Richlands blows out Jones Senior
TRENTON — Jamar Harrington had another huge week for Richlands, racking up 328 carries and four touchdowns en route to a 41-18 victory over winless Jones Senior Friday. Harrington, who averaged...
View ArticleSouthampton routs Parrott
In a matchup of unbeaten teams in a battle for first place in the NCISAA 8-man standings, the defending state champions showed they’re ready for a run at another title. Southampton, Va., Academy...
View ArticleRose thrashes Kinston 59-7
GREENVILLE—Kinston football coach Ryan Gieselman described his team’s brutal non-conference schedule as “running a gauntlet.” After the Vikings third straight defeat, a 59-7 thrashing at...
View ArticleTucker wins Distinguished Young Woman competition
Mary-Ashlyn Tucker is the 2014 Distinguished Young Woman of Lenoir County. The North Lenoir High School student is the daughter of Jan and Ricky Tucker. She won in three preliminary categories –...
View ArticleTyndall – Avery
Frank and Deborah Tyndall of Kinston announce the engagement of their daughter, Amber Lynn Tyndall, to Aaron Shane Avery of Trenton. An Oct. 19 wedding will be held at Christian Chapel Church in Pink...
View ArticleWalters – Jones
Phillip and Wendy Walters of La Grange announce the engagement of their daughter, Lindsay Allyn Walters, to George Roberson Jones, son of Katie Jones of Chocowinity and the late Harold “Robbie” Jones....
View ArticlePotter – Smith
Danny and Myra Smith of Kinston, and Allen and Shelia Potter of Wallace announce the engagement of their daughter, Kayla Alene Potter of Kinston, to Brian Steven Smith of Raleigh, son of Lynn and...
View ArticleCouple celebrates golden anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence R. Hicks Sr. of Kinston will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary at 4 p.m. today with a dinner given by their children – Melodee H. Brown of Kinston and Clarence R....
View ArticleBirths
Brinson Brittney Nicole Howard and Ashton Logan Brinson of Kinston and sons, Briley Brinson and Hunter Deaver, announce the birth of a son and brother, Noah Eli Brinson, on Sept. 11, 2013, at Vidant...
View ArticleArt grant funding available through arts council
The Community Council for the Arts has grant applications available for subgrant Grassroots grants. Nonprofit arts organizations and nonprofit organizations with an arts program/project in Lenoir...
View Article‘The Gray Ghost’ among heroic Cavalry officers
The Kinston-Lenoir County Civil War Round Table will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Queen Street Deli. The program for the evening will be Mosby’s Rangers. The Confederacy had its share of heroic...
View ArticleMom-daughter carry state flag in national games / Names in news
Mom-daughter carry state flag in national games Fran Allison of Kinston and her daughter Jackie of Raleigh are not new to Senior Games. But they are new at carrying the North Carolina state flag at...
View ArticleSenior Day at the fair / Names in news
Senior Day at the fair Sept. 18 was Senior Day at the Lenoir County Agricultural Fair. Sponsored by the Lenoir County Cooperative Extension, the special day offered an afternoon full of activities....
View ArticleN.C. congressmen fighting flood insurance rate hikes
A set of reforms agreed to by Congress to sustain the National Flood Insurance Program has some U.S. House members from North Carolina trying to rescind them. U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre, D-N.C., is...
View ArticleLenoir County Commissioners, Pooles agree to exchange
The extension of U.S. 258 North became one step closer after last week’s Lenoir County Commissioners meeting. The county board agreed on an exchange with Walter and Sylvia Poole for property in order...
View ArticleRight-wingers have finally found their promised land
Attention, attention! Do you believe that U.S. should not waste its time in Syria? Do you believe homosexuality and gay marriage is putting us closer to the Apocalypse? Do you believe we should close...
View ArticleGoing the distance
For most teenagers, fall marks the start of football season, but for William Archie it’s time spent training for triathlons. Archie, 17, is a senior at Arendell Parrott Academy and has been...
View ArticleLaRoque hearing moved to October
GREENVILLE — Staff shakeups in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina mean former state Rep. Stephen LaRoque’s hearing on a new trial has been postponed until Oct. 10....
View ArticleLa Grange man reported missing after four years
LA GRANGE — Melvin Thomas Joyner’s sister hadn’t heard from him in four years, so she reported him missing to the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office on Monday. Joyner’s sister, 71, said her brother, 55,...
View ArticleBlast from the past
TRENTON — The motto for the Jones County Heritage Festival is simple: “Unearthing our past, cultivating the future.” As the fourth annual festival took place on Saturday, those in attendance had the...
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