Keyes in all-star game
Denzel Keyes will join a special class of Kinston athletes tonight when he takes the field as an all-star. The 6-foot-5 wide receiver was selected to play in the 65th Annual N.C. Coaches Association...
View ArticleColumn: Significance of all-star games
Bringing the top athletes of one sport together to face off is never about the actual game. I think all-star games signify a stage for the best players of a particular area or a particular division to...
View ArticleReece Gardner: Climbing from the depths of despair
Are you now or have you ever been in a situation which was so difficult you felt there was no way out, or at least no easy way out? Bob May was in that kind of situation many years ago. He was...
View ArticleKinston native releasing new CD Thursday
Kinston native India Sadie made her singing debut at the Kinston-Community Council for the Arts as a high school student singing Mariah Carey’s “Hero.” Now living in Hollywood, Calif., the 36-year-old...
View ArticleUPDATE: 'A Chef's Life' hits $50K goal
When Vivian Howard started Chef and The Farmer with her husband, Benjamin Knight, in 2006, she said many people expected the fine-dining restaurant to fail. It’s safe to say those thoughts have all...
View ArticleLyme disease – a tick-ing time bomb
Connie Carlton was cleaning at her family farm in Trenton last spring in preparation for her daughter’s outdoor wedding when she later found four ticks attached on her side. The bite areas were...
View ArticleCapturing a pictorial history of Lenoir County
How would you like to see your historic photos of Kinston and Lenoir County in a hardcover coffee table book? Here’s your opportunity. At three separate sessions, The Free Press, the Lenoir County...
View ArticleBudget passes N.C. House, education cuts leave tough choices
By a 66-52 vote, the state House of Representatives approved the compromise state budget on second reading. Rumors of some dissent in the majority House Republican Caucus appeared true as 10 GOP...
View ArticleStrata Solar to produce alternative energy
There’s a new form of energy in town. Lenoir County had its official ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday for two farms that are expected to provide a great source of revenue and energy. Strata Solar...
View ArticleNew N.C. gun law allows permit holders to carry concealed weapons into bars
ASSOCIATED PRESS North Carolina lawmakers have approved a bill greatly expanding where concealed handguns are legally allowed. The Republican-backed bill approved by both the House and Senate on...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Charles Bradley and Pink Floyd
New album: Victim of Love Artist: Charles Bradley Label: Daptone/Dunham Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5 Anyone who thought authentic R&B/soul singers died out with James Brown and Wilson Pickett...
View ArticleArts center opens new exhibits today
A reception today, free and open to the public, will shed light on the newest exhibits to occupy space in the main level and upstairs galleries at the Community Council for the Arts. The Hampton...
View ArticleTouring choir teaches, shares gospel message
Terrell Fields and the Community Voices of Kinston will host a conference this weekend to broaden the worship experience of any and all choirs, choir directors, musicians and lay members who want to...
View ArticleRADD baseball ends season / Names in news
RADD baseball ends season Chick-fil-A sponsored both of the 2013 baseball teams for RADD — Raising Awareness for the Developmentally Disabled. Teams played each other on Saturday mornings from April...
View ArticleColumn: State budget cuts lead to three-day school week, engine food
The latest North Carolina budget has sparked much discussion and drawer-knotting. Between tax reform, teacher tenure and Gov. Pat McCrory’s decision to make the McRib the official state sandwich,...
View ArticleVirginia man charged with selling stolen firearms in a Kinston pawnshop
An investigation into two stolen firearms discovered in a Kinston pawnshop has resulted in an arrest of a Virginia man by the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office. William Jackson Harvey, 51, of Richmond,...
View ArticleMan arrested for burgling ex-girlfriend’s house
A favor for an ex-girlfriend allegedly turned into a burglary opportunity for a Kinston resident. On July 20, law enforcement officers arrested Ricco Thomas Taylor, 30, on one count each of felony...
View ArticleTown breaks ground on $1.87 million water improvement project
PINK HILL — Kim Miller, a U.S. Department of Agriculture area specialist responsible for 13 Eastern North Carolina counties, grew up in Pink Hill. But she admitted that Wednesday’s groundbreaking for...
View ArticleState budget to close Kinston’s Highway Patrol Air Wing hangar
The state budget cleared the General Assembly late Wednesday afternoon, having passed the Senate on a 32-17 vote and receiving final approval in the House of Representatives, 65-53. When it goes into...
View ArticleRear-ender wreck in Deep Run sends five to hospitals
DEEP RUN — A man was charged after his 2007 black Nissan pickup struck a van with three women and a youth near South Lenoir High School on N.C. 11. David Johnson, 47, of Beulaville, was driving the...
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