The Rundown
Round 2 of state playoffs Pick up a copy of The Free Press Sunday for Friday night’s full game stories and box scores. TODAY'S GAMES Men’s Basketball Bryant & Stratton College at LCC 3 p.m....
View ArticleECU finding a balance
GREENVILLE – Breon Allen introduced himself to the East Carolina faithful last Saturday in the Pirates’ 63-14 win over UAB. The junior from Daytona, Fla. had a breakout game with 92 rushing yards and...
View ArticleParrott basketball falls hard in home opener
Cape Fear Academy pulled away from Arendell Parrott Academy Thursday night, beating the host Patriots 53-36 in an early-season, non-conference match-up. The Patriots (1-2 overall, 1-0 conference)...
View ArticleAPA holds fall chorus concert / Names in news
Arendell Parrott Academy’s fall choral and guitar concert was recently held at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Kinston. Sixty students in the elementary, middle and upper school choral groups and the...
View ArticleMinister's Column: Receiving the gift of Christmas
It must be by divine providence that Thanksgiving and Christmas come so close together. Thanksgiving puts us in a mode of gratitude for the greatest gift that has ever been given to humanity. That...
View ArticleOtis Gardner: Giving thanks, 50 years ago and now
Like about everything in this modern world, Thanksgivings are very different to me than they were a thousand years ago. Of course that’s Charles Darwin arithmetic as I’m an only child in my 70s, so...
View ArticleAccess to behavioral health care challenging
Sometimes, for those seeking behavioral health care treatment, necessary help simply isn’t there. Pathways to Life, a group of clinics in North Carolina and Virginia serving those with behavioral...
View ArticleWoman allegedly dragged into woods, assaulted
LA GRANGE – A Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office detective heading to a report of a fight found a woman in the woods begging for help. According to an incident report, a call went in to 911 at 11:45 p.m....
View ArticleProbation check leads to crack arrest
A probation officer’s recent check on a man Friday allegedly led to the discovery of 44 bags of crack and a 2-gram crack rock. “An officer, along with a probation officer, initiated contact with (Cory...
View ArticlePregnant woman alleges beating, death threats
A woman called 911 Tuesday screaming she was being strangled, according to the Lenoir County Sheriff’s office. As lawmen arrived, they were informed by the victim that the suspect, Vernon Barnes Jr.,...
View ArticleSewer line repair hits local business
A section of Queen Street is open today but not before one downtown businessman said the work hurt his business. Brian Lucas, water resource manager at Kinston Public Services, said most of the work...
View ArticleHeroes honored
Two North Carolinians received the nation’s highest civilian honor for distinguished achievement, nearly 70 years after helping to defend their country. On Friday, Charles Moore, 84, of Kinston and...
View ArticleKinston girls intense over Jacksonville
If coach Hubert Quinerly can get the entire group of girls to match the effort Brittany Drumgoole and Jada Faison, he believes the Vikings would be even better....
View ArticleKinston basketball back in action
All eyes were on Brandon Ingram as Kinston’s basketball season opened Thursday, and the junior forward delivered. He finished with a game-high 33 points, adding eight rebounds and a...
View ArticlePrep football playoffs roundup
CURRITUCK COUNTY 28, KINSTON 21 The Knights ended Kinston’s football season Friday, while advancing to the semi-finals of the NCHSAA 2AA state playoffs. The Vikings...
View ArticleLenoir County judgments
Filed with Lenoir County Clerk of Courts Civil Division, Oct 1, 2013 to Nov 4, 2013: cvm1739 For: Nick Kornegay ($428.00); Against: Robert Neal m189 For: Employment Security Commission of N.C....
View ArticleFarmer’s Market Feast
On Saturday, the Lenoir County Farmer’s Market held one of its most anticipated events of the year, Chef Vivian Howard’s Thanksgiving cooking demonstration. Howard, co-owner of Chef and the Farmer,...
View ArticleEngagements
Brooke Jones Jeffrey Candrian Frankie and Snow Jones of Kinston announce the engagement of their daughter, Brooke Jones of Berkeley, Calif., to Jeffrey Candrian of Durham, son of James and Deborah...
View ArticleEngagements
Stephen Noe of Princeton, Ind., and Henriette Whitehead of Scottsville, Ky., announce the engagement of their daughter, Stephanie Marie Noe, of Parkville, Md., to Joshua Franklin Emory, of Baltimore,...
View ArticleJunior Cotillion donate for Thanksgiving
It’s a Thanksgiving tradition at Carolina Junior Cotillion’s November session for students to bring nonperishable food items to share with others over the holidays. These students, along with many...
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