Awards luncheon honors ECA volunteers
The Lenoir County Extension and Community Association held its annual achievement luncheon Feb. 15 at the Extension center. Neuse Club President Anne Gaddis presided and Katherine Pierce gave the...
View ArticleLCC presents third annual Squires scholarship
The third annual Rodney E. Squires Jr. Automotive Mechanics Scholarship was awarded to Anthony Reynolds, a student enrolled in the Automotive Technology Program at Lenoir Community College. The...
View ArticleMuzychka – Chernault
Danny and Dee Dee Muzychka of Kinston announce the engagement of their daughter, Amy Lynn Muzychka, to Derek Zane Chernault, also of Kinston, son of Gene and Frances Chernault of Appomattox, Va. A...
View ArticleWiggins – Becton
Sharon Humphrey-Wiggins and Jim Wiggins of Deep Run announce the engagement of their daughter, Lauren Bridgette Wiggins, to Dustin Ryan Becton, son of Debra and Darrel Becton of Kinston. A June 15...
View ArticleSwinson gets Visual Improvement Award / Names in the news
Swinson gets Visual Improvement Award Another downtown business has been awarded a Visual Improvement Award by the City of Kinston’s Appearance Commission. Swinson’s Funeral Home, 208 E. Blount St.,...
View ArticleKDPS sponsors drug drop-off event
The Kinston Department of Public Safety is out for your drugs. Old or unused prescription drugs can be dropped off Monday at the Walgreens on Herritage Street. It’s part of a regular program,...
View ArticleKDPS sponsors drug drop-off event
The Kinston Department of Public Safety is out for your drugs. Old or unused prescription drugs can be dropped off Monday at the Walgreens on Herritage Street. It’s part of a regular program,...
View ArticleKinston woman, contractor dispute tree-clearing agreement
A local woman was so upset about an incomplete tree-clearing job she took up the matter with law enforcement. Friday afternoon, the problem may have been resolved. Mary Ingram-Harris saw the work...
View ArticleFlight time for Kinston Aero Modelers
Warm temperatures last Sunday brought the Kinston Aero Modelers, a remote control aircraft club, outside for its monthly meeting. “If the weather is nice, we try to meet here,” club president Robert...
View ArticleLet the games begin
There were no blocks and hurdles around when the campus of Lenoir Community College was transformed in an arena of competitive games — but there were still timers and judges. The college hosted the...
View ArticleService warrior leaving Kinston after seven decades
One Kinston name will stick out long after its bearer parts with this community. For any service arena of which you can think, a special Kinston woman likely afforded everlasting support. From Lenoir...
View ArticleState championship box scores
KINSTON 51, CANTON PISGAH 40 Pisgah 9 7 11 13—40 Kinston 4 11 13 23—51 BEARS (26-7) — Sheridan Pressley 6-15 1-1 13, Brooklyn...
View ArticleColumn: Making history – while looking to the future
Kinston High School boys basketball coach Perry Tyndall has spent all but four years of his life in this town. Those four years away from Lenoir County were spent in a little town in Orange County —...
View ArticleUnderclassmen step up big in girls’ title win
CHAPEL HILL — On a team full of seasoned veterans, it was a pair of underclassmen who shined in the first girls basketball state championship won in Lenoir County history. Freshman Jada Faison and...
View ArticleGirls’ title win provides incentive for boys
CHAPEL HILL — The Kinston boys basketball team was in the locker room, waiting for its state title game against Waxhaw Cuthbertson to begin, when they learned that the Kinston girls had defeated...
View ArticleKinston girls win first state title in school history
CHAPEL HILL — For three quarters, Kinston’s leading scorer didn’t make a shot from the floor and couldn’t hit a free throw. But with eight minutes left and the state 2A championship on the line,...
View ArticleKinston boys repeat as champs
CHAPEL HILL — Kinston and Waxhaw Cuthbertson played in last year’s state 2A finals, then clashed again in one of the nation’s premier Christmas tournaments. On Saturday the state’s two top-ranked 2A...
View ArticleChampionship notebook: Titles dedicated to the city
CHAPEL HILL — Kinston’s boys and girls basketball teams may have owned Chapel Hill and the Dean E. Smith Center on Saturday, but it was home that motivated them to victory. Following its girls’...
View ArticleParker: My thanks to commissioners is long overdue
I am about a month late with this thank you note. Still, being late is better than never saying thank you. On Feb. 18, the Lenoir County Commissioners unanimously adopted a resolution in support...
View ArticleFilling the Frame: Calm waters
A fisherman paddles through shadows cast across the water from the banks of the Neuse River near Pearson Park in Kinston last week. A weather trend this week could bring continued mild temperatures...
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