Retail Notebook: New auto shop offers service, sales
A new used auto dealership and service center has opened up in Kinston. Finch Auto Sales opened its doors Jan. 19 about a mile off of U.S. 70 on U.S. 258 South. Owner Craig Finch said he’s been...
View ArticleMiddle school students remember the past
Eight students — four eighth-graders from Contentnea-Savannah K8 School and four sixth-graders from Woodington Middle School — sat nervously on the Schechter Auditorium stage at the Neuse Regional...
View ArticleVictim's family still waiting for answers
Gwen Gibbs said it’s the phone call you never want to get in the middle of the night — but she received it. She was sound asleep when her daughter’s call interrupted her slumber, spiraling Gibbs into...
View ArticleAudio: Brian North and Nick Stevens
On this week's Free Press Radio Show, Bryan Hanks and Jon Dawson welcome WCTI ABC-12's Brian North and WRAL CBS-5/HighSchoolOT.com's Nick Stevens to the show to talk about Kinston High School boys...
View ArticleThird round bound
It’s been a while — final-score wise — since Kinston’s boys basketball team was last challenged. Coach Perry Tyndall fully expects a challenge tonight. Top-seeded Kinston (24-2) will host No. 4...
View ArticleN.C. Democratic chair owes $286,000 in back taxes
By MICHAEL BIESECKER (AP) — Court records show the new head of the North Carolina Democratic Party owes nearly $286,000 in back taxes and penalties. Pittsboro Mayor Randy Voller was elected...
View ArticleN.C. Senate gives its final OK to fracking bill
(AP) — Legislation setting a potential March 2015 starting date when North Carolina regulators could begin issuing permits for underground natural gas drilling such as fracking now goes to the...
View ArticleLenoir County arrest reports
The following arrests were reported by the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office: K.C. Lee Johnson, 17, 2002 Shackleford Road, Kinston, Feb. 1, felony malicious conduct by a prisoner. Bond: $25,000....
View ArticleKinston arrest reports
The following arrests were reported by the Kinston Dept. of Public Safety: Reymond Dones Cobb, 35, 2107 Cecelia Ave., Kinston, Feb. 5, felony possessing/concealing weapons, misdemeanor...
View ArticleOtis Gardner: Like baseball and apple pie, poker is part of American fabric
Who would’ve ever imagined poker becoming a spectator sport? Nobody playing in the regular Saturday night game at my house ever had such a thought. But over the decades, technologies came together in...
View ArticleCareer fair opens up horizons
With handmade model rockets planted at his booth, licensed pilot Gregory Henderson attracted many Rochelle Middle School students to his table during Friday’s career fair in the school’s gymnasium....
View Article‘Cinderella’ musical to spark Greene Central's music department
SNOW HILL — After five years of a musical drought, the glass slipper of revival finally fit the Greene Central High School Music Department. The clock, hopefully, won’t strike at midnight this time —...
View ArticleJudge combines Ackerson murder cases
Prosecution of the two people accused of murdering Laura Ackerson can now go ahead as a single endeavor. Friday, Judge Donald Stevens ruled in Wake County Superior Court that a motion from prosecutors...
View ArticleLCC amps up campus security with armed officers
Lenoir Community College’s recent security adjustments places armed and sworn law enforcement on campus grounds, which gives the school maximum preparation for threats. “When you see the things that...
View ArticleLenoir County historian addresses Rotary / Names in the news
Lenoir County historian addresses Rotary The Kinston Evening Rotary Club was treated recently to an interesting historic presentation by Dr. Lonnie Blizzard on the meaning of Kinston’s “Sugar Hill.”...
View ArticleChurch to install new pastor
Eldress Michelle Gooding will be installed as pastor of the Herring Grove Free Will Baptist Church at 4 p.m. Sunday. The guest preacher for the occasion will be Antonio Blow, pastor, and the St. Mary...
View ArticleMinister's Column: Roads to the cross and ‘final four’ share similarities
In our Christian tradition, Lent, the journey to the grand celebration of Easter, often parallels the journey to the national collegiate basketball championship. As we walk the “the way to the Cross,”...
View ArticleKnitters share a gift of love
A chance meeting in a checkout line led to the completion of a gift of love. Clara Smith was purchasing yarn at a local store when another customer noticed and asked if she was a knitter. A...
View ArticleRoundup: NL duo combines to no-hit Kinston
Landon Letchworth and Seth Beard combined for a no-hitter as North Lenoir blanked Kinston 10-0 in five innings on Friday. Letchworth went three innings, struck out nine and walked one in the...
View ArticleKinston girls going back to regionals
PITTSBORO — Kinston High never trailed during its third round state 2A playoff contest at Pittsboro Northwood on Friday, but with 1:38 left in the fourth quarter, all seemed lost. The Chargers were...
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