Kinston police officer going strong after 46 years
Name: Levi Simmons Rank: Corporal Agency: Kinston Department of Public Safety Fun Fact: Spent 16 years as the school resource officer at Rochelle Middle School, the longest tenure of any SRO in Lenoir...
View ArticleKinston murder case remains open five years later
At 2:36 a.m. on July 14, 2008, Kinston police found Ray Anthony Suggs dead with a gunshot to the back of his head, near the back porch of his Williams Street home. Five years later, efforts to bring...
View ArticleKDPS crime campaign set for today / Names in news
KDPS crime campaign set for today Howard-Carter Funeral Home has donated $300 to the National Night Out campaign, planned for 6 to 8 p.m. today by the City of Kinston Department of Public Safety. The...
View ArticleColumn: ‘Tis the season for selling steaks from a truck
Jobs of any kind are turning into a rare commodity. Whenever I see a grown man dressed as the Statue of Liberty in front of a Rent-A-Center I don’t mock — I salute. I salute not out of some jingoistic...
View ArticleWalter B. Jones to visit Pollocksville today
POLLOCKSVILLE —U.S. Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., will be making a Jones County visit today. Jones, who has been a representative for the 3rd District since 1995, will be at Pollocksville Town Hall at 6...
View ArticleCounty commissioner meeting full of resolutions
Monday’s Lenoir County Commissioner meeting was routine in the eyes of the board. “We had a unanimous meeting, which doesn’t happen too often,” Vice Chairman Jackie Brown said. “We just had a lot of...
View ArticleLMH home to one of state’s top nurses
Sandra Midyette, a registered nurse at Lenoir Memorial Hospital, was recognized as one of the Great 100 Nurses throughout the state for 2013. Midyette is the 23rd nurse from LMH since 1992 to be a...
View ArticleKinston High deals with aftermath of Saturday’s storms
As Kinston recovers from Saturday’s severe storms Saturday, no area in the city seems to have taken a bigger hit than its public high school. Kinston High finally had all its power back on Monday,...
View ArticleNo word yet in 2001 disappearance of La Grange girl
No one’s seen or heard from Timeka Donyale Pridgen since 10:15 p.m., May 12, 2001. Only 16 at the time, she was with her mother, Cosandra Best, at their home in La Grange. Accounts of the night state...
View ArticleUpdated Lenoir County mugshots
CLICK HERE to view 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.
View ArticleN.C. unveils new employment website
(AP) — The North Carolina Department of Commerce is launching a website it says will help employers and people looking for a job. The site at http://www.ncworks.gov will pull jobs from thousands of...
View ArticleN.C. man gets 30 years for making child pornography
(AP) — A 34-year-old North Carolina man will spend 30 years in federal prison for making and sharing child pornography of an infant. Bruce Wayne Lorette of Leland was sentenced Monday in U.S....
View ArticleDWI arrests
The following driving while impaired arrests were reported by the N.C. Highway Patrol: 8/1, Jared Brook Dobbelaere, 6112 Rise Drive, Raleigh, 34, .08. Arresting trooper: J. F. Rogers 8/3, Steven...
View ArticleColumn: Good should outweigh the bad in baseball
There’s been a lot of negativity lurking over Major League Baseball after the recent suspensions. Thirteen major leaguers were suspended in relation to the Biogenesis clinic investigation, although...
View ArticleN.C. ties for 10th in number of farmers markets
North Carolina ranks No. 10 nationwide in the number of farmers markets — tied with Iowa. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released an updated National Farmers Market Directory. The markets in...
View ArticleHistoric fireman’s Museum undergoing renovations
One of Kinston’s most historical buildings is going through some changes. The Caswell No. 1 Fire Station Museum — once Kinston’s lone fire station and the oldest brick-built structure in the city —...
View ArticleReece Gardner: It’s all about attitude, folks
In my next column in two weeks, I will write about government and politics. Among the guests on my TV show between now and then will be N.C. Sen. Louis Pate, R-Wayne, as well as Kinston Mayor B.J....
View ArticleMaysville woman jailed after allegedly stabbing another woman
MAYSVILLE — A Maysville woman is in custody after being accused of stabbing a woman in the middle of the road Monday night. Georgia Hill, 51, of Hill Road in Maysville, was charged Monday by the Jones...
View ArticleGreene inmate fractures jailer’s facial bone in assault
SNOW HILL — A Greene County inmate assaulted a jailer during a confrontation Monday — causing a fractured facial bone to the jailer. The incident occurred around 3 p.m. when Lonnie Meadows, a...
View ArticleMore charges for alleged rapist
A Kinston man booked under a statutory rape charge on July 29 picked up four more charges related to the crime last week. Michael Wayne Edmundson, 26, was served with a warrant for indecent liberties...
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