Roundup: Blue Devils, Rams earn baseball wins
Wyatt Janning pitched 3 2/3 innings of scoreless, hitless relief and Garrett Holland went 3-for-4 as South Lenoir’s baseball team knocked off league-leading Topsail 5-4 at home on Tuesday. Grant...
View ArticleBeaman, Parrott handle St. David’s
When the going got tough, Parrott Academy right-hander Pierce Beaman simply made a better pitch than the one before. Some hustle and stellar defensive play behind him didn’t hurt either. Beaman...
View ArticleTopsail downs South Lenoir in extra innings
DEEP RUN — Tuesday’s East Central 2A Conference softball showdown between league leader Topsail and second place South Lenoir lived up to the hype. It just didn’t end the way the Blue Devils had...
View ArticlePaving the way
Lenoir Community College’s baseball team is on a roll, and three local products are at the center of its success. Sophomores Trent Murray and Kyle Smith, and freshman Chastin Radford are helping...
View ArticleN.C. auto insurance overhaul proposal defeated
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press Legislation to overhaul North Carolina's automobile insurance system was rejected Tuesday by a House committee after Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin and...
View ArticleDWI arrests
The following driving while impaired arrests were reported by the N.C. Highway Patrol: 04/04, Benjamin Clay Smith, 5249 Live Oak Hog Co., Pink Hill, 39, refused test. Arresting trooper: R.B. Kirk...
View ArticleSailor served in Pacific theater in WWII
SWANSBORO — As the “Greatest Generation” grows older, with most in their mid to late 80s, fewer veterans are alive to tell their story. Even for those who still are, some memories are too hazy to...
View ArticleLCSO restructuring to allow officers to have more patrol time
Call it, “Your fee dollars at work.” In one of his early changes in charge, Lenoir County Sheriff Chris Hill proposed and received permission to split the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office Support...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: The Flaming Lips and Miles Davis
New album: The Terror Artist: The Flaming Lips Label: Lovely Sorts of Death/Warner Bros. Rating: 4 stars out of 5 As its title suggests, The Flaming Lips’ latest album “The Terror” is not a...
View ArticleColumn: Media should be slapped with shovels over Boston coverage
On Monday, I had an important conversation with The Wife and Tax Deduction No. 1. We talked about dandelions — or more specifically — the gamma ray-laden strain that are currently overrunning my yard...
View ArticleECU’s ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ offers family enchantment
GREENVILLE — The Family Fare series will present ECU Storybook Theatre’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Friday night in Wright Auditorium on the university campus. The performance brings to life Roald Dahl’s...
View ArticleNew exhibits to open at arts center
Three new exhibitors will have works on display beginning today at the Community Council for the Arts. Jeremy Sams of Archdale will display his paintings in the Hampton Gallery, and Tim Lazure and...
View ArticleLCC paints funding picture for commissioners
The Lenoir Community College Board of Trustees and Lenoir County commissioners revisited an annual funding conversation. The two groups met earlier this week to discuss the college’s allocated budget...
View ArticleKinston to Broadway
The curtain will rise Friday on Lenoir Community College’s 16th annual Broadway and Beyond, and Producer/Director Carolyn Crossland says to expect plenty of surprises. Crossland, who chairs the...
View ArticleKinston’s Special Olympics basketball squad wins 3-on-3 state title
On the same day Kinston High School basketball teams won boys’ and girls’ state championships in March, another Kinston hoop club won the city’s first title. Yes, there were three basketball state...
View ArticleFlyin’ high
When “The Wizard of Oz” opens tonight at North Lenoir High School, it will incorporate some glorifications and expansions from its first opening 50 performances ago at the high school. Marian Kennedy,...
View ArticleFirefighters plan reunion / Names in news
Firefighters plan reunion Kinston Retired Firefighters are hosting the Area Firefighters Reunion Banquet April 25 in the King’s Restaurant Banquet Room on 405 E. New Bern Road. All area firefighters,...
View Article43rd annual Shad Festival to honor Station 43
GRIFTON — The 43rd annual Shad Festival is honoring station No. 43’s Grifton Volunteer Fire Department and Grifton EMS. The Grifton Fire Department will hold an extrication demonstration at 3 p.m. at...
View ArticleFifteen believed dead after Texas plant explosion
Associated Press Rescue workers searched rubble that witnesses compared to a warzone early Thursday for survivors of a fertilizer plant explosion in a small Texas town that killed as many as 15 people...
View ArticleLCC paints funding picture for commissioners
The Lenoir Community College Board of Trustees and Lenoir County commissioners revisited an annual funding conversation. The two groups met earlier this week to discuss the college’s allocated...
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