares ground for season's crops
The menacing blazes eyed by highway cruisers shouldn’t be alarming. Each year, farmers intentionally burn off their wheat fields to prepare for the next cycle of grain crops. The process, called...
View ArticleVolunteers will be Erasing the Lines for 10th year
The work of the Erasing the Lines camp appears as only simple service projects from the surface. Hundreds of campers and volunteers expect the message of unity to become infectious as Christian-based...
View ArticleBlue Devils handle Spring Creek
DEEP RUN — There was nothing showy or spectacular about South Lenoir’s 6-1 victory over Spring Creek Tuesday in the Eastern Carolina Scholastic Summer League. Instead, it was a clinic in...
View ArticleLenoir County arrest reports
The following arrests were reported by the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office: Donald Eugene Dunn, 38, 715 Candlewood Drive, Kinston, June 5, two counts misdemeanor order for arrest/child support. Bond:...
View ArticlePost 43 sweeps Wayne County
MOUNT OLIVE — Ronnie Battle could get used to this. Garrett Blackburn and Matt Hinson threw a pair of gems, and Kinston Post 43 did what first-place teams do best — it capitalized on its opponent’s...
View ArticleN.C. House panel OKs possible 75 mph speed limits
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press A drive to raise North Carolina's top speed limit to 75 mph moved ahead Tuesday after a House committee recommended a Senate bill despite warnings by...
View ArticleGreenville man charged with student's death
(AP) A Greenville man has been arrested in the hit and run death of a college student last year. Pitt County sheriff's deputies and the North Carolina Highway Patrol said Tuesday that 47-year-old...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Black Sabbath and Teddy Pendergrass
New album: 13 Artist: Black Sabbath Label: Vertigo Rating: 4 stars out of 5 For the first time since 1978, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Ozzy Osbourne have completed a Black Sabbath studio album....
View ArticleUpdate on The Red Room
The Red Room hours have changed and the venue is now open from 7 p.m. to midnight on Thursdays and 7 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. On the Thursdays of Sand in the Streets concerts,...
View ArticleOriginal play expounds on role of food in life’s gatherings
NEW BERN — “Sunday Family Dinner: Who Made the Potato Salad?” will be on stage at 7 p.m. today in the Cullman Performance Hall of the North Carolina History Center. The one-act play was written by...
View ArticleClear skies welcome opening of 2013 Sand in the Streets
We’ve planned, cancelled, postponed and waited. Now it’s time. A cooperative weather forecast promises a near perfect evening for today’s opening concert for the 2013 Sand in the Streets summer...
View ArticleSBA’s regional chief says bad time may be best time / Names in news
SBA’s regional chief says bad time may be best time Tough times for the economy can be the right time for small businesses to expand their markets, the regional manager of the Small Business...
View ArticleColumn: La Grange man hired as Kanye West’s assistant
A chance meeting with an international superstar at an airport has changed a La Grange man’s life forever. “My sister Nicole got us tickets for ‘The Price Is Right’,” said Kelvin Morgan, 41. “She won...
View ArticleCounty meeting runs smoothly in first post-budget assembly
After a previous meeting full of conflict due to a debate on the Lenoir County budget, the county commissioners were in sync at this week’s meeting. The commissioners unanimously agreed to approve...
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