Roundup: NL falls to Eastern Wayne in EC3A finale
North Lenoir’s last regular season baseball game as a member of the Eastern Carolina 3A Conference ended in defeat. Caleb Baird homered for the Hawks’ only run as they fell 3-1 to Eastern Wayne at...
View ArticleCountry music legend George Jones has died
(AP) — George Jones, the peerless, hard-living country singer who recorded dozens of hits about good times and regrets and peaked with the heartbreaking classic "He Stopped Loving Her Today," has...
View ArticleDistrict court decisions
Morris Arthur, driving while impaired, pleaded guilty, sentenced to 60 days in the Lenoir County jail, suspended to 12 months supervised probation. Roy Lee Barrett, driving while impaired - level...
View ArticleMan wanted in Lenoir, Jones for break-ins arrested in New Bern
A 20-year-old Kinston man wanted in Lenoir County and Jones County for breaking into residences was arrested in New Bern Thursday. Cleo Majette Jr., 184 Gulick Drive, was arrested by the New Bern...
View ArticleChurch to install pastor
Helen Cox Locust, co-pastor of River of Life Christian Center, is attending a conference Thursday through today at the Potter House in Dallas, Texas. Under Dr. T.D. Jakes, Potter House pastor, the...
View ArticleMinister's column: Thankfulness is suggested remedy for worry
At 1:07 p.m. Tuesday, someone hacked into the Associated Press’ twitter account and posted a note that the White House had been hit by two bombs. The news media almost immediately discerned that this...
View ArticleMoseley-Bright DAR welcomes Boy Scouts / Names in news
Moseley-Bright DAR welcomes Boy Scouts Members of Boy Scout Troop 41 presented the program for the February DAR Moseley-Bright Chapter meeting. They conducted a flag retirement ceremony, officially...
View ArticleSloan-Edwards
Andrea Maready Sloan of Chinquapin and Dennis Clayton Edwards of Kinston were united in marriage at 4 p.m. March 16, 2013, at Piney Grove PFWB Church in Beulaville. The Rev. Warren Daniel Moss and the...
View ArticleBarteaux – Barrow
Bob and Karen Foss of Kinston announce the engagement of their daughter, Rachel Janae Barteaux, to Corey Lee Barrow, also of Kinston, son of Bill “Booboo” and Patti Barrow, and Tammy and David...
View ArticleCouple celebrates golden anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Woody Sutton Sr. of Wyse Fork celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary April 13, 2013, at Southwood Memorial Christian Church. A dinner in their honor was given by their family. The...
View ArticleAKA crowns Cotillion queen
Dymond Mumford, daughter of Melvin and Jada Mumford and Ericho and Tammikka Little, was crowned queen of the 2013 Cotillion Ball sponsored by the Zeta Omicron Omega Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha...
View ArticleDAR announces essay winners / Names in news
DAR announces essay winners The Moseley-Bright Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, honored the 2012-2013 winners of the American History Essay Contest at their February...
View ArticleOrganic farmers seek to educate, sell products to community
LA GRANGE — An alternative to conventional pest control? Farm kitties. That’s what Daniel Sutton said of his family’s three cats at Nature’s Touch farm. The black, orange and gray-striped cats are...
View ArticleOtis Gardner: Spitting as a cultural charm
Many years ago, I wrote a column about spitting and my inability to learn how with any degree of accuracy and finesse. At the time I wanted to replace cigarettes with chewing tobacco, a choice between...
View ArticleRoundup: Rams handle Farmville Central in extra innings
Austin Batchelor went 4-for-5 and Chandler Barrow drove in three runs as Greene Central’s baseball team knocked off host Farmville Central 8-4 in eight innings on Friday. Austin Mooring went 3-for-4...
View ArticleBCA fights off Wilmington Christian, earns top playoff spot
It didn’t take long for Bethel Christian Academy to make some needed adjustments. A day after dropping a one-run decision to Friendship Christian School in Raleigh — a game the Trojans lost despite...
View ArticleHall of a coach
LA GRANGE — Jim Montague has given his life to baseball. Today, the sport he’s loved for so long is giving back. Montague, who has been the head baseball coach at North Lenoir since 1991, will be...
View ArticleAnderson leaving Kinston for Virginia
Nick Anderson doesn’t believe in coincidences. He believes everything happens for a reason. That’s why it was so hard to pass up the next chapter of his life — and even harder to say goodbye to...
View ArticleKinston jetport tower staying open
It’s debatable as to which is the real news — the new law saving air traffic control jobs across the country, or Congress passing that law in less than a week. Either way, both happened, and now the...
View ArticleClark: Some problems with the world of sports
I frequently gripe and moan about politics and government in this space, but this week I figured I would turn the dark side on the world of sport. I love sports. Always have and — undoubtedly — always...
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