Peeking into the future
Students from North Lenoir High School were able to get a glimpse at their possible employment futures during Wednesday’s Shadow Day. Some students were sure of their prospective career fields, while...
View ArticleFOOD: Do you ever bake a butternut squash?
No offense to summer squash, but the health benefits of fall squash far outweighs their summer cousins. A fine example is butternut squash. The unusually-shaped hourglass yellow-beige gourd has a...
View Article15 laid off at LMH
Patients visiting a familiar department at Lenoir Memorial Hospital may have to check the signs to see if they’re heading in the right direction. In addition, several less employees are clocking into...
View ArticleAlbum review: Kilbey/Kennedy and Sonny Rollins
New album: You Are Everything Artist: Steve Kilbey & Martin Kennedy Label: Time Being Rating: 4 stars out of 5 "You Are Everything" is the third album from the duo of Steve Kilbey (The Church)...
View ArticleMother Earth Brewing to release Silent Night on Tap
Mother Earth Brewing to release Silent Night on tap The Silent Night Day 2013 release party is happening Saturday starting at 1 p.m. Mother Earth Brewing is introducing its seasonal Silent Night...
View Article‘Wild Pungo’ exhibit held at Greene County Museum
SNOW HILL — Neil Jernigan is a man on a mission. His mission, he said, is to “educate and inspire current and future generations to explore, respect and help create and appreciation and awareness of...
View ArticleHigh school football playoff preview
On this week's Free Press Football Show, Bryan Hanks and Jessika Morgan welcome Ayden-Grifton Head Coach Paul Cornwell to talk about his team's first round win in the state playoffs. Bryan and Jessika...
View ArticleLenoir commissioner speaks at Rotary / Names in news
Lenoir County Commissioner J. Mac Daugherty upgraded Kinston Evening Rotary club members on the U.S. 70 Bypass alternatives. Club President Karen Sperari introduced him to the members. Daugherty said...
View ArticleLocal reality star hosts event Saturday
Vivian Howard, star of the nationally syndicated “A Chef’s Life” and co-owner of Chef and the Farmer, will be having her annual Thanksgiving demonstration at the Farmer’s Market on Saturday. The...
View ArticleShrader: I have questions, and observations
I've been back in Kinston for a little more than a week, and in those rare moments when I can get away from the office, I've been driving around, getting reacquainted with the area. It is a little odd...
View ArticleIllegal firearm arrest comes after reported disturbance
A report of a disturbance Sunday at Walmart involving a man with a gun led police to arrest a suspect on a charge of possession of a firearm by a felon. “Officers located the subject and initiated a...
View ArticleRetail Notebook: Furniture Gallery, National Gallery of Art
Kay King had been planning to open a new and used furniture store for some time when in early October she found out terrible news. The Jones County native was diagnosed with breast cancer. But that...
View ArticleLocal residents remember the assassination of JFK
Isabelle Rodgers said she was making lunch at her home in Kinston, when a friend came over crying and told her the president had been shot. “I was lost, I couldn’t believe it,” she said. She said the...
View ArticleSouthern TAP Pool League Weekly Scores
Tuesday’s matches: Team Wins Losses Overall Record CLEAN-SL8 5 0 31-14 RACK’N ROLL 5 0 30-15 REBELS 3 2...
View ArticlePrep Roundup
Girls’ Basketball SOUTH LENOIR 48, RICHLANDS 39 Senior Demeyia Adams put the Blue Devils on her back with 17 points, 17 rebounds, three steals and three blocks Wednesday night, as SL...
View ArticleThe Rundown
SEASON ENDS After staring 0-7 this year, Greene Central managed a spot in the first round of the NCHSAA 2A state football playoffs last week. The Rams were put out by Bunn, 69-20. They...
View ArticleRound 2 of football playoffs
Kinston and Ayden-Grifton escaped playoffs elimination last week. The Vikings came out with a 31-27 win over Franklinton, while Ayden-Grifton beat Fairmont 41-28....
View ArticlePrep basketball scores
Boys basketball: KINSTON 79, JACKSONVILLE 58 Kinston 18 17 23 21 — 79 Jacksonville 17 12 14 15 — 58 Kinston scorers:...
View Article"100 Things" for Panther's fans with Scott Fowler
On this week's Free Press Radio Show, Scott Fowler of the Charlotte Observer talks about his latest book, "100 Things a Panther Fan Should Know and Do Before They Die". CLICK HERE to listen to the...
View ArticleUPDATED: Have you seen this person?
Law enforcement is on the lookout for a Kinston resident believed to have gone missing Nov. 7. According to the Kinston Department of Public Safety, Randy J. Romfo, 16, was last seen in the 2300 block...
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