City Council addresses HB 998
In its first meeting since passing the 2013-14 budget, the Kinston City Council continued its congruent thinking this week. The city council voted unanimously on all proposals after doing the same...
View ArticleECDC exec faces two DWI charges
The East Carolina Development Company executive director who took over for former state Rep. Stephen LaRoque is himself in trouble. Jerry Hannah, initially hired by LaRoque to help run the loan-making...
View ArticleState superintendent wants NC public school tax exemption
With North Carolina ranked the nation’s 46th state in public teacher salary, State Superintendent June Atkinson called for personal state income tax exemption for teachers Monday. The starting...
View ArticleA new ENC hospice
NEWPORT — A new hospice for Eastern North Carolina patients is opening this weekend. A ribbon-cutting and open house for SECU Crystal Coast Hospice House is planned for Sunday, from 3-5 p.m. The...
View ArticleEducators spend their summers creatively
A teacher’s world doesn’t pause just because school’s out. The sun will still rise, the bills will still arrive and life will still go on for educators as students swap trousers with swim trunks for...
View ArticleGolf helps teen discover illness
SNOW HILL — More than 100 guys will tee off this morning in the first round of the Cutter Creek Classic, each looking to take a step closer to a spot on the PGA Tour and each with a unique story...
View ArticlePost 13 upends Post 43
WILSON — The Wilson American Legion Post 13 baseball team just needed for things to go its way. In the third inning of Wednesday night’s Area I East Division matchup with first-place Kinston Post 43...
View ArticleGolfers swing for scholars / Names in news
Golfers swing for scholars The Beulaville Area Chamber of Commerce recently held its Scholarship Golf Tournament at Key Vista Golf Course in Pink Hill. The first-place winners were Chris Barber, Brian...
View ArticleSalvation Army experiences change in leadership
The Salvation Army posts in Lenoir, Green and Duplin Counties will soon be under new authority. After four years of service, Majors Robin and Pamela Starr will be moving out of Kinston and heading the...
View ArticleSuddenlink goes all digital
Are you a Suddenlink customer and having trouble with your cable on your old television set? Well, there’s a reason for that. On Tuesday, Suddenlink announced its completion of an all-digital TV...
View ArticleKinston man seeks justice for Trayvon Martin
As the Seminole County Courthouse in Sanford, Fla., wrapped up jury selection for the Trayvon Martin case on Thursday, the protest area outside has been relatively quiet — with the exception of one...
View ArticleRetail Notebook: Davis Wholesale Tire, Pittard Perry & Crone
Reuben Davis knows tires. He should — he’s been working in the tire business for 58 years. A Lenoir County commissioner, he’s owned Davis Wholesale Tire on the U.S. 70 bypass for the past 40 years....
View ArticleSand in Streets begins anniversary season
The clear weather forecast held true and welcomed a crowd of eager concert goers Thursday as the 2013 Sand in the Streets outdoor concert series kicked off at Pearson Park. Rain caused the initial...
View ArticleResidents told to be safe, avoid illegal fireworks
You don’t have to be next to a firework to be injured. The West Virginia Record contains a story regarding a lawsuit arising out of a 2011 fireworks stunt. On the back deck of a fraternity house, a...
View ArticleRask leads at Cutter Creek Classic
Clayton Rask didn’t take long to figure out Cutter Creek. The Otsego, Minn., native birdied his first three holes and finished the back nine — his front nine on Thursday — at 6-under par to hold the...
View ArticleAudio: Third Of Never, James Gandolfini, 'Man of Steel'
On this week's Free Press Radio Show, Bryan Hanks and Jon Dawson interview members of Third Of Never who are promoting their new album 'Downrising'. Also, Prozac returns for a discussion about the...
View ArticleUPDATE: Several shot near Greenville Walmart; suspect in custody
UPDATE 3:30 p.m.: At a Greenville press conference, the Greenville Police Department chief told the media that all four victims and the shooter are in surgery at area hospitals. Conditions for the...
View ArticleCrime reports
The following information was reported by the Kinston Dept. of Public Safety and the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office: On June 5, a woman on Daughety Road, Kinston, reported someone cut copper out of...
View ArticleKinston arrest reports
The following arrests were reported by the Kinston Dept. of Public Safety: Wiley James Taylor, 47, 403 E. Washington Ave., Kinston, May 29, felony possess schedule II, felony possess with intent to...
View ArticleOtis Gardner: Another successful trip to Vegas, WSOP
I just returned from my annual Vegas pilgrimage to the WSOP senior’s tournament. The trip was wonderful from beginning to end. Our flights were flawless and our luggage traveled with us on the same...
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