Hanks: Shopping locally is more important than you think
You’ve got that friend — heck, it might even be you — that whines about everything. “When’s it ever going to get warm?” “Oh! It’s too hot outside!” “This country is too liberal. It’s going to hell!”...
View ArticlePink Hill turns out for rose festival
PINK HILL — A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but a rose festival without roses would be an odd thing, indeed. At the Pink Hill Rose Festival, Corazon Ngo, a doctor at Duplin General...
View ArticleDeputies catch alleged gunman in attempted murder
The long arm of the law reaches to Snow Hill. Thursday, Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office deputies caught a man in Greene County who they say has been on the run since allegedly shooting another man in...
View ArticleSecond shooting at homicide location
The second shooting in less than 12 hours happened near the scene of a Friday homicide. Around 1:25 a.m. Saturday, an attempted armed robbery escalated and one of two suspects shot a man in the neck....
View ArticlePolice on lookout for evasive suspects
There’s not a “Kinston’s Five Most Wanted.” But there are five particular people the Kinston police want to place in custody. As it stands, the Kinston Department of Public Safety doesn’t have the...
View ArticleAll-Free Press girls basketball teams
First Team DEMEYIA ADAMS | South Lenoir | F, 5-9, Jr. Demeyia Adams blossomed as a junior to nearly average a double-double and help South Lenoir to one of its best seasons in recent memory. Adams...
View ArticleAll-Free Press boys basketball teams
First Team ISHMAEL BALDWIN | South Lenoir | F, 6-6, Sr. Ishmael Baldwin bounced back as a senior after academic troubles kept him from playing the year before to help lead the Blue Devils to a top...
View ArticleQuinerly named area girls coach of the year
Like a skilled and seasoned captain undaunted by adversity, Hubert Quinerly expertly guided his team through previously uncharted waters this past season. Not only did Quinerly steer the Kinston...
View ArticleTyndall named area boys coach of the year
It was a potential recipe for disaster — a first-year head coach succeeding a legend at a program accustomed to success and expecting nothing less. No problem, or at least it seemed that way for...
View ArticleSilent assassin
Monique Lofton can flat shoot the basketball. Just ask the 27 teams that Kinston defeated on its way to the title. The small senior guard led the Vikings in scoring at 13.1 points per game and shot...
View ArticleComplete package
Josh Dawson didn’t lead his team in scoring, didn’t provide highlight-reel dunks and didn’t wow Division I scouts. But what he did do was make all of those things happen. All told, Dawson was the...
View ArticleSpring Fever fundraiser set for Tuesday / Names in news
Spring Fever fundraiser set for Tuesday Members of First Presbyterian Church are getting ready for the Spring Fever fundraising event set for 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday in the church fellowship hall, 2101 N....
View ArticleENC native up for CNN award
Commentary about the 2012 presidential election has garnered a CNN’s iReport Award nomination for a Jacksonville High School graduate. Elizabeth Lauten, 30, a media consultant in Alexandria, Va., won...
View ArticleFilling the Frame: Springtime at the lighthouse
A combination of light and dark clouds sets in over a lighthouse near N.C. 11 in Pink Hill. Rain showers left pools of pollen and water puddles along streets, reflecting clouds and signs of spring.
View ArticleParker: And they’re off: 'The Hunt' for peace and quiet
On Easter Sunday, we sponsored an Easter egg hunt for our grandkids at Chateau Parker. For the first time since Thanksmas (aka Thanksgiving), all 11 of our grandchildren came together for a united...
View ArticleAPA's Sides turns prep golf career into scholarship offer from HPU
It’s not everyday an 18-year-old can leave both standout sport and academic careers pleated in the school hallways before turning a new leaf — or, putt, in the case of Jack Sides. The Arendell...
View ArticleRegistration for Jones County’s first 5K underway
TRENTON — Jones Middle School’s inaugural 5K run has brought the community together long before Saturday’s event date. Various community agencies have pitched in and runners from as far as Winterville...
View ArticleKinston police acquire electric wheels
If you see it, rest assured it’s not an illusion — that really is a police officer riding what appears to be a three-wheeled scooter. Thanks to a grant from the federal government, the Kinston...
View ArticleBig changes could be coming to the state lottery
Opponents of the state lottery went after it with a cleaver. But legislators appeared to be the ones hacked off last week. The state House of Representatives, in a bill backed by Republicans but with...
View ArticleFire on Railfence Drive
A call of a structure fire went out shortly after 10:20 a.m. The house at 1327 Railfence Drive looked better on the outside than it did on the inside as smoke billowed from under the roof and filled...
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