National Weather Service statement on Friday's weather
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 830 a.m. JAN. 24, 2013 FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY - EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA: COLD CANADIAN AIR WILL CONTINUE OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
View ArticleNCDOT crews preparing roads for winter weather
Thursday, January 24, 2013 With winter weather predicted to hit parts of the state on Friday, N.C. Department of Transportation crews in many regions are pretreating roads and taking other steps...
View ArticleSchools planning early Friday dismissals
Updated 7:40 p.m. Thursday: Arendell Parrott Academy will close at noon Friday, according to Assistant Headmaster Hugh Pollock. There is still no word from Bethel Christian Academy. BREAKING NEWS...
View ArticleChildren’s museum in Jacksonville chooses location
JACKSONVILLE — Jacksonville’s planned children’s museum has its sights set on a location, but it will be more than a year before it can set up shop. Zing Zumm, short for “amazing museum,” will occupy...
View ArticleWinter Festival on tap for this weekend in Cape Carteret
CAPE CARTERET — Mac Daddy’s Entertainment Center is helping families beat the winter blues with a day of indoor games, giveaways and shopping this weekend. The third annual Winter Festival, set for...
View ArticleArea schools to be dismissed early today
Anticipated icy precipitation this afternoon prompted several area schools to make decisions Thursday about early dismissals. Lenoir County Schools will be releasing students at 12:30 p.m. today,...
View ArticleTwo Buicks collide on N.C. 11
An accident involving two Buicks sent an adult and a child to the hospital Thursday morning. The vehicles collided at around 9:08 a.m. Thursday at the intersection of N.C. 11 and Dunn Road in Kinston....
View ArticleRetail Notebook: Plaza party, gift shop in business 10 years
Every day looks like a party at M&D Gifts in the Plaza Shopping Center. It’s certainly the place to find loads of balloons, cards and party supplies. The store, opened by Misty Paderick, turns...
View ArticleDurham author appearing in New Bern to promote book on Civil War freedom fighter
NEW BERN — Noted North Carolina writer and historian David Cecelski will be in New Bern Feb. 3 to talk about his new book on the life of Civil War-era New Bern resident Abraham Galloway, one of the...
View ArticleVoter ID the hot topic in Raleigh
With the North Carolina General Assembly getting set to swing into session next week, lawmakers will find their plates full of pressing issues when they take their seats in the House and Senate....
View ArticleMost ice to pass Kinston, cold drizzle likely
It’s brine time. The N.C. Department of Transportation began its setup on Wednesday for this evening’s winter storm, and its trucks hit the road Thursday to pre-emptively coat roads that could freeze...
View ArticleUPDATED: All area public schools have postponed athletic events
The threat of winter precipitation today has forced area schools to make changes to their athletic schedules. North Lenoir’s home basketball games against Erwin Triton, South Lenoir’s basketball...
View ArticleDown but not out
With only eight players before the season began Parrott Academy’s girls basketball team couldn’t afford any injuries, yet the injury bug bit early and often. Now, the Patriots are playing with only...
View ArticleAudio: Rep. George Graham and Sen. Louis Pate discuss voter i.d.,...
On this week's edition of The Free Press Radio Show, Bryan Hanks and Jon Dawson are joined by N.C. Sen. Louis Pate and N.C. Rep. George Graham, who talk about the controversial voter ID issue. Bryan...
View ArticleUpdated forecast from the National Weather Service
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 3:33 AM JAN 25 2013 TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN- PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS...
View ArticleLenoir County arrest reports
Nicole W. Gray, 34, 1367 Pony Lane, Kinston, Dec. 28, misdemeanor fail to comply with child support orders. Bond: $261. Arresting officer: D. Kennedy. Michelle Dawn Gibbs, 38, 1104 Karen Drive,...
View ArticleKinston arrest reports
Tanzania Sade Boomer, 21, 811 Williams St., Kinston, Jan. 15, misdemeanor contempt of court. Bond: $500. Arresting officer: T. Johnson. James Newell Anderson, 41, 5152 Carr Drive, Jan. 16,...
View ArticleLenoir Community College closes
Lenoir Community College is closing at 1 p.m. today and will be closed Saturday. The early closing is due to inclement weather.
View ArticlePublic asked to help provide IDs / Names in the news
Public asked to help provide IDs George Denmark Jr., a former Free Press photographer, took many photographs in 1961 of the raising of the CSS Neuse Ironclad from the Neuse River. Among them is this...
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