George Will: Roberts ruling could prove Obamacare's undoing
WASHINGTON — A willow, not an oak. So said conservatives of Chief Justice John Roberts when he rescued the Affordable Care Act — aka Obamacare — from being found unconstitutional. But the manner in...
View ArticleJohn Hood: John Locke present in spirit
RALEIGH — “May I speak to Mr. Locke, please?” I can’t tell you how many times someone at the John Locke Foundation has taken a phone call and gotten this question. One would hope that the name of John...
View ArticleLetters to the editor for Sunday, Jan. 20
Politicians more loyal to party than to voters In November 2012 the United States held an election that included 435 members of the House of Representatives and about a third of the United States...
View ArticleFollowing one thing, influencing another
Gearing up for the General Assembly to get down to business, state lawmakers from Lenoir, Greene and Jones counties head to Raleigh as a predominantly Republican delegation in a Republican-controlled...
View ArticleFilling the Frame: 'Abstract Night'
Seen through a rain-covered window, a combination of traffic lights, cars and street lights create a colorful blurred abstration of a cold, wet night on Queen Street in Kinston.
View ArticleSnow Hill approves new water meters, lines, study
SNOW HILL — The town board has approved a bid for automated water meters, as well as for a smelly water line replacement, and a loan to replace an additional 8,600 feet of old water lines. The board...
View ArticleParker: Grandmother’s need inspires 16-year-old’s community service
Christina Garris is a 16-year-old student at the Greene Early College in Greene County. When her principal, Patrick Greene, told students that he wanted them to complete a community service project,...
View ArticlePreston remembered at Carteret memorial service
CAPE CARTERET — The late Sen. Jean Preston was remembered Saturday for her tireless work for Eastern North Carolina and her friendship to all she met. “She never met a stranger and she always wanted...
View ArticleDelta Sigma Theta celebrates 100 years of service
Twenty-two women attending Howard University began an organization in 1913 hoping to make strides in community service and education. One hundred years later, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. has more...
View ArticleSpeakers call for action at annual King Day ceremony
Today is a national day of service. Sunday, there was a call for action. At the Lenoir County Courthouse, observers and speakers gathered for the annual Martin Luther King Celebration by the...
View ArticleDelilah Marrow recounts 1963 March on Washington experience
JACKSONVILLE — She didn’t care about the unforgiving sun beaming from above as she marched elbow to elbow with 250,000 other people in Washington, D.C. Rallying behind a church-made banner, Deliliah...
View ArticleUpdated Jan. 19: Mugshots of people arrested in Lenoir County
CLICK HERE to view a PDF document that includes photos of inmates processed at Lenoir County jail this week. To access previous entries, click on the "MUGSHOTS" tab in the crime section on this page...
View ArticleCrime reports
The following information was provided by the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office and the Kinston Department of Public Safety: On Dec. 21, a woman on Dr. MLK Jr. Blvd., Kinston, reported an...
View ArticleN.C. lawmaker foresees anti-abortion measures ahead
Associated Press A North Carolina lawmaker says his colleagues in the General Assembly are likely to consider proposals to exclude abortion coverage from federal health insurance exchanges...
View ArticleN.C. man getting Purple Heart back after 70 years
(AP) — When Army Cpl. George Hemphill returned to North Carolina from fighting in World War II, he tried to put the horrors of life as an infantryman behind him by not talking about what he had...
View ArticleSL girls in four-way tie for first
DEEP RUN — There is a logjam at the top of the East Central 2A Conference girls basketball race, and South Lenoir is a part of it. The Blue Devils, who are one of four teams tied for first in the...
View ArticleAnother big game
DEEP RUN — When you’re alone in first place each game becomes bigger than the last. South Lenoir’s boys basketball team is getting accustomed to such games, and hope they keep getting bigger. The...
View ArticleColumn: Silent condition may be affecting half of population
If you’re a moron, idiot, dumbbell, dullard, imbecile, dunce, halfwit or addle pate, this could be the most important story someone will read to you all year. According to a recent study by the Le Pew...
View ArticleArtist league names February artist / Names in the news
Artist league names February artist Renee Herlong has been named by the Lenoir County Artist League as the featured “Artist of the Month” for February. A member of the league, Herlong is an active...
View ArticleMcDonald’s on U.S. 70 East to temporarily close for rebuild
What goes down will be coming back up in about four months, if all goes as planned. Like its sister restaurants on Vernon Avenue and in Snow Hill, the McDonald’s restaurant on U.S. 70 — across from...
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