Greene County is hoping to 'Strike out Cancer'
SNOW HILL — Greene County’s 15th annual Relay for Life event starts today at 5 p.m., beginning with the Torch of Hope Run at the courthouse. The event, celebrating cancer survivors and remembering...
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Taking the stage
There’s going to be a big voice bellowing from a small package tonight during the BBQ Festival on the Neuse. The Artfest Stage performance at Herritage and Blount Streets is more than just a show for...
View ArticleRetail Notebook: Little Caesars, Overland Gallery
A new Little Caesars restaurant is expecting to be tossing pizzas in the air by Wednesday. The franchise is owned by Mike Shaub and his wife Janet of Charleston, S.C., and David Myers, who also owns...
View ArticleHands to heaven
It’s said there is power in prayer — Thursday afternoon, that adage was proven correct. Prayer brought together a diverse crowd of worshipers on the steps of the Lenoir County Courthouse for National...
View ArticleRoundup: SL tops Richlands, clinches second in EC2A
Madison Herring went 2-for-3 and had a bases-clearing triple to help South Lenoir to a 4-2 win over Richlands on Thursday and clinch second place in the East Central 2A Conference. Hanna Meready and...
View ArticleCoples to move to linebacker next season
Quinton Coples is on the move. Various media outlets, including ESPN New York and CBS.com, reported on Wednesday the former Kinston and UNC standout and current New York Jets lineman will move from...
View ArticleHistoric season
Kinston’s girls soccer team has lived the motto, “It’s not how you start but how you finish.” The Vikings began the season not-so-hot, only to end it with a share of the first conference title in...
View ArticleAudio: Tyrone Morgan and Reece Gardner
On this week's show Bryan Hanks and Jon Dawson talk to La Grange Citizen of the Year Tyrone Morgan and local broadcasting legend Reece Gardner. Bryan and Jon also discuss recent developments in the...
View ArticleLenoir County arrest reports
The following arrests were reported by the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office: Kurtis Roy Graham, 22, 268 Gardenia St., Kinston, April 3, misdemeanor indecent exposure. Bond: None. Arresting officer: T....
View ArticleKinston arrest reports
The following arrests were reported by the Kinston Dept. of Public Safety: Mercedes Qudanial Gray, 24, 210 E. Washington St., La Grange, April 9, misdemeanor all traffic, misdemeanor all other....
View ArticleGreene County arrest reports
The following arrests were reported by the Greene County Sheriff's Office: Marqice Daquan Grant, 20, 76 Brook Place, La Grange, April 8, misdemeanor trespassing. Bond: $1,000. Arresting officer:...
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View ArticleN.C. teen with guns at school gets scholarship
(AP) -- A lawyer for Johnston County schools says a teen who said he left two unloaded shotguns in his car at school will be allowed to graduate. Eighteen-year-old David Cole Withrow was arrested...
View ArticleN.C. teen upset picture with son cut from yearbook
(AP) -- A Randolph County teen says school officials pulled a picture of her and her son from the high school yearbook after telling her it promoted teen pregnancy. Seventeen-year-old Kaitlin...
View ArticleMan identified in SUV theft is arrested
A man wanted for stealing an SUV was arrested Thursday night after his photo was recognized by a tipster. The arrest came almost exactly a year after he committed a felony that landed him on...
View ArticleDWI wreck allegedly involved APA athletes
They took it to the limit, then passed it. State Trooper Jackie Rogers said Arendell Parrott Academy student-athletes Nate Staskelunas and Andrew Davenport, both 18-years-old, were traveling at about...
View ArticleOtis Gardner: Disinterest in how I look is double-edged sword
I’m likely the worst suitcase packer in the world but am lucky be married to one of the best. Ann does all of the logistical planning and the packing for our vacations because, if left up to me, we’d...
View ArticleRelay Recess at Banks Elementary
Students at Banks Elementary School took part in the second annual “Relay Recess” to raise money for the Lenoir County Relay for Life. The event was dedicated to Pat Register, who has lung cancer; his...
View Article2013 BBQ Festival on the Neuse filling up downtown
Today’s BBQ Festival on the Neuse schedule 7:30 a.m.: Bicycle Fitness Ride for Scholarship, registration, 9.5-mile or 22.5-mile ride 8 a.m.: Hog Happenin’, on-site barbecue judging; Emcee Martha...
View ArticleMinister's Column: Caring enough to give a prayer
There has been renewed interest in recent days concerning the topic of prayer. Current events such as the tragic bombing in Boston and our nation’s 62nd annual observance of the National Day of Prayer...
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