Lynyrd Skynyrd to play at Wilmington’s Azalea Festival
WILMINGTON — Lynyrd Skynyrd, the prototypical Southern rock band that scored iconic hits with “Sweet Home, Alabama” and “Free Bird,” is coming to the N.C. Azalea Festival. The group, which was...
View ArticleEfforts under way to restore flag used at Battle of New Bern
NEW BERN — The largest Civil War re-enactment group in the state has begun a preservation project for a North Carolina state flag that flew during the Battle of New Bern in 1862. The Society for the...
View ArticleColumn: Man who was not a patient stays in hospital for two days
Saturday, I visited a family member in the hospital who’d undergone surgery the night before. The hospital in question wasn’t local, so there was a bit of driving involved. Snow was in the forecast so...
View ArticleBlack history celebrated through literature
For a woman who spent most of her academic career studying black literature, it was only fitting for Evelyn Kelly to center a Black History Month program on African-American writers who addressed...
View ArticleFebruary is Heart Healthy Month
Obesity and being overweight is more than just an aesthetic issue or inconvenience. It’s a health hazard. February is Heart Healthy Month, and heart disease includes high blood pressure, coronary...
View ArticleCommissioners pick Hill for sheriff
Beginning April 1, Chris Hill will be the new Lenoir County sheriff. The current chief deputy received a 5-2 vote in his favor from the Lenoir County commissioners at their meeting Monday night. Hill...
View ArticleMan dies in early morning fire
The look was of disbelief. Surrounded by law enforcement and fire investigators early Monday morning, friends and family gathered outside Jake Rogers’ mobile home at 138 Gulick Drive. Many had been up...
View ArticlePrep basketball conference tournaments (updated)
Carolina 1A Conference BOYS Today Game 1: (4) Princeton vs. (5) Spring Creek at Ayden-Grifton, 6 p.m. Game 2: (6) N. Duplin at (3) Ayden-Grifton, 7:30 p.m. Thursday Game 3: Game 1 winner vs. (1)...
View ArticleSL boys dump East Duplin, advance to EC2A semis
Ishmael Baldwin scored 22 points and Jaquan Wooten added 15 as South Lenoir’s boys basketball team defeated East Duplin 62-44 on Monday in the first round of the East Central 2A Conference...
View ArticleSL girls ready for Swansboro
DEEP RUN — South Lenoir’s girls basketball program has come a long ways this season. So much so that the Blue Devils went from being a team others expected to beat to one with a bull’s-eye on its...
View ArticleCox signs with LCC
LA GRANGE — Deshona Cox thought she lost everything athletically when she tore her ACL as a sophomore. But she worked her way back onto the court at North Lenoir and it has landed her a spot at...
View ArticleN.C. woman pleads guilty to her niece's death
Associated Press A North Carolina woman pleaded guilty Monday to killing her 15-month-old niece in a case in which social workers are accused of ignoring, then covering up the child's abuse...
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...
View ArticleKathleen Parker: Strengthen background checks
COLUMBIA, S.C. — to Analysts seeking insight into the gun debate need look no further than the land of cotton, where nothing is ever forgotten. In a matter of days, citizens and lawmakers on both...
View ArticleWinter season is house fire season
Sadly, the headlines Monday drove home the point that the winter season is the fire season. House fires claimed three people in the state, including a 76-year-old man in Kinston. With those deaths, at...
View ArticleKelly: Break the ‘stress eating’ habit
Eating when stressed can be a bad habit when the food of choice is a candy bar or bag of chips. Try these healthy foods that are actually proven to lower stress levels. Bananas are high in potassium,...
View ArticleGodwin: Are plants disappearing from your landscape?
Plant material has been disappearing from yards for several years in this county. At the Extension Office, I noticed that someone had removed most of the lower branches from our magnolia that is...
View ArticleSouthwood Ruritans share club activities / Names in the news
Southwood Ruritans share club activities The Southwood Ruritan Club recently elected new officers for 2013. Installed by Gerald Simmons, the new officers are Nelson Killingsworth, chaplain; Linda...
View ArticleCareer and tech ed programs highlighted in Lenoir
Students and faculty in the eight Career and Technical education programs in Lenoir County Schools middle and high schools are joining hundreds of others across the nation during February to celebrate...
View ArticleReece Gardner: The GOP has the ball; it’s the Republicans’ time to shine
In my Feb. 6 column, I stated in a couple of weeks I would highlight some of the activity going on in our North Carolina Legislature. I will do that, but first I want to (hopefully) evoke a little...
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