Mower causes two-car crash into residence on U.S. 258
A truck in the house, an SUV in the flower bed. According to State Trooper M.S. Turner, a man driving a mower merged into a lane containing a white GMC Yukon, forcing the SUV off the road. That led to...
View ArticleMinister's Column: Christianity is practical formula for life
Many people today fail to see the practicality of Christianity. The basis of Christianity is faith in the person of Jesus Christ. Faith in Jesus is what puts us in touch with God. Jesus said in Saint...
View ArticleHistory curator addresses Rotarians / Names in news
History curator addresses Rotarians Andrew Duppstadt, assistant curator of education for Historic Sites in Eastern North Carolina, recently spoke to the Kinston Evening Rotary Club about the moving...
View ArticleJCCDC adds Young Marine program
TRENTON — The Jones County Community Development Corporation’s recent annual prayer breakfast is one of many things the organization offers. It began 15 years ago by a dedicated citizen, Roy Fogle....
View ArticleOtis Gardner: Checking in from our Italian vacation
Whew! I typed that exclamation sitting on our cabin’s balcony overlooking the port facilities of Livorno, Italy. Ann and I are doing a European cruise thing we’ve been planning for most of the past...
View ArticleLenoir County holds Special Olympics at South Lenoir
It was all fun and games, then the cow arrived. During the 50-meter dash competitions at the Lenoir County Special Olympics spring games, the Chick-fil-A cow ambled onto the track at South Lenoir High...
View ArticleRoundup: SL’s season ends at North Brunswick
Jacob Shumate went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and three pitchers combined to toss a two-hitter as host North Brunswick defeated South Lenoir 13-0 in five innings in the opening round of the NCHSAA...
View ArticleLancers fall in Game 1
MOREHEAD CITY — Lenoir Community College came into Friday’s Region X Division II tournament opener in a bit of a rut, a loser of nine of its last 12 regular season games, largely due to an anemic...
View ArticleVandalia Christian ends BCA’s title bid
Someone will win a state championship Saturday at Bethel Christian Academy, but it won’t be the Trojans. Vandalia Christian School, the No. 1 team in the western bracket of the NCCSA state 2A...
View ArticleBlue Devils power past Scorpions
DEEP RUN — For three innings Friday it looked as if the NCHSAA state 2A softball playoff opener between South Lenoir and North Brunswick was going down to the wire. The Blue Devils made sure it...
View ArticleRams eliminated
SNOW HILL — Greene Central thought it had caught a break when Wendell Corinth Holders ace right-hander Jake Lewis couldn’t pitch in the teams’ 2A state playoff opener Friday night. The second-seeded...
View ArticleLCC graduate battled through vision impairment
After enduring a rare health condition that obstructed her vision, the finish line has never been clearer for Lenoir Community College student Kristen Polito. During what was supposed to be her final...
View ArticleKoonce-Koonce
Virginia B. Koonce and Lee Vi Koonce Jr. of Kinston were united in marriage at 2 p.m. May 11, 2013, at Greater St. Peter Church Ministries in Kinston. The Rev. Moses O. Pitt officiated the ceremony....
View ArticleMarriner – Grady
Sandra Marriner of Goldsboro and Chuck Marriner of Beaufort announce the engagement of their daughter, Brandy Leigh Marriner of Goldsboro, to Christopher Bryce Grady, son of Hiram and LaRue Grady, all...
View ArticleBirths
Croom-Foye MarQuise M. Croom of Kinston and son, J’uanit Foye, announce the birth of a son and brother, Jaiceon Cortez Croom-Foye, on April 23, 2013, at Lenoir Memorial Hospital in Kinston. Maternal...
View Article1990 LPN class has reunion
The 1990 Licensed Practical Nursing Class of Lenoir Community College held a reunion May 3. Eight classmates attended the event held at the Kinstonian Restaurant. Attending were Linda Dean, Roxanna...
View ArticleLeague honors fellow artist
"Spring," by Coleman Dance, will be on display all of May at the Community Council for the Arts, 400 N. Queen St., honoring Dance as the Lenoir County Artist League’s featured Artist of the Month for...
View ArticleJazz Ensemble to perform Tuesday / Names in news
Jazz Ensemble to perform Tuesday Bob Jeffcott, a widely known trumpeter from Kinston, is a regular performer at the North Carolina Jazz Festival, including this year’s 33rd annual event held in...
View ArticleCapital Correspondence for week ending May 9, 2013
House Roll-Call Votes HB9 — House Speaker and Pro Tem Term Limits: Amends the North Carolina Constitution to limit the terms of the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro...
View ArticleRing City Rollers at The Wreck Room
An all-female flat track roller derby league has settled into the Wreck Room in downtown Kinston. The Ring City Roller Girls, made up of 15 women throughout Eastern North Carolina, held their first...
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