Blow-up dolls, porn magazines allegedly stolen
A man allegedly broke into Oz adult novelty shop on West Vernon Avenue and made off with multiple blow-up dolls and pornographic magazines before he was caught. Officers with the Kinston Department of...
View ArticleBarker sentencing for child porn scheduled for Sept. 5
Former Kinston City Councilman Will Barker will be sentenced Thursday, Sept. 5 in Wilmington after pleading guilty to one federal charge of receipt of child pornography in April. Barker was originally...
View ArticleN.C. regulators close three abortion clinics in three months
(AP) — North Carolina's health agency has closed three abortion clinics in three months for violating health and safety regulations that previously did not cause suspensions. The News & Observer...
View ArticleN.C. teen killed after fall from bed of pickup truck
(AP) -- Authorities say a 13-year-old boy died when he fell from the bed of a pickup truck driven on a private road in Brunswick County by a 15-year-old friend. The StarNews of Wilmington reports...
View ArticleThe calm before the storm
Area football coaches accomplished two things during Wednesday’s Eastern Carolina 2A conference meet-and-greet: they ironed out season particulars and determined Ayden-Grifton was the conference...
View ArticleThe Free Press/New-Argus 2013 Coach's Poll
The Free Press/News-Argus 2013 Eastern Carolina 2A Coach’s Poll 1. Ayden-Grifton 23, (3 first-place votes) 2. Goldsboro 20, (2 first-place votes) 3. Kinston High 20, (1 first-place vote) 4. Greene...
View ArticleKelly: More choices of melons available this year
If you have been shopping for a fresh watermelon or cantaloupe lately, you’ve probably noticed that there are way more choices than there used to be. Some of the emerging melons on the market include...
View ArticleSigma sisters install new officers / Names in news
Sigma sisters install new officers Sigma, a social and service sorority, is part of Beta Sigma Phi, an international organization dedicated to life, learning and friendship. The group’s spring...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Vince Gill/Paul Franklin and Howlin’ Wolf
New album: Bakersfield Artist: Vince Gill and Paul Franklin Label: MCA Nashville Rating: 4 stars out of 5 Although it seems blasphemous to say, some of the greatest country music ever recorded had...
View ArticleSensational 2nd Saturday starts Friday
This summer’s third “Sensational 2nd Saturday” weekend will sandwich a birthday party between two jazz performances, with lots of community activities rounding out the two-day celebration. Be the Moon...
View ArticleChildren learn new skills at performing arts camp
All this week, 34 children have experienced a “new twist” to the summer Performing Arts Camp offered by the Community Council for the Arts. Two members of the Missoula Children’s Touring Theatre group...
View ArticlePhi Master chapter celebrates anniversary / Names in news
Phi Master chapter celebrates anniversary The Phi Master chapter of Beta Sigma Phi was host to the annual Founder’s Day held in April at the Kinston Country Club. It was the 82nd anniversary of its...
View ArticleCystic Fibrosis Telethon auctioning Taglieri painting
The 36th Annual Cystic Fibrosis Telethon is Saturday at the First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall in New Bern. It will be broadcast on WCTI-12 from 6:30 p.m. to midnight. According to Carolyn Stevens,...
View ArticleCity Council shows appreciation of the arts
This week’s Kinston City Council meeting directed some focus towards the creative district in the community. Perhaps the biggest highlight of the meeting included the approval of an art piece location...
View ArticleGreene County’s two-year overpayments of $177,143 discovered
SNOW HILL — The interim county manager has found another surprise in Greene County’s financial records — since 2011, the county has overpaid South Greene Water Corporation by about $177,143. “Since we...
View ArticleMan assaulted, phone stolen
Fourteen minutes after three people attacked a man Friday on North East Street and took his mobile phone, two people beat a man on East Blount Street and took his phone, as well. “An officer, while...
View ArticleUnknown suspect fires into building, cars
About 16 minutes after midnight Friday, an unknown suspect fired a rifle several times near the Simon Bright apartments that ended up giving one man a bullet wound to the foot. “When (officers)...
View ArticleAlleged embezzlement spurs Greene County to change inmate supply company
SNOW HILL — Greene County Board of Commissioners has approved contracting with a new company for commissary services at the jail. The decision follows the current company’s contract ending January and...
View ArticleKilling of neighbor's pregnant dog earns man felony charge
DEEP RUN — In an incident with changing stories, this much is known: Joseph Reilly shot his neighbor’s pregnant pit bull with a shotgun, took the body from the residence and dumped it by the side of...
View ArticlePolice seek assistance in restaurant break-in
The still frame above, taken from a surveillance video camera at the San Juan Restaurante Mexicano located at 2423 North Herritage Street in Kinston, shows a man, possibly holding a walkie-talkie type...
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