Lenoir Community College is greenlighting in support of veterans throughout the month of November. Greenlight A Vet is a campaign to establish visible national support for our veterans by changing one light to green
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Veterans Day Parade at the North Carolina State Veteran’s Home in Kinston
A Veterans Day Parade was held at the North Carolina State Veteran’s Home in Kinston. Residents were lined up around the building along with staff as members of the community celebrated the holiday. The parade included engine 22 from the Kinston Fire Department, the American Legion, Mooves Dance Studio and Salute.
Dontrez Styles signs National Letter of Intent with UNC Chapel Hill
Dontrez Styles, a 6’7 Kinston High School basketball player signed his National Letter of Intent with UNC at Chapel Hill.
“Days like today have to be celebrated,” said Perry Tyndall, the boys basketball coach at Kinston High School. “It’s a fulfillment of a dream, of a goal for Dontrez.”
Lenoir County Sheriff's Office closed starting tomorrow due to an exposure to COVID-19
The Lenoir County Sheriff’s Administrative Offices will be closed to the public starting tomorrow until Friday November 20th due to a COVID Exposure.
Localized flash flooding possible through Friday morning
From the National Weather Service:
Deep tropical moisture from distant Tropical Storm Eta is forecast to interact with a slow moving cold front late tonight and tomorrow, resulting in widespread showers and a few thunderstorms.
Heavy downpours are possible and could lead to localized flash flooding. The most likely period for flooding is Thursday, but heavier rainfall will begin late tonight.
A widespread 2 to 4 inches of rain is forecast, but as much as 4 to 6 inches is possible closer to the coast.
Lenoir County Absconders
An Absconder is defined in the Division of Community Corrections (DCC) policy as “an offender who is actively avoiding supervision by making his/her whereabouts unknown to the supervising officer.” Statewide, there are about 12,000 probationers who have absconded probation – about 10% of all supervised probationers.
North Carolina lowers indoor gathering limit to 10 to slow spread of COVID-19
RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper announced today that North Carolina’s indoor mass gathering limit will be lowered to 10 people in an effort to drive down North Carolina’s key COVID-19 metrics. Executive Order 176 will go into effect on Friday, November 13 and will be in place through Friday, December 4.
Business Brief: Local dentist, Dr. Wiley (Ren) Edwards, Jr., announces the opening of Edwards Dentures and Implants
Dr. Wiley (Ren) Edwards, Jr. is proud to announce the official opening of Edwards Dentures and Implants at 107 E. Vernon Ave., Kinston, NC 28501 on Monday, November 16, 2020. Dr. Ren Edwards hopes to carry on the family legacy started by his grandfather, Dr. George L. Edwards, who founded Affordable Dentures in Kinston in 1975. The legacy continued with his aunt, Dr. Robin Edwards, who owned the Affordable Dentures practice in Kinston until her retirement earlier this year.
Lenoir County announces three more Covid-19 related deaths
The Lenoir County Health Department is reporting the 44th, 45th and 46th deaths in the county of residents who had tested positive for COVID-19. All three patients were older than 65 with underlying health conditions. To protect the families’ privacy, no further information will be released.
Also included are the latest statistics from the Lenoir County Health Department.
NCDHHS Releases new guidance for Thanksgiving celebrations, Black Friday shopping
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released new guidance for Thanksgiving celebrations and Black Friday shopping to help North Carolinians gauge the risks, protect their friends and loved ones, and slow the spread of COVID-19.
Texas Rangers hold baseball camp at LCC
The Elite Camp schedule includes 75 minutes of advanced instruction with both morning and afternoon sessions, two hours at hitting stations in the morning and the afternoon. There are eight stations for advanced hitting drills. Students will have extensive coaching with pitching machine batting practice.
Habitat for Humanity of Goldsboro-Wayne to build one new home with a disaster-impacted family
In partnership with NC Office of State budget & Management, Habitat for Humanity of Goldsboro-Wayne will build one new home with a recent disaster-impacted family. Interested parties must currently live or work in Lenoir, Greene, or Jones counties and were impacted by Hurricane Matthew, Florence, Michael, or Dorian with a verifiable FEMA number or verifiable attestation of impact.
Farmer's market update for November 7, 2020
Market Hours: Tuesday - 8am-2pm and Saturday - 8am - 2pm
Vendors for Saturday: Rodney Jarman, The Seasoned Sister, TC Smith Produce, and TJ Designs
How to know your vote counted in North Carolina
North Carolina elections officials wish to remind Election Day voters that it may take a few weeks before their “voter history” is updated to reflect their recent vote in their voter record available through the State Board of Elections’ Voter Search tool. The State Board of Elections and county boards of elections are inundated with questions from voters about whether their ballot was counted in the 2020 general election. In almost every single case, the answer will be yes.
Letter to the editor: Nancy Gilmore - Thank you, Lenoir County
From Nancy Gilmore, Write-in Candidate for Lenoir County Board of Education:
Thank you Lenoir County! I was overwhelmed with the response to the Write-In candidate campaign for Board of Education. Knowing that being a Write-In would be an uphill battle, I spent the 91 days (yes, that’s how long I had from filing for office until Election Day) in overdrive to get my name out. For a first time candidate, this was quite an undertaking and many would have never attempted it because of the obvious difficulty. But as I have always told my students, you never know if you don’t try!
Lenoir County marriages
The following marriages were verified by the Lenoir County Register of Deeds:
New Lenoir County corporations
The following businesses were registered with the North Carolina Secretary of State:
Unofficial winners for Lenoir County
Lenoir County Board of Commissioners (At Large): Chad (CJ) Rouse (R) and Linda Rouse Sutton (D)
Lenoir County Board of Commissioners District 3: June Cummings (D)
Lenoir County Board of Education: Bruce E. Hill (D), Merwyn K. Smith (D)
NC State House District 12: Chris Humphrey (R)
NC State Senate District 7: Jim Perry (R)
NC District Judge District 8 Seat 6: Annette W. Turik (R)
Unofficial winners for Greene County
NC Senate, District 5: Don Davis (D)
NC House, District 10: John Bell (R)
NC District Court Judge, District 8, Seat 6: Annette Turik
Greene County Board of Education: Joey Rackley (R) and Brandon Johnson (R)
Greene County Board of Commissioners, District 2: Derek Burress (R)
Greene County Board of Commissioners, District 1: Buddy Shackleford (D)
Unofficial winners for Jones County
Jones County Board of Education: Billy Griffin (R), Schumata Brown (R)
NC District Court Judge District 4 Seat 5: Robert H. Gilmore (R)
NC State Senate District 6: Michael A. Lazzara (R)
NC State House District 13: Patricia (Pat) McElraft (R)