Top male, female runners smash course records at Run for the River
Top runners broke course records at the 8th annual Run for the River in Kinston. With a bright sun and a slight chill in the air Saturday morning, runners aged 8-72 years old took off from the...
View ArticleVermillion wins
Saturday was a night of beginnings and endings at the Grainger Hill Performing Arts Center. Hannah Vermillion began a year as the 2014 Distinguished Young Woman of Kinston-Greene County, starting a...
View ArticleLancers, Patrick Henry split double header
Lenoir Community College waited until its final opportunity but used a timely single by freshman Corey Nygard to defeat Patrick Henry Community College, 4-3, in Game 1 of Saturday’s Region X...
View ArticleShelter receives donation / Names in the news
Shelter receives donation Myron Hill is a member of the Pairs and Spares Sunday school class of Northwest Christian Church. On behalf of his class, he recently delivered supplies donated by the class...
View ArticleFilling the Frame: Tater time
Carl Moye starts his Farmall 140 tractor as he and his brother Ray Moye and Tony Montana, left, prepare to plant Irish potatoes Wednesday on N.C. 58 in Stantonsburg. The brothers rode down several...
View ArticleFarmville shop owes taxes
SNOW HILL — Greene County’s interim county manager, Richard Hicks, said the 2012 unpaid taxes of about $1,050 to the town of Farmville for Hicks Frame Shop in Farmville has been paid. The business...
View ArticleParker: A century later, we still suffer from the changes of 1913
I do not recall anyone suggesting a centennial celebration this year. In 1913, 42 states ratified the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, allowing the federal government to impose direct income...
View ArticleLCC readies for budget cuts
A siren went off in the state higher education community Wednesday. Most of the attention went to the proposal in Gov. Pat McCrory’s budget to cut $135 million from the UNC system, possibly forcing...
View ArticleKinston native returns, pens book of poetry
It was the perfect way to top a retirement homecoming for Nehemiah Dixon. He started writing poems as a 15-year-old teenager looking to move from Kinston for economic advance. Forty years later, Dixon...
View ArticleNew beginning for program’s end, Vermillion wins competition
Saturday was a night of beginnings and endings at the Grainger Hill Performing Arts Center. Hannah Vermillion began a year as the 2014 Distinguished Young Woman of Kinston-Greene County, starting a...
View ArticleMoney plays large role in indigent defense process
So you’ve been arrested. And worse, you could be facing jail time. As the officer arresting you should have said, you have a right to an attorney, and if you don’t have the money to hire one on your...
View ArticleAudio: Nick Searcy of 'Justified'
This week Bryan Hanks and Jon Dawson talk to actor Nick Searcy, star of the FX hit show 'Justified' and 'Acting School With Nick Searcy'. Searcy has also had memorable roles in films such as 'Prince...
View ArticleUpdated March 25: Mugshots of people arrested in Lenoir County
CLICK HERE to view to view a PDF document that includes photos of inmates processed at Lenoir County jail this week. To access previous entries, click on the "MUGSHOTS" tab in the crime section on...
View ArticleColumn: Local business accused of discrimination
A local gym has been accused of discrimination — and the accuser is an Olympic medal winner. “Between endorsements and speaking engagements, I’ve done well over the years,” said Matt Splitz, 63. “My...
View ArticleGreene’s budget shortfall at $350,000
SNOW HILL — A few more budget surprises, including a $700,000 budget omission and another whopping state medical bill, has Greene County’s depleted budget looking grimmer. The shortfall climbed to...
View ArticleGarner passes away in single-car accident in Jones County
A Free Press newspaper carrier died early Monday morning in a single-vehicle accident while delivering his route. Rockel Garner, 39, of Kinston was driving east on Middle Road at Wilcox Bridge in...
View ArticleLa Grange man allegedly fires gun in road rage case
NEWPORT — A Lenoir County couple faces charges in Carteret County in connection to an alleged case of road rage that led to shots fired over the weekend. The Carteret County Sheriff’s Office issued...
View ArticleLa Grange native remembered for her love of her students
HAVELOCK — Tears and laughter. Flowers and cards. They all added up as a way for Havelock High students to honor a beloved math teacher who died last week. Students created a memorial of flowers,...
View ArticleNeighbor tells of hog spills, slime, stench, illness
STANTONSBURG — Ever since a hog farm set up operations in Greene County in March 1991, the Joyner family across the road has been living with the stench and slimy waterway that wraps around their...
View ArticleKinston police make heroin bust at hotel
A simple tip led Kinston police to an enormous heroin bust. At about 4:50 p.m. Monday, officers with the Kinston Department of Public Safety conducted what KDPS Director Bill Johnson said was a “knock...
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