More entries for this year's Kinston parade
A tradition for more than 50 years, Kinston will hold one of its biggest Christmas parades in recent years on Saturday. Lea Jeffress, co-chairman of the parade committee, said normally there are 100...
View ArticleSnow Hill 'Extravaganza' Friday night
SNOW HILL — The town of Snow Hill is having its fifth annual Christmas Extravaganza from 6-9 p.m. Friday in the historic downtown. A small tree planted in the town parking lot will be lit at 6 p.m.,...
View ArticleKinston arrest reports
The following arrests were reported by the Kinston Dept. of Public Safety: Arthur L. Kilpatrick, 28, 912 E. Highland Ave., Kinston, Sept. 28, misdemeanor assault inflicting serious injury. Bond:...
View ArticleTwo dead, 14 malnourished horses found
SNOW HILL - Greene County authorities found two horses that had been dead for several days and 14 more malnourished in a pasture on Burrelfield Road on Tuesday afternoon, Greene County Health Director...
View ArticleTwo dead, 14 malnourished horses found
SNOW HILL — Greene County authorities found two horses that had been dead for several days and 14 more malnourished in a pasture on Burrelfield Road on Tuesday afternoon, Greene County Health Director...
View ArticleClay Whittington talks about his new CD, show
On the latest Free Press Radio Show, Bryan Hanks and Jon Dawson are joined by Kinston pianist Clay Whittington, who has recently released his debut CD, “Hymnprov.” Bryan and Jon also talk about the...
View ArticleSuperior court decisions
The following decisions were handed down by in Lenoir County superior court: James Godwin, larceny, guilty, sentenced to 45 days in the Lenoir County jail Robert Spry, indecent liberties, second...
View ArticleCouple arrested for stealing metal
A man and a woman suspected of breaking into a Jackson Heights building were arrested Thursday. A neighbor reported two people were taking metal from a storage building shortly after 4:45 p.m., and he...
View ArticleFamilies change, the message doesn't
If there is a time you are going miss family, it is this time of year. Our children are grown and now live in three different states. Yet when they were living at home, we rarely ended up in church...
View ArticleThe Rundown
Kinston Soccer All-Region Region 6 honors Robert Blake Evan Hood Nicolas Romero Josh Pettis All-Region Player of the Year Josh Pettis All-Region Coach of the Year Joseph A. Romig UPCOMING DAYS...
View ArticleNorth Lenoir pins win over South Lenoir
La GRANGE — Raekwan Miller and all his 99 pounds kneeled at the edge of the mat Thursday as South Lenoir’s wrestling team took a blood time to clean up wrestler Ty Combs. It was the...
View ArticleSenior Center names artist of the month / Names in the news
The Lenoir County Council on Aging has named Marie Shelton its Artist of the Month for December 2013. Shelton has been attending classes for four years starting with the late Eddie Cox. With his...
View ArticleHorse owner charged with 2 felonies, 14 misdemeanors
SNOW HILL — The former owner of 16 Greene County horses, two of which were found dead and the rest malnourished, was arrested Thursday night. Carl Shelton Davis, 68, a farmer who resides at 1771 Mark...
View ArticleOtis Gardner: Don't mess with a boy's rites of passage
I re-watch “A Christmas Story” season after season. Besides simply being a good movie, it rekindles wonderful emotions in us older adults. It forcefully pushes southern male buttons. In fact, some...
View ArticleBass released Friday on the Neuse
NEW BERN — It’s striped bass season on the Neuse River, and efforts are underway to make the next season a success. Friday, state Wildlife Resources Commission staff released at least 100,000 striped...
View ArticleMaking more bees
Honeybees, necessary for a healthy planet, pollinate countless species of plants, including the crops people and livestock eat. When whole colonies began disappearing — leaving just the queen and a...
View ArticleCrime reports
The following information was obtained from the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office and the Kinston Dept. of Public Safety: On Oct. 7, a representative of North Lenoir High School reported someone stole a...
View ArticlePrep basketball scores
Boys FARMVILLE CENTRAL 65, GREENE CENTRAL 54 Farmville Central 17 18 15 15 — 65 Greene Central 9 16 12 17 — 54...
View ArticleKinston boys lose first game of season
WINTERVILLE—Unsurprisingly, the team that won a Kinston High basketball game Friday displayed poise, teamwork, intensity and hustle. Surprisingly, that team wasn’t the Vikings....
View ArticleRams fall in heated battle
SNOW HILL — Greene Central allowed29 points from the free throw line in sending the Jaguars there 38 times Friday night. In the second game of the regular-season, rivalry series,...
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