Hawks basketball defeated on the road
GREENVILLE—As North Lenoir cruised to a 16-point home victory over Greenville Rose less than a week ago, the Rampants’ guard Cornell Powell was getting ready for his team’s fourth-round playoff...
View ArticleLCC women get easy win
Lenoir Community College jumped out to a big lead early and cruised to a 74-48 victory over Spartanburg Methodist Monday night. The Lancers (3-4) stretched their lead to 28 points at 36-8 with 4:10...
View ArticleAthlete of the Week: Davon Edwards
Headed into halftime against Trinity Christian last week, Bethel Christian Academy’s boys’ basketball team was trailing. When Senior guard Davon Edwards said his coaches asked...
View ArticleManhunt that led to South Lenoir lockdown is now over
The following press release was provided by the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office: The subject of a manhunt on Monday near South Lenoir High School was captured Tuesday on U.S. 258 south of Kinston at...
View ArticleKinston store robbed at gunpoint Tuesday night
The following is a press release issued by the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office: At about 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, a black male wearing a mask entered the Crossroads Grocery at 1520 Hugo Road, Kinston. The...
View ArticlePrep basketball scores
Boys: FARMVILLE CENTRAL 53, NORTH LENOIR 49 FC 19 7 14 13 —53 NL 15 17 12 5 — 49 FC scorers: Ikeesta Johnson 15,...
View ArticleThe Rundown
TODAY'S GAMES Prep Basketball Ayden-Grifton at Pamlico 2:30 p.m. C.B. Aycock at Greene Central 4:30 p.m. Kinston at Wilson Hunt 4 p.m. Wrestling S. Lenoir at E. Duplin 7 p.m. THURSDAY Wrestling S....
View ArticleTop twenty movies in theatres
AP The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Monday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of...
View ArticleMissing teen found
A 16-year-old missing since Nov. 7 was found Wednesday in Wayne County. On Nov. 22 the Kinston Department of Public Safety issued an alert that Randy Romfo was missing and last seen in the 2300 block...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Robert Pollard and Jody Watley
New album: Blazing Gentlemen Artist: Robert Pollard Label: GBV Inc. Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5 Guided By Voices' main man Robert Pollard releases albums as if it were a bodily function. He just...
View ArticleRotary hosts party for seniors / Names in the news
The annual Kinston Evening Rotary's Senior Christmas Party was one of the best ever, organizers say. Held each year at Queen Street Methodist Church's banquet hall, about 100 seniors from Kinston...
View ArticleFinalists vie for 'Young Man of the Year'
The Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity will crown one of four men its Young Man of the Year in its annual Beautillion Saturday at Rochelle Middle School. Each year the Nu Iota Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi...
View ArticleChurch hosts annual cookie walk
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church will hold their second annual Cookie Walk from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in the church’s Moseley Hall. The women and men of St. Mary’s have been cooking up their favorite...
View ArticleColumn: The Three Christmas commandments
Are you stressed out? Has the shopping and the scheduling and the lack of bail money got you in a tither? Well snap out of it. Christmas is supposed to be a celebration of the birth of Jesus, not a...
View ArticleWalking for wellness
Local dignitaries, along with the entire student body, gathered together to dedicate the new walking track at Contentnea-Savannah K-8 School on Wednesday. The track was built as part of an effort by...
View ArticleJustice still waiting after son slain by lawmen
More than a year after his son’s death, a local man is still waiting on justice to be served. William “Billy” Gibbs III was killed by a member of the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office on Nov. 25 after a...
View ArticleLaRoque hearing moved to February
A post-trial hearing for former state Rep. Stephen LaRoque will happen Feb. 13, barring another continuance. Monday’s continuance order by Senior U.S. District Judge Malcolm Howard marks the fifth new...
View ArticleOutdoor drama tells Christmas story
What stared under a tree with three props in 1982 has grown into a full Christmas production for Glen Raven Baptist Church. “Birth of the Savior” is an outdoor drama put on by members of Glen Raven...
View ArticleSilver alert issued for Jones County man
The N.C. Center for Missing Persons has issued a Silver Alert for a missing endangered man, William Hoover Moore III. Citizens are asked to be on the lookout for William Hoover Moore III, who is...
View Article'Night of Joy' in Greene County
SNOW HILL — The Greene County Public Library will be holding a Night of Joy at 7 p.m. today. The event rings in the holidays with a selection of performing artists, including Nell Cannon, who...
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