Kathleen Parker: Gun ownership a loaded issue
WASHINGTON — Unlike many who recently have joined the debate about gun rights, I have a long history with guns, which I proffer only in the interest of pre-empting the “elitist, liberal, swine,...
View ArticleWhitfield, Preston led helpful lives
The political class remains largely white and male, but what diversity can be found there — and the ready acceptance now given to women and other minorities elected to office — owes much to the likes...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Kristina Train and Allen Toussaint
New album: Dark Black Artist: Kristina Train Label: Mercury Rating: 4 stars out of 5 Mysterious and spooky but never solemn, “Dark Black” is one of the best sophomore album releases in recent...
View ArticlePost Comedy Theatre set for Friday
GOLDSBORO -- A one-man variety show will be the next installment of the Wayne Community Concerts 2012-13 series. Robert Post’s Post Comedy Theatre will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Paramount Theatre,...
View ArticleFreelon to perform in concert
Nnenna Freelon — six-time Grammy Award-nominee and world-renowned jazz singer, composer, producer and arranger — will present a concert, cabaret style, at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 9 at the Community Council for...
View ArticleECU exhibit juror shares 40-year photographic career
GREENVILLE — Internationally recognized photographer and educator Sam Wang is the juror for the upcoming photographic exhibition at ECU. Sponsored by the ECU School of Art and Design, the image...
View ArticleRotarians get history lesson / Names in the news
Rotarians get history lesson Carol Southerland, who chairs the Historic Cemeteries Task Force here, unveiled for the Kinston Rotary Club Jan. 10 “a tapestry of our history” woven by monuments and...
View ArticleNew billboards direct southbound traffic to downtown
A new “Check us out!” campaign billboard is up on U.S. 70 promoting shopping in downtown Kinston. It’s the second in a series to be installed along the southbound lanes around the La Grange area. The...
View ArticleColumn: Dane Cook, Common take on aging local man
Tomorrow will be Jan. 18 — or as the Mayans refer to it Oops Plus 28. Many significant things have happened on January 18: Jan. 18, 0532: Nika uprising at Constantinople fails, 30-40,000 die Jan....
View ArticleOil spill cleanup under way from sunken trawler in Oriental Harbor
ORIENTAL — Workers were busy cleaning up a diesel oil spill near the head of Oriental Harbor Wednesday, the results of a shrimp trawler sinking near Hodges Street a day earlier. The 71-foot Lady...
View ArticlePlatinum Club remains open, crowds are lighter
Although the crowds have been smaller since Platinum Club owner Tharol Branch had to defend himself against what he called “negative publicity” about his establishment late last year, he remains open...
View ArticleGun stolen in robbery
There’s one more stolen gun on the streets of Kinston. Just before 7:30 p.m. Saturday, a 24-year-old woman checked on a friend’s house at 2107 Old Snow Hill Road, according to a Kinston Department of...
View ArticleSnow unlikely, cold a definite
For many, it’s a Southern tradition. The first winter storm comes through, and teases you with images of snowflakes and sledding. What it typically delivers is rain sent with temperatures just enough...
View ArticleDefensive specialist
People arrive in droves at Viking Gymnasium to see the high-flying act known as the Kinston boys basketball team. While the eyes of patrons are fixated on an offense that produces highlight-reel...
View ArticleN.C. couple dead in Texas
(AP) - Investigators say a North Carolina physician and her husband who committed suicide in a Southeast Texas hotel apparently had money trouble. Details are in a Galveston police report on...
View ArticleGeorge Will: Ask Chuck Hagel these questions
WASHINGTON — Senate hearings on the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary will be a distinctive Washington entertainment, a donnybrook without drama. He should be confirmed: Presidents are...
View ArticleArmstrong all they say he is -- and more
Two words best sum up the tangled saga of Lance Armstrong. It’s complicated. Armstrong, the latest tragic hero to emerge from the frequently soiled field of sport, is perhaps the most divisive case...
View ArticleFree Press Radio: Manti Te'O, Lance Armstrong, Brian North
On this week's edition of the show, Bryan Hanks and Jon Dawson talk to Brian North of WCTI ABC-12 about the Manti Te'o and Lance Armstrong controversies, Kinston and Lenoir County high school...
View ArticleKeeping it in the family / Names in the news
Keeping it in the family Jimmy and Gail Jarman have grandchildren who believe in keeping things in the family. When the Jarman’s daughter, Dawn Hunter — now principal at Northwest Elementary School —...
View ArticleRecord-setting fish caught off N.C. shores
Angler Toby Grantham caught his share of fish during a 48-hour trip aboard a Carteret County headboat earlier this year, but it only took one to establish a new state record. Grantham caught the...
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