Kelly Column: Be the best bake sale seller
Fall festivals and Halloween parties always call for bake sale items. When it comes to bake sales, anything goes. Of course, the easier the better, especially if the bake sale is a last minute...
View ArticleScholar earns ECA award / Names in news
Scholar earns ECA award Ryan Roman, a North Lenoir High School graduate, has been awarded a $750 scholarship by the Neuse Extension and Community Association Club. Anne Gaddis, president of the Club,...
View ArticleParrott taking the next step
Talk about payback. For a team which lost by 30 to Raleigh Word of God last year, Arendell Parrott Academy returned the favor last Friday — and the Patriots did it without their starting quarterback....
View ArticleTwo arrested for vehicle theft, multiple break-ins
LA GRANGE — Two men who are alleged to have stolen a car and committed numerous break-ins and larcenies were caught Sunday evening trying to evade law enforcement. Dashawn Tyree Maye, 21, and Samuel...
View ArticleLCSO offers reward leading to arrest of horse killer
DEEP RUN – At 11:45 p.m. Friday, a brown Belgian horse in the 4000 block of Live Oak Hog Company Road was doing fine in its pasture. By 9:30 a.m. the next day, it was dead. An investigation by Lenoir...
View ArticleReece Gardner: The accident on Highway 109
Miracles are everyday occurrences in our lives, and we are regularly visited by angels. The following story was purportedly written and put into poetic form by Selena Readmond, and recently shared...
View ArticleKinston City Council looking at future grants
This week’s Kinston City Council meeting only lasted 17 minutes, but the board felt there was significant progress made. “Although the meeting was brief, it was still very productive,” Mayor Pro Tem...
View ArticleSnow Hill to have a ‘Q’ cook-off Saturday
Snow Hill — Greene County is gearing up for “Q” on the Creek, a new fundraiser for the sixth annual N.C. Sweet Potato Festival which will be held Oct. 24-26. The barbecue cook-off will be combined...
View ArticleAnti-prostitution campaign nets 11 arrests
TRENTON — Eleven men and women were jailed last week after a three-day anti-prostitution sting — code-named “Operation Room Service” — was performed in Pollocksville and Maysville. The operation —...
View ArticlePot bus defendant chooses prison over probation
Roughly five months after taking a plea deal to remain free, the main suspect in the 2010 Lenoir County pot bus case has decided to take prison instead. Lensey Ray Dail, 55, intends to appear in...
View ArticleWoodington Middle School's cheerleaders rock
And the winners are … The 27th annual cheerleading competition at the Lenoir County Agricultural Fair featured nine squads from six schools in three divisions. South Lenoir High School won the varsity...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Goldfrapp and Freddy King
New album: Tales of Us Artist: Goldfrapp Label: Mute Artists Ltd. Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5 The sixth album of original material from Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory is their strongest, most...
View ArticleDrinking, dinner argument leads to stabbing
An argument over drinks while cooking dinner turned violent when a woman allegedly stabbed a man in the back Sept. 12. “The suspect told officers that (the victim) was at her residence — (he was)...
View ArticleDistinguished Young Women scholarship program set for Saturday
The Distinguished Young Women of Lenoir County Program will present Morgan Harrison, Distinguished Young Woman of Lenoir County for 2013, in its annual program at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Grainger-Hill...
View ArticleQuestions surround finances at Kinston Charter
Kinston Charter Academy is still making waves two weeks after surrendering its charter. There are questions being raised by state officials, who are wondering what happened to more than $600,000 in...
View ArticleGrainger-Hill PAC offers history, food and entertainment
The Grainger-Hill Performing Arts Center will launch its Mystery Theater Series, “A Dinner to Die For,” at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Olivia's at Frenchman's Creek. The $40 ticket cost per person includes...
View ArticleThree restaurants out of business in last month
While new restaurants have popped up, three recently-opened restaurants have closed within the last month. Everyday Italian, Green Basil and Tropical Flavas have disappeared almost overnight in the...
View ArticleGovernor proclaims Constitution Week statewide / Names in news
Governor proclaims Constitution Week statewide Peggy Troxell, state regent of the North Carolina Society Daughters of the American Revolution, recently received a statewide proclamation signed by...
View ArticleContentnea-Savannah’s Benton is LCPS’s teacher of the year
The highest examples of teaching excellence were on full display Tuesday night at the 2013-14 Lenoir County Public Schools teacher of the year banquet. Katy Benton, a first grade teacher at...
View ArticleGuest column: I am also a monster
The block headline in The Free Press on Friday, Sept. 6 was this: “I Am Not a Monster,” which was a direct quote from Will Barker in his statement at his sentencing on Sept. 5 in Wilmington. It was a...
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