Fake girlfriend is indicative of herd instincts
Last week came a news item from the world of sports that got my attention. A Notre Dame football player found himself at the center of a very weird revelation. The star linebacker claimed his...
View ArticleCommissioners OK budget resolutions in low-key session
The Lenoir County Board of Commissioners got done what it needed to get done at its meeting Tuesday. Sometimes that’s all that’s necessary. In a rather uneventful session, commissioners approved...
View ArticleBanks Elementary students take to the airwaves
The Bulldogs are coming to a screen near you. Banks Elementary School students began live morning broadcasts six weeks ago to delve into real-world technology. Each Friday, a rotating team of fourth...
View ArticleGreene budget cuts shortfall by $171,000
SNOW HILL — Greene County Schools lost $50,000 in county money and county employees will pay a great portion of their health care costs in a revised county budget balanced with the help of more than...
View ArticleLocal legislators adopt ‘wait and see’ position on lottery proposal
For an idea without many specifics, the proposal to prohibit people on government assistance — or in bankruptcy — from purchasing an N.C. Education Lottery ticket has been getting a lot of attention....
View ArticleMinister's Column: ‘Strawology’ suggests mixing diversity to build true...
Some years ago my mentor and colleague Len Sweet pointed me toward a website where Jan Hargrave, a body language expert, held forth on the power of strawology. “Strawology?” you ask. Yes, the science...
View ArticleA joyful noise is completed
A dream that began in the 1960s finally is a reality for members of First Presbyterian Church. The final bells have been installed in the church tower at 2101 N. Herritage St. The Henry Walker family...
View ArticleRuritans honor member / Names in the news
Ruritans honor member Jane Farmer has been selected by fellow Wheat Swamp Ruritan Club members as the club’s Citizen of the Year. Farmer retired Dec. 31, completing 30 years of service to the Kinston...
View ArticleKathleen Parker: President not looking back
W WASHINGTON — My inner Pollyanna was basking in blissfulness, rolling in the hay of righteous rhetoric, backstroking through the sunny sibilance of aspiration. Drunk, apparently, on alliteration....
View ArticleHead Start not helping, studies say
Taxpayers have the right to expect that federal programs for which they foot the bill function at a reasonable level of effectiveness, particularly a program that has operated for 48 years at a cost...
View ArticleBattle-Bowden
Lisa M. Battle and Franklin Antonio Bowden, both of Kinston, were united in marriage at 10 p.m. Dec. 31, 2012, at Greater Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Kinston. The Rev. John Flowers Jr. was...
View ArticleMangum – Futrell
Robert and Teresa Mangum of Ayden announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Ashley Mangum of Kinston, to Glenn “Ray” Futrell, son of Hollis “Glenn” Jr. and Juanita Futrell, all of Kinston. A...
View ArticleFarmer – Ginn
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Ray Farmer Jr. of La Grange announce the engagement of their daughter, Sara Lindsey Farmer, to Joffre Taylor Ginn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Eugene Ginn, also of La Grange. An...
View ArticleStroud – Williams
Johnny and Betty Stroud of Deep Run announce the engagement of their daughter, Jayme Lynn Stroud, to Grant Williams, son of Korky and Sharon Williams of Kinston. An Aug. 24 wedding will be held at...
View ArticlePendleton – Greer
George and Cynthia Pendleton of Scotland Neck announce the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth Pendleton of Kinston, to David Greer also of Kinston, son of Ed and Judy Greer of Pink Hill. A March...
View ArticleBirth
Hill Billy Hill and Kimberly Carroll Hill of Kinston and son, Carter Joseph, announce the birth of a son and brother, Cameron Jayce Hill, on Jan. 10, 2013, at Wayne Memorial Hospital in Goldsboro....
View ArticleFamily celebrates five generations
The family of Myrtle Smeraldo gathered over Christmas and celebrated five generations. Smeraldo was joined by her daughter, Peggy Smith of Dover; her granddaughter, Rebecca Harris of Pink Hill; her...
View ArticleGrand prize: Caribbean cruise or cash / Names in the news
Grand prize: Caribbean cruise or cash The Kinston-Lenoir County Friends of the Library is selling tickets for the ninth annual cruise drawing. Only 100 tickets will be sold, at $100 each, with all...
View ArticleCelebrity dealers prepare to show their hands
You can bet on one thing: Kinston’s Mayor BJ Murphy plans to bring a lot to the table at the first Lenoir Community College Foundation Casino Night set for Friday in the school’s Culinary Arts Center....
View Article‘Long is the way. And hard, that out of Hell leads up to Light’
Lance Armstrong. Today, the name conjures up a little bit different image than, say, five or six years ago. I’m not sure what your image of Armstrong was, is or will be, but I do know it has probably...
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