Clean-up Day on the way
The Festival on the Neuse attracts thousands of spectators to Kinston each year. Before they arrive on May 1, the Pride of Kinston and local group Kinston Promise Neighborhood will host volunteers for...
View ArticleExplosion at Greene’s animal shelter injures officer
SNOW HILL — An incinerator explosion at the Greene County Animal Shelter has left the only animal control officer in the county injured and not able to work for an unknown amount of time. The...
View ArticleLenoir 3rd, Jones 1st in state AIDS diagnosis rate
People may lie, but numbers don’t. Eastern North Carolina AIDS rates top the state, with Jones County at No. 1 and Lenoir County at No. 3. Greene County comes in tied at No. 9 with Nash County. The...
View ArticlePart 2: Greene commissioners surprised by shortfall
SNOW HILL — Greene County’s last audit was not the first time its commissioners and county manager had heard the reserved funds were being siphoned away. For two years prior, the county’s auditor, Jay...
View ArticleKinston man charged with murder
La GRANGE — A Kinston man allegedly shot his brother to death Saturday morning after a fight broke out. The suspect, Benjamin Thomas, was found walking down a road at the Lenoir-Wayne County border,...
View ArticleNew store heralds reinvestment push
You could call it an oasis. In low-income neighborhoods, there can be a “retail desert.” Meaning, because area residents don’t have a lot of disposable income, retailers don’t feel it’s a good move to...
View ArticleGreene County arrest reports
The following arrests were reported by the Greene County Sheriff's Office: Michael Antonio Thompson, 39, 21 Brook Place, La Grange, Feb. 15, felony trafficking in cocaine, felony possession of...
View ArticleDistrict court decisions
The following decisions were reached in Lenoir County district court in April, 2013. The presiding judge was the Hon. Brian DeSoto. Matters may be resolved as the result of a guilty plea or...
View ArticleAutopsy: NC inmate died after swallowing objects
(AP) -- An autopsy says a North Carolina inmate cited dozens of times for trying to hurt himself died because his intestines became blocked. The state medical examiner's office reports that...
View ArticleAbortion bills could drive wedge in N.C. GOP
(AP) -- Abortion-rights advocates and political observers say a series of measures in the North Carolina General Assembly adding new restrictions for the procedure could set up the first test of...
View ArticleUpdated April 23: Mugshots of people arrested in Lenoir County
CLICK HERE to view to view a PDF document that includes photos of inmates processed at Lenoir County jail this week. To access previous entries, click on the "MUGSHOTS" tab in the crime section on...
View ArticleGunmen rob Kinston restaurant
According to an incident report obtained from the Kinston Dept. of Public Safety, two armed gunmen made off with $1,150 cash and a cell phone during a Sunday night robbery at Taco Bell on 1806 W....
View ArticleTwo-vehicle accident on U.S. 258 North slows traffic
Two people went to the hospital following a wreck Monday on U.S. 258 North that slowed traffic in both directions for the better part of an hour. Troopers with the N.C. Highway Patrol were not...
View ArticleTaco Bell workers robbed at gunpoint
Two thieves may want to make a literal run for the border. Kinston police believe two black men of undetermined age committed an armed robbery Sunday at the Taco Bell on West Vernon Avenue, making off...
View ArticleAckerson murder case split
The couple accused of murdering Kinston resident Laura Ackerson are being tried separately, again. Monday, Wake County Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens split the cases of Grant Ruffin Hayes III...
View ArticleColumn: Deer ticks, felonies all part of birthday celebration
I never thought I’d live to see it, but Tax Deduction No. 2 turned 3 on Monday. I arrived at TD 2’s preschool a few minutes early, so I peeped around the door to see how she acted away from her...
View ArticlePart 3: Responsibility of Greene’s budget woes started at the top
SNOW HILL — Commissioners Bennie Heath and Denny Garner said it’s time to stop pointing fingers of blame about Greene County’s financial dilemma. But many of the residents have wanted to know since...
View ArticleSearch continues for family of Purple Heart recipient
Nearly 70 years after Clyde Ballenger’s ship sank in the North Atlantic, a Wilmington mother stumbled across his Purple Heart while spring cleaning her home. When Sylvia Jabaley found the iconic gold...
View ArticleChandelier restoration under way / Names in news
Chandelier restoration under way Harold Dale of Kinston was on hand over the weekend to watch the beginning of a process to restore the chandeliers in the Grainger Hill Performing Arts Center. Dale's...
View ArticleStepping up big
Tyler Antwine is having a blast at Bethel Christian Academy, and the Trojans baseball team is having a blast with him. Antwine, a senior, transferred to the private school from North Lenoir...
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