Updated Feb. 21: Prep basketball conference tournaments
Carolina 1A Conference BOYS Tuesday Game 1: (5) Spring Creek 54, (4) Princeton 49 Game 2: (3) Ayden-Grifton 75, (6) N. Duplin 28 Thursday Game 3: (1) Goldsboro 65, (5) Spring Creek 38 Game 4: (3)...
View ArticleNL boys drop heartbreaker at Triton
After losing two close games to Erwin Triton during the regular season North Lenoir’s boys basketball team could taste redemption in Thursday’s Eastern Carolina 3A Conference tournament semifinal....
View ArticleKinston hosts EP2A championships
While Viking Gym hasn’t always been the site of the title game, the road to the conference tournament championship has continuously gone thought Kinston each season for almost a decade. The Vikings...
View Article‘A perfect fit’
DEEP RUN — After hiring seven head football coaches in a 16-year span South Lenoir is looking for some stability out of its next coach. The Blue Devils feel they’ve found that in Ken Grantham. South...
View ArticleDNA confirms skull that of missing N.C. girl
By MITCH WEISS Associated Press A skull found a year ago by hunters in the woods is that of a disabled girl who was killed and dismembered by her stepmother, North Carolina police said Thursday....
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 ArticleSometimes a good night brings good memories
The weather gurus didn’t have much good to say about last Saturday night’s forecast. The word was we’d have rain and sleet topped off with snow. Nasty. Warnings were issued to stay off the roads if at...
View ArticleGet help with financial aid forms on FAFSA Day
State Employees’ Credit Union branches and Lenoir Community College will host a statewide FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) Day, serving those needing help with completing the federal...
View ArticleA cold start to the Freedom Classic
The third annual Freedom Classic began under cloudy skies and with a stiff winter breeze, but Game 1 of the four-game series between Navy and Air Force was able to finish before rain enveloped the...
View ArticleThieves hit easy targets in northwest Kinston
Easy targets made easy pickings for some Kinston thieves. Kinston residents between Airlee Drive and Hodges Road, south of Carey Road, would do with taking special care to make sure their residences,...
View ArticleSnow Hill veterans cemetery celebrates opening, first burial
SNOW HILL — This month marks a historic moment for Greene County veterans. The Greene County Veterans Cemetery had its first burial on Feb. 15, followed by a ceremonial opening Thursday by American...
View ArticleMinister's Column: Toxic charity and a vibrant future
About three months ago, a book began to make the rounds of some thinkers in Kinston. “Toxic Charity” was written by a guy (Robert Lupton) who has spent four decades in various inner-city communities...
View ArticleWoodmen group donates flags / Names in the news
Woodmen group donates flags John Walters, a field representative with Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society in Kinston and Lenoir County, has presented flags recently to two organizations on...
View ArticleFinal: Prep basketball conference tournaments
Carolina 1A Conference BOYS Tuesday Game 1: (5) Spring Creek 54, (4) Princeton 49 Game 2: (3) Ayden-Grifton 75, (6) N. Duplin 28 Thursday Game 3: (1) Goldsboro 65, (5) Spring Creek 38 Game 4: (3)...
View ArticleKHS girls claim EP2A tourney crown
Known more for her passing than her scoring, Kinston point guard Brittany Drumgoole proved Friday at Viking Gym just how dangerous she can be when she’s doing both. The sensational junior scored a...
View ArticleKHS boys make it 7 in a row
Brandon Ingram owned the first quarter and Josh Dawson owned the second. But all quarters belonged to Kinston. So does the Eastern Plains 2A Conference tournament title — again. Dawson scored 19...
View ArticleNavy takes Freedom Classic opener
There was a Division I college baseball game played Friday afternoon at Grainger Stadium, but that was just a small part of the story. The third annual Freedom Classic kicked off with Navy’s 3-1...
View ArticleBattle-Young
Torise Anderson Battle of Atlanta and Cecil Rogers Young Jr. of Athens, Ga., were united in marriage Dec. 16, 2012, at The Classic Center Firehall in Athens, Ga. The Rev. O’Marr Curry of Rhema...
View ArticleUzzell – Taylor
Shirley Uzzell of Dover announces the engagement of her daughter, Leslie Uzzell of Kinston, to Ron Taylor, son of Ronnie and Georgia Taylor, also of Kinston. A May 4 wedding will be held at the...
View ArticleWilliams – Chesson
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Williams of Royston, Ga., announce the engagement of their daughter, Lauren Melissa Williams of Raleigh, to Christopher Bryan Chesson of Knightdale, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hal Chesson...
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