Oldest living Kinston fireman honored at ceremony
On April 25, the fifth annual Fire and Emergency Service Banquet was held at Kings Restaurant with approximately 75 emergency service personnel in attendance. Time was spent by retired firefighters...
View ArticleFilm favorite comes to Civic stage as musical comedy
NEW BERN — A movie classic comes to the New Bern Civic Theatre stage Friday night for the first of eight performances — “9 to 5 The Musical.” The stage version is adapted from the 20th Century Fox...
View ArticleIt’s bluegrass; it’s jazz — it’s Pianafiddle!
GOLDSBORO — Wayne Community Concerts is wrapping up its season with a “Superman” performance. Upon seeing Pianafiddle on the concert list, subscription members asked, “Is it bluegrass? Is it jazz? Is...
View ArticleColumn: 3-year-old found happy, healthy in mailbox
Last Saturday morning, I boarded a GMC Denali with Free Press Managing Editor Bryan Hanks and headed to New Jersey. Our mission: Retrieve 10 cases of CDs, a guitar, an amp, go to a Yankees game — and...
View ArticleAlpha Phi Alpha to hold banquet / Names in news
Alpha Phi Alpha to hold banquet The Nu Iota Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. will hold its 32nd Annual Scholarship Banquet at 7 p.m. Saturday at King’s Restaurant on US Highway 70...
View ArticleFair helps City of Kinston customers discover money-saving tips
Kinston City Hall hosted a money saving program on Wednesday, as the city’s Public Services department held its semi-annual Energy Fair. City residents were treated to free giveaways and refreshments...
View ArticleCouple’s 70 years of bliss interrupted only by World War II
James Bryant knows what love at first sight is. At the tender age of 16, he saw a young girl modeling the dress she made in home economics class. “You know what I’m going to do?” he asked a friend as...
View ArticleNCHSAA pairings for baseball, softball set
The N.C. High School Athletic Association on Wednesday released its pairings for this year’s baseball and softball state playoffs, and three of the eight area team who qualified will host a first...
View ArticleVikings ousted
It took nearly 100 minutes to determine a winner, and it ended in a heart-breaking defeat for Kinston High. Edenton Holmes led the Vikings in pretty much every significant offensive category: shots,...
View ArticleFINAL UPDATE (5:30 p.m.): Two die in Grifton fire
GRIFTON — Two people are dead after a Thursday morning house fire on Skeeter Pond Road. Hazel Wilkes, 75, and her husband Theodore, 81, perished in their home some time before 9 a.m. Thursday. The...
View ArticleTeen Fest set for Saturday / Names in news
Teen Fest set for Saturday Joyce Clark, executive director of the Young Women’s Outreach Center, and Brenda McLamore, YWOC community specialist, recently accepted a Teen Fest & Teen Pregnancy...
View ArticleNew Bern mayor taking two months off
NEW BERN — New Bern Mayor Lee Bettis is taking a two-month leave of absence from his city post to tend to family matters, a spokesman announced at a brief news conference Thursday in New Bern. Reading...
View ArticleGreene commissioners begin county manager interviews
SNOW HILL — Greene County commissioners interviewed the first candidate for the position of county manager on Wednesday. The interview took place in closed session at 4 p.m., following the board’s...
View ArticleGreene’s Early College students walk
David Valdez didn’t allow his obligation to maturity to stop him from crossing the stage Thursday. The Greene County Early College High School student was not only a leader on campus the past few...
View ArticleGuest Column: Children’s Village Academy will operate for full academic year...
On behalf of the Children’s Village Academy Board of Directors, staff and faculty, I would like to take this opportunity to clear up a misconception stemming from an article in The Free Press...
View ArticleLenoir Early College graduates a second class
The emotional story of Passion Waiters was one of many among this year’s Lenoir County Early College High School graduating class. Thirty-eight students earned their high school diplomas Thursday,...
View ArticleGenerators stolen from funeral home
Someone felt the need for portable power and took two generators from Swinson Funeral Home. Robert Swinson III said he believed the theft occurred around 2-4 a.m. April 27. The police report notes the...
View ArticleLancers open Region X tourney today
After a solid start to its season Lenoir Community College had a final three-week stretch to forget. Heading into the tournament the Lancers’ coach wants them to forget it all. LCC (30-18) lost nine...
View ArticleOne last chapter
AYDEN — Chris Ross has accomplished a lot in his 30 seasons of coaching baseball at Ayden-Grifton. He has a regional championship, a plethora of conference titles and is making his 28th appearance...
View ArticleAudio: Heather King and Nick Anderson
On this week's show, Bryan Hanks and Jon Dawson are joined by WITN News at Sunrise's Heather King, who recently returned to the air following maternity leave.Bryan and Jon also welcome former Kinston...
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