McCrory signs gun rights, abortion bills
On Monday, Gov. Pat McCrory signed 18 bills into law, but the focus in the state has been centered toward two highly controversial pieces of legislation. McCrory signed the gun rights and abortion...
View ArticleAudit criticizes N.C. economic development program
Associated Press A North Carolina audit is finding problems with a program that gives businesses big tax breaks. At issue in the report State Auditor Beth Wood released Monday are grants issued...
View ArticleUNC offers Ingram
UNC became the sixth offer on the Brandon Ingram basketball scholarship table Tuesday — and he’s not even 16-years-old yet. The 6-foot-7 Kinston High School forward will head into his junior year with...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Robin Thicke and J.J. Cale
New album: Blurred Lines Artist: Robin Thicke Label: Interscope Rating: 2 stars out of 5 Some people look to music for deep meaning, catharsis and empathy, while others need something new to giggle...
View ArticleGospel Consolators to celebrate anniversary
SNOW HILL — Charles Fuller and the Gospel Consolators will celebrate the group’s 53rd anniversary at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Greene County Community Center, 814 W. Harper St. Various groups, choirs and...
View ArticleThe Roman Sams to perform tonight at Red Room
The Red Room is open from 7 p.m. to midnight on Thursdays and 7 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. The Roman Sams is scheduled to be the house band, playing from 8 to 11 p.m., rain or shine,...
View ArticleBad mojo: Here we go again!
So much for a funky Thursday evening, at least one provided by a band with zydeco, Cajun vibes. The Sand in the Streets concert set for tonight at Pearson Park has been postponed due to projected rain...
View ArticleElks get new flag / Names in news
Elks get new flag Danny Rice of Woodmen of the World recently presented Exalted Ruler Jim McLain, with Kinston Elks Lodge 740, an American flag for the Lodge. The presentation was made at the...
View ArticlePetition to close the sounds seemingly rebuffed
NEW BERN — It will not be official until the Marine Fisheries Commission meets late this month, but a New Bern man’s petition to close North Carolina’s sounds and rivers to trawlers seemed to go down...
View ArticleMarried sergeants major make Marine Corps history
NEW RIVER — Two married sergeants major made Marine Corps history when they retired in a dual ceremony last week. With more than 60 years of combined service, Sgts. Maj. Bradley and Holly Prafke...
View ArticleColumn: Drone runs out of gas, lands in Walmart parking lot
Prices and employee benefits weren’t the only things falling at the Kinston Walmart on Wednesday. “I’d stopped at Walmart to pick up a few things,” said Amy French of La Grange. “I hadn’t been there...
View ArticleEight candidates vie for two open seats on Kinston City Council
The Kinston City Council race may not have as much drama as the mayoral race does. Still, what the race lacks in flair, it more than makes up in volume. In Kinston’s first nonpartisan city council...
View ArticleGas prices rising as summer heat, traffic increases
In North Carolina, three things can be expected to rise during each summer: temperatures, the amount of traffic on the road and gas prices. On Wednesday, the average price for a gallon of gas in...
View ArticleMeth lab bust results in two arrests
Information provided by the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office: On July 30 the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office discovered a methamphetamine lab at 4906 Tick Bite Road, Grifton. This investigation was...
View ArticleRural N.C. turkey plant closing with 1,000 layoffs
(AP) — The last day of work has come for about 1,000 employees of a House of Raeford Farms turkey plant in North Carolina's Hoke County. The last workers start their layoff Thursday afternoon in the...
View ArticlePrep football is underway
Prep football is here. Thursday was the official start day for North Carolina High School Athletic Association fall sports, which includes football programs facing a number of changes — from a...
View ArticleRotarian shares knowledge of international clubs / Names in news
Rotarian shares knowledge of international clubs When Dr. John Tindall was in the United States Air Force Reserve, he visited Rotary clubs in his world travels. The Kinston dermatologist shared his...
View ArticleWork tools stolen across Lenoir County
Thieves hit locations in Kinston, Grifton and La Grange stealing power tools in what initially appears as unrelated events during the last part of July. In the 4800 block of Brother’s Road in La...
View ArticleDog shot, killed in neighbor conflict
DEEP RUN — A dispute among neighbors came to a head between Friday and Sunday when a man took his shotgun and killed his neighbor’s dog. A woman in the 470 block of Pinkney Tyndall Road reported to...
View ArticleAbortion advocates, dissenters share views on recently-passed law
JACKSONVILLE — N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory recently signed into law controversial abortion legislation, after weeks of debate throughout the state. Local critics of the new law, such as Dr. Takey Crist, who...
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