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On October 17, 2025, the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office Street Crimes and Rapid Response Team (SCARR) conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle traveling into Lenoir County along NC-58 North near Taylor Heath Road. During the stop, deputies developed probable cause to search the vehicle.
Lenoir County’s Sigma Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma recognized outstanding beginning teachers in their third year of teaching in October with the Buzzing Bee BT Award.
A newly proposed congressional map from North Carolina’s Republican-led General Assembly could change how voters in Greene, Lenoir, and Jones counties are represented in Washington, D.C., as lawmakers prepare to consider the redistricting plan next week.
Early voting for North Carolina’s 2025 municipal elections begins Thursday, Oct. 16, giving residents of Lenoir and Greene counties the opportunity to cast their ballots ahead of Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 4.
Lenoir County Emergency Services is getting ready to hit the airwaves with a new community podcast designed to educate residents about what happens behind the scenes when emergencies strike.
In case you missed it, on Wednesday night October 1st, of the Lenoir County Fair Kelly Tyndall, Family and Consumer Science Agent for the Lenoir County Center of NC Cooperative Extension conducted the Casserole Cook-off.
Lenoir County commissioners on Monday approved a contract for outside financial consulting, welcomed a new EMS operations manager, and heard plans for a county podcast aimed at demystifying emergency services.
A section of John Heath Road (SR 1122) south of Kinston will be closed to traffic beginning Monday, Oct. 13, for a pipe replacement project, according to the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
I’m writing on behalf of the citizens of La Grange and Lenoir County regarding the continued delay of NCDOT’s planned resurfacing of DOT-maintained streets within the Town.
On October 2, 2025, Detectives with the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit concluded an investigation into methamphetamine distribution in Lenoir County.
On September 30, 2025, Detectives with the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office General Investigations Division (GID) initiated an investigation following a complaint involving inappropriate behavior by an individual.
For more than a decade, sales tax dollars intended to support Lenoir County’s volunteer fire departments were miscalculated. The mistake is confirmed. The scope of the error is not. Was it five dollars? Fifty thousand? Five million? At this point, county officials and fire chiefs agree: no one knows.
Campbell Price, a South Lenoir senior, was named Distinguished Young Woman of Lenoir County 2026 on Saturday evening. She is the daughter of Neal and Jill Price and plans to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The Distinguished Young Women of Lenoir County program proudly presents Rachel Noble, Distinguished Young Woman of Lenoir County for 2025, and Lilli Daughety, Distinguished Young Woman of Kinston in its annual program which will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, September 20, 2025 in the Performing Arts Center on the campus of Kinston High School.
The Friends of the CSS Neuse Museum, in partnership with Visit Kinston, proudly announces Lenoir County Remembers: End of WWII Commemoration Event 80th Anniversary, a two-day celebration honoring the courage, sacrifice, and legacy of those who served during World War II.
Two Lenoir County residents have been arrested and charged with animal cruelty after multiple animals were found dead and in emaciated conditions on their properties.
Richard Caswell of Kinston was appointed Colonel and commander of the New Bern District Minutemen in September 1775, which included the Dobbs County militia. This made him a key military leader for the Dobbs County area at the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
Kinston City Council and Lenoir County commissioners have both approved the Tax Incentive for Downtown Enhancement (TIDE) program, their first joint initiative through the new City–County Joint Working Committee.
The following building permits were issued in Lenoir County:
The Lenoir County Farmers Market, located at 100 N. Herritage Street, will be open Tuesday and Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
