Social Services: Child abuse is a growing problem
The local Department of Social Services will amplify its natural efforts to combat child abuse in Lenoir County by taking part in National Child Abuse Prevention Month. April is dedicated for the...
View ArticleGreene board ponders motor vehicle fee
SNOW HILL — The Greene County Board of Commissioners is considering imposing an additional motor vehicle tax to help make ends meet in the next fiscal year’s budget. The board also heard the latest...
View ArticleKelly: Asparagus … it’s in season!
One day it will actually start to feel like springtime, and when it does, look for fresh asparagus! This vegetable has gone from being mysterious to very popular. Now is the best time to buy it fresh....
View ArticleExtension prepares for plant sale / Names in the news
Plants are springing up everywhere at the Lenoir County Cooperative Extension Office greenhouse. Master Gardener volunteers are sowing, transplanting, watering and labeling thousands of plants for the...
View ArticleWaterkeeper Alliance founder tells why he left the hog industry
STANTONSBURG — Don Webb of Wilson County used to own 4,000 hogs in Northampton and Hertford counties. But he said he got out of the industry after he realized the polluting effect it had on his...
View ArticleMaking tatoos clean and legal
It’s his second tattoo. Barry Clark received his first ink at Tattoo Aztec on West New Bern Road, and returned Monday for his second one. “The feeling you get when you get a tattoo is almost...
View ArticlePiggly Wiggly embezzlement scheme busted
Three people allegedly made the Pig squeal. Officers with the Kinston Department of Public Safety arrested Ronald Hill, Shannon Martinez and Shonia Whitfield in a case of alleged embezzlement from the...
View ArticleRoundup: SL softball wins big again in Myrtle Beach tourney
South Lenoir’s softball team earned another dominant win in the Grand Strand Classic by defeating Fort Dorchester (S.C.), 9-1, on Tuesday at Myrtle Beach. Madison Herring, Bree Williams and Hanna...
View ArticleRocky Mount handles Greene Central
GREENVILLE — After winning by the mercy rule on Monday the last thing on Scott Jones’ mind was watching his Greene Central baseball team implode the following day. It happened anyways. Jeremy...
View ArticleKinston downs Amelia County
BETHEL — Meatloaf said it first and Kinston baseball coach Mike Ellsworth reiterated it: “Two out of three ain’t bad.” On Tuesday afternoon, the Vikings picked up their second win of the Pitt County...
View ArticleBlue Devils regroup to bounce Farmville Central
AYDEN — Solid pitching, hard hitting, aggressive base running. This was the team South Lenoir coach David Combs envisioned when he took over the program this season. The Blue Devils used all three...
View ArticleCar towed from N.C. crash scene with body inside
By MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press The body of a missing North Carolina woman was found inside her wrecked car, three days after it was ordered by a state trooper to be towed away from the crash...
View ArticleBill requires N.C. welfare, food stamp crime checks
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press Some North Carolina legislators agreed Tuesday to require county social service workers to perform criminal background checks on people seeking welfare and food...
View ArticleKinston arrest reports
The following arrests were reported by the Kinston Dept. of Public Safety: Sherease Michelle Banks, 42, 903 Chestnut St., Kinston, March 14, misdemeanor order for arrest/failure to appear - show...
View ArticleLenoir County arrest reports
The following arrests were reported by the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office: Sampson J. Heath, 41, 1007 Candlewood Drive, Kinston, March 13, misdemeanor order for arrest/child support. Bond: $1,000....
View ArticleUPDATED: Bicyclist dies after being struck in Jones County
TRENTON — The danger of riding a bicycle with dark clothes on a dim road was illuminated after Trenton’s Russell Powell died Tuesday night. Powell, 46, was headed into Trenton as he rode his bike...
View ArticlePink Hill receives hundreds of thousands more for water works
PINK HILL — A small Lenoir County town received big bucks to finish its water works rehabilitation. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Rural Development, through its Rural Utilities...
View ArticlePicks of the week
BIRDS IN HARMONY/Kinston An array of birdhouses, feeders and bird accessories is on display through Saturday at historic Harmony Hall, 109 E. King St. The Eastern North Carolina Birdhouse Show, Sale...
View ArticleGreene County scholarship winner headed to Atlanta
SNOW HILL — A local student is among 252 high school seniors selected for the 2013 Class of Coca-Cola Scholars. Kirsten Bubak, a Greene Central High School senior, will travel to Atlanta, joining the...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: ‘Hot Lunch’ and ‘Hot Tuna’
New album: Hot Lunch Artist: Hot Lunch Label: Teepee Records Rating: 4 stars out of 5 It’s a sad reality, but mainstream rock and roll is as dead as a bag of hammers. The old school bands that can...
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