Crews find bodies of two children trapped in dirt
By MITCH WEISS Associated Press STANLEY, N.C. (AP) — Authorities on Monday recovered the bodies of two children who were buried when a wall of dirt fell on them while they were playing in a hole...
View ArticleIntruder dead after apartment break-in
(AP) - North Carolina police are investigating the shooting death of a man they say forced his way into a Charlotte apartment. Charlotte-Mecklenburg homicide investigators say the shooting early...
View ArticleFFA cooks for Hunters Assn. / Names in news
FFA cooks for Hunters Assn. The North Lenoir FFA Hunter Safety Class hosted a pork chop dinner for the Lenoir County Hunters Association March 14. The dinner was in appreciation of the members’ annual...
View ArticleKorean war vet still painting, teaching at age 80
NEW BERN — From the streets of New York City to the countryside of Korea, Norm Robins has always found the world around him to be an inspiration for his multi-media works on canvas. The Brooklyn...
View ArticleColumn: Suit worn in movie found at SPCA store
On Saturday, the SPCA Thrift Store held a yard sale. No, they didn’t sell their yard, but anything you could fit into a bag was yours for $5. There is something about thrift stores that has always...
View ArticleNeuse Riverkeeper Foundation to make job cuts
Tough economic times are forcing the Neuse Riverkeeper Foundation to cut positions and restructure its focus. Former Executive Director George Matthis worked his last day in the organization’s Raleigh...
View ArticleSnow Hill pondering camping site, historical marker
SNOW HILL — A few individuals in the town of Snow Hill have been brainstorming ideas to make the town more appealing to visitors. A couple plans were presented to the town board Monday night for its...
View ArticleJones County pre-k registration dates near
TRENTON — It’s never too early to enroll your child into a pre-kindergarten program, which Jones County’s educational community advises. The county’s registration dates fall between April 15 and 18,...
View ArticleLCC nursing students prepare for disaster
It wasn’t a complete disaster, but more of a simulation of one. Nursing students at Lenoir Community College went through Operation Sleepover on Monday, a series of live-action scenarios designed to...
View ArticleNew music park to act as hub for African American Music Trail
There’s quite an undertaking happening at the corner of South Queen and Springhill streets. For the next four-to-six weeks, workers from Lanier Construction in Snow Hill will install the basic...
View ArticleTeams take lessons learned from spring break into league play
Now that spring break and its prep baseball and softball tournaments are a thing of the past, area teams can focus on conference play from here on out. But it is lessons learned from said...
View ArticleHookerton man dies in early-morning wreck
HUGO — A collision on Airy Grove Church road left one man dead and another person hospitalized. At around 6:45 a.m. Tuesday, Michael David Jackson was traveling down Airy Grove Church Road when a...
View ArticleThomas Sowell: Can Cyprus situation happen here?
The decision of the government in Cyprus to simply take money out of people’s bank accounts there sent shock waves around the world. People far removed from that small island nation had to wonder:...
View ArticleGeorge Will: A bipartisan abdication
“President Obama has arguably established the authority of the president to intervene militarily virtually anywhere without the consent or the approval of Congress, at his own discretion and for as...
View ArticleSteve Chapman: Is privacy going to the dogs?
The New Yorker magazine once had a cartoon showing a storefront office with the company name on the window: “None of Your Damn Business Inc.” If it were publicly traded, the corporation’s stock would...
View ArticleDana Milbank: Justice Kennedy’s one-man show
WASHINGTON — Imagine how gratifying it must feel to be Anthony Kennedy. As the justice who most often serves as the swing vote on the Supreme Court, he is the target of endless sycophancy, solicitude...
View ArticleJohn Hood: McCrory's budget is good first step
RALEIGH— When Gov. Pat McCrory released his first state budget plan on the morning of March 20, I happened to be driving to Charlotte for a meeting. Perhaps it was my imagination, but at the precise...
View ArticleGuns, pot plant seized at site of N.C. pit collapse
(AP) — Authorities have confiscated a marijuana plant and firearms from a North Carolina property where a man was digging a deep hole that collapsed on two children, including his daughter. The...
View ArticleInjured Marine vet receives new home
STELLA — For injured veteran Bradley Lang, receiving the keys to a new house means he can once again be comfortable in his own home. Exactly six months after the initial groundbreaking ceremony, a...
View ArticleMom accused of DWI has first court appearance
BEAUFORT — Several restrictions have been placed on the pre-trial release of an Eastern North Carolina mom who was charged last week with driving while impaired and causing a wreck that critically...
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