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Ruritans award scholarships The Wheat Swamp Ruritan Club has presented scholarships to two North Lenoir High School graduates. Club President J.C. Braxton and Scholarship Committee Chairman Roy...
View ArticleRainouts eliminate Post 43 from playoffs
Inclement weather spoiled a pair of ball games for Kinston Post 43 during the American Legion Area I semifinals. And just like that, their 2013 season is over. American Legion rules the championship...
View ArticleCSS Neuse II needs sponsors for ‘Wings over the Neuse’
North Carolina’s tourism website posts this information about the CSS Neuse II: “The CSS Neuse II is the only full-scale Civil War replica in the world! Built as a community project, step aboard the...
View ArticleMeet Me Monday: Gang task force leader moved into law enforcement
Name: Dennis Taylor Rank: Sergeant Agency: Kinston Department of Public Safety Joined force: February 1990 After 10 years as a firefighter, Dennis Taylor took a chance on law enforcement. Early on,...
View ArticleTwo arrested in break and enter
Two people were placed behind bars and the items they allegedly stole were returned to the owner. The breaking and entering incident occurred on June 27 when a resident at 2330 Rouse Road Extension...
View ArticleMan allegedly sets house on fire to collect on insurance
DEEP RUN — A Newport man was charged with second-degree arson after allegedly setting his vacant house on fire. Authorities believe the older model mobile home was destroyed to defraud the homeowners...
View ArticleLa Grange man arrested for breaking and entering
LA GRANGE — A wanted suspect in at least two larceny cases has been arrested. Because of information provided by the community, Anthony Rashad Dawson, 23, of 515 S. Wooten St., was taken into custody....
View ArticleFive Kinston auto break-ins discovered Tuesday
Five people Tuesday morning found someone else had been in their vehicles. According to reports from the Kinston Department of Public Safety, there were five larcenies from automobiles on or about...
View ArticleSunny skies, good food at Coples free community cookout
Posing amid grandchildren to grandparents, Quinton Coples was the center of attention for photos and autographs at his cookout Sunday. The weather was rain-free. The Quinton Coples Community Cookout...
View ArticleBridge jumper repeatedly apologized on social media
Charles “Chuck” Bogan, 48, wasn’t expecting a 20-minute frenzy of activity when he jumped off the King Street Bridge Saturday — just a thrill. Below the bridge, the water was swiftly moving southward....
View ArticleUpdated Lenoir County mugshots
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 here. DISCLAIMER: The following photos and...
View ArticleBlue Cross N.C. questioned about data sharing
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina shares private information of hundreds of thousands of its clients to an outside company that helps design its software. The...
View ArticleImmigrant Driving, Detention Bill Before N.C. House
(AP) — Legislation to give driving privileges to more immigrants living in the country illegally is poised for debate in the North Carolina House. The bill called the “Reclaim NC” Act scheduled for...
View ArticleLennie Peterson to run for Kinston City Council
There is a new candidate for city council in Kinston. Lennie Peterson filed on Friday, becoming the second person to run for Kinston City Council. Robbie Swinson filed his paperwork on Wednesday in...
View ArticleMother Earth named among Top 10 breweries
Kinston has been known for several things over the years — tobacco, basketball talent, a failed foray into Confederate naval operations. And beer. Mother Earth Brewing made the U.S. Open Beer...
View ArticleCrowd turns out to welcome Cherry Point’s first F-35B
CHERRY POINT — Sometimes, big things come in small packages. That was the case Monday at Cherry Point air station when the first F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter was officially inducted for...
View ArticleColumn: Leaked memo sheds light on new Free Press editor
Despite being the person who suggested I should have my own column, last month Bryan Hanks was named editor of the Kinston Free Press. To the general public, Bryan Hanks is an affable, civic-minded...
View ArticleMan booked on $60,000 bond for armed robbery
The Kinston Department of Public Safety picked up a man on July 10 for whom it had searched for more than a month. Demarcus Megail Jones, 22, Kinston, was booked into the Lenoir County Detention...
View ArticleKinston man reflects on George Zimmerman trial
As the jurors reached a non-guilty verdict for George Zimmerman around 10 p.m. Saturday, the town of Sanford, Fla. — along with others nationwide — staged rallies immediately after the result for...
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