Rogue ex-LAPD officer believed dead after standoff
By GILLIAN FLACCUS and TAMI ABDOLLAH - Associated Press The manhunt for a former Los Angeles police officer suspected of going on a killing spree converged Tuesday on a mountain cabin where...
View ArticleKinston arrest reports
Tameka Clark, 29, 2658 Pershing Terrace, Kinston, Jan. 28, felony all traffic, misdemeanor all traffic. Bond: $5,000. Arresting officer: C. Coulombe. James NMN Turner, 36, 116 W. Shine St.,...
View ArticleSuperior court decisions
The following decisions were reached in Lenoir County superior court in October, 2012. The presiding judge was the Hon. Phyllis Gorham. Matters may be resolved as the result of a guilty plea or...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: My Bloody Valentine and Barry White
New album: MBV Artist: My Bloody Valentine Label: mbv Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5 Just before My Bloody Valentine dropped off the face of the earth in the early 1990s, the band released the seminal...
View ArticleAll aboard!
The Kinston Area Railroad Modelers Association will host its 10th annual Model Train Show and open house Saturday and Sunday. Views of KARMA’s own layout will be joined by operating model train...
View ArticleIn the galleries
New exhibits at the Community Council for the Arts will be on display through Feb. 28. A reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday will celebrate three local African-American artists as part of the Black...
View ArticleNeuse River Music Fest starts Friday
The Neuse River Music Fest is Friday and Saturday in the Lenoir Community College gym on Highway 70 East. RV hook-ups are available for all campers, food will be available by Bojangles. for RV...
View ArticleOut of the attic / Names in the news
Out of the attic Family members still honor the memory of the late Margie Grady Paderick Purvis, who would have celebrated her 80th birthday today. She died May 31, 2011. “We love and miss her very...
View ArticleJones County’s Island Creek Trail temporarily closed to biking
POLLOCKSVILLE — A five-mile network of user-built mountain bike trails off Island Creek Trail in the Croatan National Forest is temporarily closed while U.S. Forest Service officials examine whether...
View ArticleColumn: The war on Valentine’s Day
Smell that? That’s the smell of a million men breaking into a flop sweat over Valentine’s Day. The origins of Valentine’s Day have nothing to do with chocolate covered diamonds or edible socks. The...
View ArticleRichlands man charged with assaulting a 2-month-old
RICHLANDS — A Richlands man has been accused of fracturing an infant’s skull. Jordan Thomas King, 27, of Kennebec Lane, was charged Saturday by the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office with intentional...
View ArticleGreene’s FFA chapter sees green with state grant
SNOW HILL — The Greene County Future Farmers of America chapter was granted $7,500 to boost members’ improvements to the community. The new funds are a way to celebrate the county’s FFA Week...
View ArticleSpeaker proves to teens they can learn from their mistakes
Anthony Harris, Lenoir County Schools behavioral specialist, said it’s hard for motivational messages to sink into high school students. During a Black History Month program at North Lenoir High...
View ArticleA true love story
A U.S. Navy sailor had a small family, which left him with no one to write to while overseas. He was introduced to a shipmate’s sister by months of writing letters back and forth. Five days after they...
View ArticleNL boys hope to seize second in EC3A
LA GRANGE — Its goal of finishing first no longer a reality, North Lenoir’s boys basketball team can still finish second in the Eastern Carolina 3A Conference. The Hawks will need some help to do so...
View ArticleSL’s Jones headed to LCC
DEEP RUN — The future plans of Caroline Jones include nursing and playing volleyball. She gets to do both at Lenoir Community College. Jones, a four-sport athlete at South Lenoir, will play...
View ArticleN.C. jobless insurance fix nears final passage
By Gary D. Robertson (AP) — A Republican plan to cut jobless payments and raise business taxes to speed repayment of North Carolina's $2.5 billion federal debt on unemployment benefits won...
View ArticleN.C. men sentenced in crop insurance fraud
(AP) -- Two North Carolina men have been sentenced for their roles in a massive crop insurance fraud. A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced insurance agent William Larry Rogers to 9 years in...
View ArticleToday, just let your heart take the lead
It sends a cold shiver up the spine of men and brings a warm glow to the hearts of women. Oh, that’s just rubbish! There are plenty of men who think Valentine’s Day is a great chance to romance the...
View ArticleDistrict court decisions
The following decisions were reached in Lenoir County district court in Jan, 2013. The presiding judge was the Hon. Brian DeSoto. Matters may be resolved as the result of a guilty plea or dismissal...
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