N.C. abortion education bill up for House hearing
(AP) -- A bill requiring North Carolina educators to teach that abortions are linked to later premature births is headed to a state House committee. The bill is scheduled for a hearing Tuesday. It...
View ArticleGreene County matters of record
The following real property transfers were filed with the Greene County Register of Deeds from March 1, 2013 to May 31, 2013: Property: no location listed; Grantor: Gena Musselwhite, Dale...
View ArticleAmericanism Essay winners awarded / Names in news
Americanism Essay winners awarded Kinston Elks Lodge 740 held its Americanism Essay Awards Dinner during family night March 27. Hilda Byrd, Americanism chairwoman, congratulated the winners. They are...
View ArticleReece Gardner: The words you use can hurt others
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” We have all heard those words spoken many times, but we know that there is not much truth in them. The truth is words can indeed...
View ArticleMedical services disrupted by 4-hour power outage
One Kinston doctor resourcefully used a flashlight to see a couple of his most familiar patients when a power outage occurred on Monday morning. As many as 10 medical-related businesses on Doctors...
View ArticleSupreme Court strikes key Civil Rights Act provision
In a 23-page majority opinion, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said in effect, “That was then, this is now.” The Court, in a 5-4 ruling in the case of Shelby County v. Holder, declared...
View ArticleSoccer complex planned for Lenoir Co.
Soccer fields have been scarce for Lenoir County’s fastest growing club sport, but the county’s recreation department has developed a solution. With the idea surfacing 14 years ago, the construction...
View ArticleFixing the streets of Kinston
When B.J. Murphy was elected as the mayor of Kinston in 2009, he said road maintenance would be a serious priority during his term. “When I took over in office, we were lucky to have $50,000 to...
View ArticleColumn: Time to say goodbye
Hundreds of wise people told me before my son was born that having a child would change my life forever. On the surface, I knew what they were saying. Of course having a child changes things. There...
View ArticleKinston Towers fire displaces nearly 150 residents
A late-night electrical fire at Kinston Towers has forced the move of almost 150 residents — and they could be away from their homes for up to 10 days. An automatic alarm brought four units from the...
View ArticleThree thousand gallons of gas stolen from N.C. station
AP The operator of a Gastonia area station says someone has taken 3,000 gallons of gasoline from his business. The Gaston Gazette reported that Shah Ratilal Guvanthal was surprised when he ran...
View ArticleLenoir County matters of record
The following real property transfers were filed with the Lenoir County Register of Deeds from April 1, 2013 to May 31, 2013: Property: lot A, Kinston township; Grantor: Donna Brock Smith, Dwight...
View ArticleHouse shot into, unknown cause
Sometime between 9:15 a.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday, someone shot into a house on the 2500 block of Old Snow Hill Road in Kinston. The bullet, from an undetermined firearm, struck four walls and caused...
View ArticleSuspects kick in door, shoot at resident
Two men kicked in an apartment door and one took aim at one of the occupants early Monday morning. The incident occurred on the 1000 block of Faison Street in Kinston at 2:20 a.m. The victims,...
View ArticleColumn: New soccer complex causes controversy
The announcement of a new soccer complex that’s to be constructed off of N.C. 11 and Old Asphalt Road has created quite a stir with local residents. A major factor that’s adding to the confusion over...
View ArticleN.C. launches digital GED testing program
The digital era snuck into one of the few remaining crevices of traditional learning this week. North Carolina has launched computerized GED testing, which is set to expand across the state within a...
View ArticleJones Senior HS students arrested for breaking into their school
TRENTON — Three Jones Senior High School students were arrested Tuesday after breaking into the school and stealing various items from a classroom. A teacher, whose identity was not disclosed in a...
View ArticleWorker allegedly loots, pawns items from charity
An employee of a Kinston charity allegedly made off with and pawned $3,100 of its property before police arrested him June 18. Aaron Dale Parker Jr., 30, was both working and living at The Harvest...
View ArticleDisplaced Towers residents move from rec center to hotels
Sometime around 1-1:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, an electrical short that led to a fire sent the residents of Kinston Towers packing, right over to the Fairfield Recreation Center. “I looked outside and...
View ArticlePost 43 rained out again
Rain may be good for nature, but it hasn’t been good for Kinston Post 43. The local American Legion senior baseball team was rained out for the third time in three days on Wednesday when its home...
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