Car ripped apart as it plunged into creek
A violent wreck Friday ripped apart a car, leaving a crack in the bridge, the car in a creek and a woman in the hospital. The day before her 22nd birthday, Shaniria Raquel Hardy drove her white Honda...
View ArticleRoundup: SL softball squeezes by Swansboro
South Lenoir scored all of its runs in the sixth and seventh innings to rally from behind at beat Swansboro, 6-5, in an East Central 2A Conference contest at Swansboro on Friday. The Blue Devils,...
View ArticleHawks fall again
LA GRANGE — Things just keep going south for North Lenoir’s baseball team. Jacob Hollingsworth went 3-for-5 with a pair of RBIs and Jacob Sasser was solid in relief as Southern Wayne rallied to down...
View ArticleMTV goes to Jones County for casting call
TRENTON — It wasn’t Destini’s having the same last name as pro boxerMike Tyson that sparked her interest in the sport’s former star — it was when she saw a tape of the heavyweight biting Evander...
View ArticlePelletier – Cagle
Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Jake Pelletier of Kinston announce the engagement of their daughter, Kara Paige Pelletier, to Justin Lynn Cagle, son of Mrs. Frances Cagle and Mr. Earl Cagle, all of Robbins. A...
View ArticleJenkins – Rayner
Leslie and Wendy Jenkins of Kinston announce the engagement of their daughter, Melissa Ellen Jenkins of Winterville, to Cory Wayne Rayner, also of Winterville, son of Warren and Katie Rayner of...
View ArticleJackson – Postell
Mr. and Mrs. Don Williams of Kinston announce the engagement of their daughter, Amber Joy Jackson of La Grange, to Marty Lewis Postell, son of Rose Postell of Spartanburg, S.C., and the late Douglas...
View ArticleBirth
Patrick R. Moore and Shena Hammer Moore of Denver, N.C., and big brother Evan Shoemaker, announce the birth of a son and brother, Colton Ryan Moore, on March 12, 2013, at Carolina Medical Center in...
View ArticleNext ‘Second Sunday’ to feature ‘Big Band, Ballads and Broadway’
Grainger Hill’s Second Sunday Series will present “Big Band Sounds, Ballads and Broadway,” featuring Earle Abernethy, drums; Carol Ann Tucker, vocals; Jimmy Aycock, piano; and David Adduddel, bass....
View ArticleTPA group celebrates annual meeting / Names in the news
TPA group celebrates annual meeting Post V members of the Travelers Protective Association recently attended their annual meeting and dinner. Attendees brought in supplies for Mary’s Kitchen, raised...
View ArticleSanctuary Bells kick off concert
The Sanctuary Bells of Gordon Street Christian Church will present a concert at 6p.m. March 31 in the sanctuary at Gordon Street Christian Church, 118 E. Gordon St. The concert will kick off the...
View ArticleZeta Omicron Omega to present cotillionettes
Zeta Omicron Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. will present its 20th Biennial Cotillion Ball at 7 p.m. Friday at Lenoir Community College. Fifteen debutantes will be presented to...
View ArticleLenoir 2020 holds first meeting of year
Last year, a group of concerned citizens and Kinston leaders brainstormed ideas to get the city going again. They are now one step closer to their goals through the Lenoir 2020 Project efforts,...
View ArticleKinston air tower among closures
Kinston’s appeal was denied — it’s closing time. Of the air traffic control towers slated to close because of budget cuts from sequestration, the FAA gave a reprieve to a handful. Most of the...
View ArticleGetting their kicks in
Martial arts participants of all ages gathered at KHS to take part in the 10th annual event. The day began with demonstrations and then transitioned into forms, sparring and weapons competitions....
View ArticleFun Run
Prior to Saturday morning’s main event, The Kinston 8000: Run for the River, children, adults and even pets, took part in the one-mile Fun Run at Neuseway Park. Grinning children raced each other down...
View ArticleCapital Correspondence
For the week ending March 21 House Roll-Call Votes HB18 — Youth Skin Cancer Prevention: Prohibits persons under 18 years of age from using tanning equipment. Introduced by Rep. Mark Hollo,...
View ArticleClark: There is no need to produce an ID to vote
The right to vote. As Americans, we hold this dear. Throughout the course of our nation’s history, we have, through amendments and various court decisions, stripped away the manmade obstacles in order...
View ArticleHanks: Producing an ID to vote should be required
Take a moment and think about this: As an American citizen, what is more important to you — the ability to freely travel, to carry a firearm on your person or to select the men and women who represent...
View ArticleTuscarora gather for monument dedication
SNOW HILL — Under a gray sky, colorful flags of the Tuscarora Nation fluttered in the breeze Saturday morning at what was an otherwise unremarkable fork in the road in Greene County. Three hundred...
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