Housing Authority to ponder new housing proposal
A major development plan that could double as a complete overhaul in the way Kinston handles public housing has been proposed to the city’s housing authority. Jaime Bordenave of The Communities Group...
View ArticleViking Press is tops in state
CHAPEL HILL — Kinston High School journalism students received the highest award from the North Carolina Scholastic Media Association Thursday night. About a dozen students participated in the...
View ArticleMinister's Column: Sometimes navigating life requires ‘recalculating’
Recently while vacationing out of state, we rented a vehicle to carry us to multiple vacation sites. Not knowing the area, we brought a GPS with us. The traffic was terrible, and even with the GPS we...
View ArticleChurch to celebrate Men’s Day
The Rev. Lin Dawson will be the guest speaker as Emmanuel Hill Memorial Free Will Baptist church celebrates Men’s Day at 3 p.m. Sunday. A Kinston native, Dawson graduated from Kinston High School and...
View ArticleClass expands artistic horizons / Names in news
Class expands artistic horizons Painting with seniors at the Lenoir County Council on Aging art class has held a significantly important place in the life of Ruth Croom since the class began in 2000...
View ArticleExpect a drier, hotter summer this year
The best way for April Suggs of Kinston to beat the heat this summer is staying indoors. Friday, a cloudy 81-degree day, she pushed a stroller holding her 1-year-old daughter along McLewean Street....
View ArticlePuchalski-Skinner
Megan Elaine Puchalski and Waylon Lee Skinner, both of Kinston, were united in marriage at 2 p.m. June 1, 2013, at Jackson Heights Free Will Baptist Church in Kinston. The Rev. Ashley Summerlin was...
View ArticleBirth
Broach Erica Manerchia and Bobby Broach Jr. of Kinston and children — Jamison Broach, Alona Wright and Ariel Wright — announce the birth of a daughter and sister, Alexia Broach, on June 7, 2013, at...
View ArticleLenoir County Smiles recipient named / Names in news
Lenoir County Smiles recipient named This week’s Lenoir County Smiles recipientis Jeff Howard, right, with Nationwide Insurance in La Grange.Heis accepting a gift from Lucy Marston, Lenoir County...
View ArticleLocal prodigy headed to American Dance Festival
Janiya Miller has received one of two scholarships and will study dance for three weeks this summer at the American Dance Festival, held on the campus of Duke University in Durham. She has been...
View ArticleBattle pleased with Post 43’s road swing
Ronnie Battle and the rest of Kinston Post 43 spent Friday enjoying the day off. After all, it was well earned. Will Deters was lights out in a spot start, and Ryan Cobb and Dylan Puchalski each...
View ArticleSilvers takes over at Cutter Creek
SNOW HILL — Mark Silvers shot Day 2’s lowest round at the Cutter Creek Golf Classic on Friday, a 7-under 65 to jump up 37 spots for a share of the lead. He sits atop the leaderboard at 8-under — 136...
View ArticleJacksonville woman to begin astronaut training
JACKSONVILLE — When Christina Hammock attended White Oak High School in Jacksonville, she dreamed of becoming an astronaut. Her dream is coming true. Hammock was one of eight candidates selected when...
View ArticlePart 2: Ring City Roller Girls team
This is Part 2 of a series on the Ring City Roller Girls team, based in Kinston. Today, we take a look at four of the team members and the coach.
View ArticleFree Press columnist’s band releases second album
When most people think of Jon Dawson in the Kinston area, they recognize him as an award-winning columnist for The Free Press and co-host of the newspaper’s podcast. What the general populace in the...
View ArticleCapital Correspondence for week ending June 20
House Roll-Call Votes HB243 — Liens/Self-Storage Facilities (Conference Report): Authorizes the owner of a self-storage facility who has a lien upon personal use property to deliver notice of the...
View ArticleDog thrown from bridge recovers
NEW BERN — A beagle-mix dog who was hurled off the Alfred Cunningham Bridge on June 15 will get a second chance at a home and a good life — as will the pit bull mix who was hanging with her at the...
View ArticleRacial Justice Act repealed
A North Carolina death row inmate hasn’t been executed since 2006, due to the state’s Racial Justice Act of 2009. With Gov. Pat McCrory’s signature to repeal the legislation Wednesday, North Carolina...
View ArticleClark: Taking a look back at Hurricane Floyd
With the ENC hurricane section inserted in today’s Free Press, it got me to thinking about being prepared, what to expect — and it made me want to share my personal experience. Being from Virginia,...
View ArticleHanks: Bullock — more than just a basketball player
One young man’s life is going to dramatically change on Thursday after 8 p.m., when former Kinston High School and UNC basketball star Reggie Bullock hears his name called by National Basketball...
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