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Nate Staskelunas is used to having the smallest letters on the back of his football jersey. With a last name 11 letters long, it may be difficult to read from the Carter-Finley Stadium seats...
View ArticleHagan backs same-sex marriage rights
By EMERY P. DALESIO Associated Press North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan said Wednesday she backs marriage rights for same-sex couples, joining a growing number of Democratic Party politicians ahead...
View ArticleN.C. GOP lawmakers seek to scale back early voting
by The Associated Press Some Republicans are trying again to curb early voting in North Carolina. GOP House and Senate members filed legislation this week to scale back the current 2 1/2- week...
View ArticleRestaurant ratings
The following restaurant inspection results were provided by the Lenoir County Health Department: Bojangles 7858 U.S. 70 W., La Grange Score: 97.5 Inspection date: 2/8 Observations: Pan of...
View Article'Justified' star Nick Searcy talks Chris Rock, Barbara Streisand
On this week's episode of The Free Press Radio Show, Bryan Hanks and Jon Dawson talk to Nick Searcy, star of the award-winning FX show 'Justified'. Along with his current role of Art Mullen on...
View ArticleMinister's Column: How to live with both Good Friday and Easter
Many people tomorrow will celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, for it is Easter Day. It will be a day for rejoicing. It will be a day when you reflect not only on the event 2,000 years ago, but...
View ArticleRelay team plans shopping fundraiser / Names in the news
Relay team plans shopping fundraiser The Field Controls 2013 Relay for Life team is planning a Shop for Life event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 11 at the Woodmen Community Center. Each ticket purchased...
View ArticleOtis Gardner: The Democrats are starving to death in Congress
I was shocked to learn hunger invaded the halls of Congress, but truth be told that might help explain some of what goes on in those halls. I asked Google about the subject and it turns out starvation...
View ArticleLCC-Jones County opens new Technical Trades Center
TRENTON — A crowd of more than 100 gathered at the new Technical Trades Center at the Lenoir Community College Jones County Center last week to attend the ribbon cutting and celebration of the new...
View ArticleEmmy-winning costumer joins local film effort
NEW BERN — Emmy-winning costumer Amy Andrews-Harrell has both a love of history and local ties to bring into a period movie about New Bern’s pioneer photographer, Bayard Wootten. The Richmond, Va....
View ArticleEaster tournaments begin today
Over the next several days area baseball and softball teams will put aside their races for a conference championship to try and win one tournament style. Five area baseball teams will open their...
View ArticleHog fecal bacteria levels exceed limits in Stantonsburg waterway
STANTONSBURG — Don Webb, a former hog farmer and founder of the Waterkeeper Alliance in 1992, said he saw pink sludge in a Stantonsburg waterway the morning of March 15 when he was driving down Sand...
View Article‘Birds in Harmony’
The Lenoir County Historical Association is sponsoring its second ‘Birds in Harmony’ event at Harmony Hall until next Sunday. An array of birdhouses, feeders and bird accessories is on display in the...
View ArticleLawson – Poag
Mr. and Mrs. W. Anthony Lawson Jr. of Kinston announce the engagement of their daughter, Lori Eliazbeth Lawson of Greensboro, to Hezekiah Poag III, also of Greensboro, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hezekiah...
View ArticleHamilton – Bass
Mitch and Bobbi Hamilton of Kinston announce the engagement of their daughter, Kristin Elliott Hamilton, to James Harold Bass, son of Addison Bass of Wilkesboro and Roseann Bass of Washington. A June...
View ArticleRouse – Jarman
Betty and David Padgett of Beulaville and Russell Rouse of Seven Springs announce the engagement of their daughter, Candice Nicole Rouse of Beulaville, to Cody Zane Jarman, son of Angeli and Allen...
View ArticlePridgen – Davis
Albert E. Pridgen and Tina L. Pridgen of Kinston announce the engagement of their daughter, Shanice Valentina Pridgen of Raleigh, to Alvin Gregory Davis, also of Raleigh, son of Alvin Davis of Kinston...
View ArticleGarriss – Maroules
Mike and Rose Garriss of La Grange announce the engagement of their daughter, Leslie Anne Garriss, to Louis Matthew Maroules, son of Chris Maroules of New Bern, and Carl and Louise Edwards of Morehead...
View ArticleLee – Price
Reginald H. Lee of Kinston and Kathryne Grady announce the engagement of their daughter, Sandra Michele Lee of Raleigh, to Larry Lamont Price, son of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Price Sr., also of Raleigh. An...
View ArticleBirth
Ciara Marie Thigpen announces the birth of a daughter, Kayla Louise Thigpen, on Jan. 22, 2013, at Lenoir Memorial Hospital in Kinston. Maternal grandparents are Bonnie Whitfield and David Whitfield...
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