Column: Kinston ranks third in worst driving cities in America
The American Auto Club has released its annual “Worst Cities to Drive In” report — and Kinston made the top five. “We take every city in the nation and divide them into regions, and Kinston came in...
View ArticleKinston man allegedly retaliates, shoots at car
A local man allegedly wanted to get back at his child’s mother after she swore out a warrant against him. Shortly after 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, a green Dodge Durango carrying the primary victim, three...
View ArticleBobby McFerrin to perform at Wright Auditorium
GREENVILLE — ECU and the S. Rudolph Alexander Performing Arts Series will host Bobby McFerrin at 8 p.m. April 9 in Wright Auditorium on campus. To some, McFerrin will always be the guy who sang “Don’t...
View ArticleWeapons stash land teens in jail
Two Kinston teens went behind bars on multiple gun charges. A report of shots fired near the 200 block of West Highland Avenue led officers with the Kinston Department of Public Safety to a house on...
View ArticleIt takes two
Two artists who are respected and sought after as individual performers are blending their talents in the fourth concert of the Wayne Community Concerts 2012-13 season. Lauren Kennedy and Alan...
View ArticleBicycle safety in Kinston requires rider and driver awareness
Bicycle safety isn’t just about wearing a helmet and reflective lights — it’s about being alert. Raymond Dawson of Kinston recalled a morning when he was riding his Huffy down Queen Street and a truck...
View ArticleBeginning to look like spring / Names in the news
Beginning to look like spring The calendar says spring is here, but temperatures are telling a different story. A Mockingbird took advantage of clear blue skies and red blossoms to warms its feathers...
View ArticleHicks, White headline AP all-state basketball teams
RALEIGH — Oxford Webb’s Isaiah Hicks and Charlotte Providence Day’s Jatarie White headline the 2012-13 Associated Press all-state prep basketball teams for North Carolina. Hicks, a North Carolina...
View ArticleA-G claims Ray Avery crown
AYDEN — Ayden-Grifton gave its longtime coach something to remember for the road. Mike Stancil went the distance and Connor Bowen’s pinch-hit two-run double in the fifth helped open things up as the...
View ArticleMcCrory offers plan to privatize N.C. Medicaid risk
By EMERY P. DALESIO Associated Press Gov. Pat McCrory's administration wants to privatize North Carolina's $13 billion Medicaid program to hold down the spiraling costs of delivering health care...
View ArticleKinston arrest reports
Demario Dontrez Washington, 20, 1407 Ferrell Road, Kinston, March 20, misdemeanor order for arrest/failure to appear/breaking/entering, misdemeanor order for arrest/failure to appear/trespassing,...
View ArticleThursday’s power outage affected about 11,400
An early morning outage occurred Thursday, knocking out power in areas of Lenoir, Greene and Wayne counties. For approximately two hours in the early morning hours of Thursday, about 11,400 customers...
View ArticleVeterans officially welcomed to new home
The State Veterans Home in Kinston admitted its first resident on March 27. Since then, three more veterans have moved into the $13 million, 100-bed facility. The Secretary of Administration, Bill...
View ArticleFlag donated to baseball field / Names in the news
Flag donated to baseball field John Walters, a field representative with Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society, recently presented an American flag to Kenny Sutton, coach of the Bethel Christian...
View ArticleVanceboro boy’s wish granted
VANCEBORO — Justin Coombs will realize a dream Sunday as he sits ringside at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., watching his favorite wrestler, John Cena, vs. The Rock in “the rematch of...
View ArticleCouple indicted for tax evasion
RICHLANDS — A Richlands man who declared he is not subject to federal government rule, along with his wife who teaches at an Onslow County public school, has been charged with tax evasion. Robert W....
View ArticleWoman charged with DWI in wreck that injured four children
CAPE CARTERET — An area mother has been charged with driving while impaired following a Wednesday night wreck that injured her four children, two critically, police said. Tonya Gillikin, 28, of...
View ArticleRetail notebook: H. Stadiem shirts merge declining textiles with endangered...
Textile plants, like so many other United States industries, are nearly non-existent in the South, where it once was a booming industry. So these days, clothing has to state “Made in America” for...
View ArticleVeterans get warm welcome at new State Veterans Home
John Narron will be enjoying his coconut birthday cake in his brand new home this year. The retired lieutenant colonel of the U.S. Air Force turns 85 today and will celebrate it with his family at a...
View ArticleMany sweepstakes parlors work around state law
Banned in 2010. Ban reaffirmed by the N.C. Supreme Court in 2012. And still in business. Despite the best efforts of state legislators and Supreme Court justices, many sweepstakes parlors are rolling...
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