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After winning in extra innings last night, the Down East Wood Ducks struggled at the plate as they fell to the Charleston RiverDogs 8-2 Wednesday night. Charleston plated six early runs and never looked back. Luisangel Acuña homered for the second night in-a-row to earn the Suddenlink Player of the Game.
The Craven County Sheriff’s Office, Duplin County Sheriff’s Office, Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office, and the Drug Enforcement administration (DEA) investigated the case and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Dena J. King and Scott A. Lemmon prosecuted the case.
House Majority Leader John Bell’s “pragmatic and nature-based solutions” to statewide flood and storm preparedness earned him “Legislator of the Year” recognition on Sept. 11 at North Carolina Wildlife Federation’s 57th Annual Governor’s Conservation Achievement Awards.
Needing extra innings, the Down East Wood Ducks walked off the Charleston RiverDogs 7-5 Tuesday night in ten innings. Luisangel Acuña blasted a grand slam (11) to give Down East the walk off win and earn him the Suddenlink Player of the Game.
With more than a year before mid-term elections, the Lenoir County Sheriff’s race is already heating up. Jackie Rogers announced his candidacy for Lenoir County Sheriff via a press release and posts on Facebook Monday evening. Neuse News reached out to Sheriff Ronnie T. Ingram and confirmed his intent to run in the 2022 mid-term election.
In 2018 Ingram ran unopposed, therefore the November 1, 2022 general election will present the community with a competitive race.
At the Kinston Community Center Sheriff Ronnie Ingram and the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office presented life saving Bleeding Control kits to 19 public and private schools in Lenoir County.
To better support and promote Literacy and Education throughout Kinston and Lenoir County, The UPS Store collected donations year-round, with 100% of the proceeds supporting childhood literacy efforts throughout our community. They are proud to announce that this year, The UPS Store in Kinston will be donating nearly $1,000 worth of books to the Neuse Regional Library Book Mobile.
Senator Jim Perry, (R- Lenoir) Majority Whip of the NC Senate, has been appointed by Senate Leader Phil Berger to serve on the North Carolina Military Affairs Commission (NC MAC).
Public health officials with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services are urging North Carolinians to protect themselves, their families and those around them by getting vaccinated against Influenza as the state enters flu season while experiencing a surge of COVID-19 caused by the Delta variant.
Lions Industries for the Blind of Kinston is hosting a food drive at historic Grainger Stadium on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, outside the main gate of the stadium between 6:00 pm and 7:15 pm. The event is to raise awareness on diabetes as well as to give to the local non-profits for food as hunger is a focus for the organization.
The Lenoir County Board of Education met for their monthly meeting to discuss the mask mandate as well as other line items on their agenda. Members of the public included parents, grandparents, and frontline workers who shared their opinions on what types of COVID-19 precautions or lack there, they would like the board to address.
On July 6, Kristy Bock wrote a story about Northeast Elementary School here in Kinston. Northeast is one of 15 North Carolina schools awarded a solar educational package valued at $42,000. The package includes donated SunPower solar modules, a STEM curriculum, and teacher training.
North Carolina Drug Treatment Courts include Family Drug Treatment Court and Adult Drug Treatment Court. Family Drug Treatment Court works with people who are in danger of losing custody of their children due to abuse or neglect charges. Adult Drug Treatment Court works to help ensure offenders who are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol receive treatment to become healthy, law-abiding community members.
The following land transfers were filed with the Lenoir County Register of Deeds:
Greene County has resolved a number of finance and bookkeeping issues, and is seizing the initiative to improve its situation even further, prompting the Local Government Commission (LGC) to remove the county from a state list of government entities battling financial and governance challenges.
LCC is proud of each of these students for their accomplishments and their decision to attend LCC for Engineering. The National Science Foundation and ECU’s Department of Engineering are helping to provide Lenoir, Jones, and Greene County students with the opportunity to further their education in Engineering through these funds, which will ultimately benefit our community through developing a skilled workforce.
Donald Ingram, father of NBA All-Star Brandon Ingram and director of the Ingram Family Foundation, offered advice and his personal assistance to the students of Lenoir County Learning Academy during a motivational talk last week.
The Lenoir County Health Department is currently providing an additional dose of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine to those who are moderately to severely immunocompromised; for example, people who have had an organ transplant or who are undergoing treatment for cancer.
