Kinston restaurant robbed Tuesday night
On Tuesday evening around 6:36 p.m., members of the Kinston Dept. of Public Safety responded to an armed robbery call at the Wok-N-Roll Restaurant at 2424 North Herritage Street. Witnesses told...
View ArticleDWI arrests
The following driving while impaired arrests were reported by the N.C. Highway Patrol: 11-28, Khari J. Dixon, 41,740 Queen St. Grifton, .20. Arresting trooper: Ipock 11-24, Gonzalo Deleon, 27, 5924...
View ArticleN.C. film incentives expiration could cost millions
(AP) New Hanover County could lose more than $10 million in tax revenue if North Carolina's film incentives expire at the end of next year. The StarNews of Wilmington reports that's one of the early...
View ArticleN.C. health officials report adult deaths from flu
by The Associated Press State health officials are reporting North Carolina's first three adult deaths from seasonal influenza. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday...
View ArticleThe Rundown
TODAY'S GAMES Men’s Basketball: Wake Tech CC at LCC 7 p.m. Prep Basketball Greene Central at C.B. Aycock 4:30 p.m. Jones Senior at Spring Creek 4:30 p.m. Wrestling S. Lenoir at Clinton tri-meet 6...
View ArticlePrep basketball scores
Boys’ Basketball: KINSTON 68, SOUTH CENTRAL 48 South Central 20 8 10 10 — 48 Kinston 13 20 25 10 — 68 Kinston scorers:...
View ArticleLMH in process of seeking financial ‘partner’
Lenoir Memorial Hospital is looking for a financial partner. Hospital officials announced on Wednesday they are searching for a strategic partnership with another hospital, health system or hospital...
View ArticleThe Rundown
TODAY'S GAMES Prep basketball Greenville Rose at N. Lenoir 6 p.m. FRIDAY Prep Basketball Ayden-Grifton at N. Edgecombe W. Craven at Kinston (JV, Var boys only) 4:30 p.m. Bethel in Christmas...
View ArticlePrep Roundup
Boys’ basketball: GREENE CENTRAL 66, JONES SENIOR 58 0T Greene Central improved to a 3-1 record Tuesday with its second win of the season over Jones Senior in overtime. The Rams...
View ArticleColumn: Impressions of area football
As I mentioned before the 2013 prep football season kicked off, I’d never been so enthusiastic about football — and it’s probably because I was actually going to be working the field...
View ArticleVikings keep it up
It wasn’t a vintage Kinston performance, but it was good enough. The undefeated Vikings withstood a few early jabs from visiting Winterville South Central before settling in and...
View Article'Messiah' opens at LCC Monday
Lenoir Community College will stage its annual performance of Handel’s Messiah at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the college’s Waller Auditorium. Tickets are $7 and doors open at 6:30 p.m. This year’s show...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Boston and Chic
New album: Love, Life and Hope Artist: Boston Label: Frontiers Records Rating: 1 star out of 5 The latest album from Boston is ridiculously horrible. Group mainstay Tom Scholz is still a genius at...
View ArticleExxon torn down, site for lease
The former Exxon gas station at the corner of North Herritage Street and Plaza Boulevard is being torn down to make way for a future ternate. Gram Spear, vice president of Perry Management, said the...
View ArticleLocal girl scouts honored for service
Over the summer, Girl Scout Troop 534 worked on a project to educate children about the dangers of bullying and how to deal with bullies. On Monday, the troop was rewarded for their efforts with one...
View ArticleDog stolen, returned after alleged burglary
A man accused of breaking into a dwelling and menacing one its residents also allegedly took the victim’s terrier. “Officers were told by (one of the victims) that a male subject – she knows only by...
View ArticleMan shot on Thanksgiving, mum on details
A man shot on Thanksgiving survived getting hit but reportedly wouldn’t give up much information to police. “The victim … told officers while he was in front of 353 S. Adkin St. an unknown suspect...
View ArticleTransmissions, batteries stolen
Thieves nabbed a number of auto parts worth thousands of dollars left outside a local business. Four used transmissions and six golf cart batteries were taken from Auto Xtreme – in the 400 block of...
View ArticleSnow Hill felon arrested on 23 charges
SNOW HILL – Arrest warrants began piling up for Tarik Kunta Wade starting in June. That ended with an arrest by Greene County Sheriff’s Office deputies. According to a sheriff’s report, deputies...
View ArticleNephew steals aunts car, wrecks it
A man allegedly took a family member’s car without permission early Saturday morning and later left the scene of an accident. “(The victim) stated that her nephew, Mr. Jaboris Jerome Dawson, took the...
View Article