Pamlico ends Chargers’ season
AYDEN — Ayden-Grifton nearly earned its first trip to the regional since 2007, but it wasn’t meant to be, as the seventh-seeded Chargers fell 69-61 to No. 11 Pamlico in the third round of the state...
View ArticleKinston boys back in regionals
Following its 60-44 win over Elizabeth City Northeastern on Friday Kinston’s boys basketball team celebrated in its locker room like it was going to the regionals for the first time. In actuality...
View ArticlePuchalski – Skinner
Johnny and Marilyn Puchalski of Deep Run announce the engagement of their daughter, Megan Puchalski of Kinston, to Waylon Skinner, son of Victor and Penny Skinner, and Emilie Bailey, all of Kinston. A...
View ArticleBirth
Sparrow Jonathan Sparrow and Kali Jones-Sparrow of Deep Run and sons, Dylan Stroud and Noah Sparrow, announce the birth of a son and brother, Mason “Brady” Sparrow, on Feb. 2, 2013, at Vidant Medical...
View ArticleFoster Grandparent Program helps Greene Lamp Head Start
Lenoir/Greene Foster Grandparent Program participated in the Martin Luther King Day of Service project. The program partnered with the Lenoir County Council on Aging and the Greater Kinston Credit...
View ArticleDAR shares activities
Kingston Society, CAR member, Mary Lee Howel and the Society’s leader, Pam Gerding, recently collected donations from members of the Moseley-Bright Chapter, DAR for their Kids Helping Kids project....
View ArticleElks sponsor free throw contest
The Benevolent Protective Order of Elks held their annual District Hoop Shoot Free Throw Contest Jan. 26 in New Bern. Two children representing Kinston Elks Lodge 740 won their age category and...
View ArticleLenoir Memorial Hospital receives portrait
Dr. Rose Pully, a beloved Lenoir County physician and inductee in the Lenoir Memorial Hospital Hall of Honor, died in 2011 after years of significant contribution to private patient practice. Her...
View ArticleHospital recognizes McDaniel Sleep Center donors
James A. and Laura W. McDaniel donated their home on East Gordon Street for Kinston’s first hospital in 1906. It later was renamed Parrott Hospital. Their granddaughter, Laura McDaniel Walker of Long...
View ArticleA day of games supports education
The local Chapter AI of PEO, the Philanthropic Educational Organization, will hold its annual card party from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 14 in the fellowship hall of the First Presbyterian Church, 2101...
View ArticleLeague puts artist in spotlight
Betty Lou Brown spent the month of February honored as the Lenoir County Artist League’s featured “Artist of the Month.” Her watercolor, “Peaceful Solitude,” was on display throughout the month at the...
View ArticleAttorney earns Elder Law certification
E. Wyles Johnson Jr. has been certified by the National Elder Law Foundation as a Certified Elder Law Attorney, and the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization as a Specialist in Elder...
View ArticleElementary students learn about agriculture
JONES COUNTY — Jones County Farm Bureau sponsored the Young Farmers and Ranchers of Jones County to do “Ag in the Classroom” at four different schools throughout Jones County during February. Schools...
View ArticleTroop and Pack 447 celebrate Scout Sunday / Names in the news
Troop and Pack 447 celebrate Scout Sunday Scout Pack and Troop 447 from Deep Run Original Free Will Baptist Church celebrated Scout Sunday Feb. 10. The church has sponsored Pack and Troop 447 for more...
View ArticleBoosters planning North Lenoir gala
LA GRANGE — North Lenoir High School’s Drama Department, under the direction of Marian Kennedy, has produced 49 Broadway musicals since 1989, including its first, “The Wizard of Oz.” To celebrate,...
View ArticleCatchy Colors: Signs of spring?
The fickle weather of this time of the year seems to offer just enough of a tease to spring to get us longing for those late, warm evenings. Chilly weather and rain have been a dominant force early in...
View ArticlePerson of interest identified in Jacksonville bingo homicide
JACKSONVILLE — Kim Hua Flournoy, a 65-year-old grandmother who frequented TNT Beach Bingo on Henderson Drive, was shot and killed at around 7:40 p.m. on Dec. 30. NCIS has joined Crime Stoppers, the...
View ArticleClark: It’s interesting what we choose to be upset about
In our great nation, I am often surprised, sometimes dismayed and many times confounded by what we choose to focus our considerable angst. Currently, the country is in an uproar over the Second...
View ArticleHanks: Rice withdraws from consideration for Kinston mayor’s race
So, does anyone out there want to be the mayor of Kinston? In an exclusive statement to The Free Press and his supporters, the presumed front-runner for the position, Danny Rice, said he’s not going...
View ArticleCooks battle for chili supremacy at Chilifest
Chili — pride in a Crock-Pot. Chili can be as unique as the person who makes it, and local residents put theirs to the test Saturday at Chilifest in Vernon Park Mall. The event, hosted by AMVets and...
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