The intersection of HC Turner Road and Old Pink Road will be converted into an all-way stop tomorrow. Crews are expected to be finished with the work by the afternoon, weather permitting.
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BBQ Fest and WRNS announce kick-off concert headliner, Niko Moon
Niko Moon is a country singer signed to Sony Music Nashville/RCA Nashville. Moon’s hits include “Good Time” which has more than 46,000,000 impressions online and all his songs can be heard on WRNS, including “No Sad Songs” and “Paradise to Me”. Moon has also written songs for Dierks Bentley, Zac Brown Band, Rascal Flatts, and Morgan Wallen.
Lenoir County man wins $1 million playing Powerball
Matthew Muston of Kinston took a chance on a Powerball ticket in Wednesday’s drawing and won a $1 million prize.
Margaret Williams joins list of celebrity dealers for LCC Casino Night
The Lenoir Community College Foundation is happy to welcome Vice President Market Executive of Union Bank, Margaret Williams, as a Casino Night Celebrity Dealer this year.
Greene County votes to move mask optional effective February 15, 2022
Greene County Board of Education met this morning to discuss Covid-19 protocols. They voted to move mask optional for students and staff effective February 15, 2022.
Parrott Academy begins on campus mask-optional policy
In a recent email to parents, Arendell Parrott Academy announced plans to make adjustments to COVID-19 policies effective Monday, February 14, 2022. Those plans include mask-optional for students, staff, visitors, and sporting events, and continuing to require masks on buses and vans in compliance with federal law.
New Lenoir County corporations
The following businesses were registered with the North Carolina Secretary of State:
NCDHHS updates StrongSchoolsNC toolkit; Recommends students be excluded from school only when sick or test positive
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced updates have been made to the StrongSchoolsNC Public Health Toolkit focusing on strategies that are most effective at this stage of the pandemic, like vaccines, boosters, testing and masking, and no longer recommending individual contact tracing in K-12 schools
Mike Parker: Be sure to put the Gallery Reception and Exhibition on your calendar
On Thursday, Feb. 24, the Community Council for the Arts is kicking off its first exhibition with a celebration of Black History Month. A Gallery Reception will begin at 5 p.m. and go until 7 p.m. in the Kenneth & Kristi Blizzard Gallery.
LCC Casino Night Feb. 25
Leon Steele, Executive Director of Pride of Kinston Downtown Revitalization, returns as a celebrity dealer at Lenoir Community College Foundation Casino Night.
Governor Cooper announces over $335 million distributed to more than 3,900 child care centers through child care sabilization grants
Governor Roy Cooper visited and toured Fundamentals Child Development Center in Goldsboro where he provided an update on the North Carolina Child Care Stabilization Grants and encouraged all eligible child care centers to apply for funding.
Lenoir County land transfers
The following land transfers were filed with the Lenoir County Register of Deeds:
FEMA ambulance strike team to assist Lenoir County EMS with call volume
Effective immediately Lenoir County residents may see different ambulances responding to their calls. Lenoir County Emergency Services (LCES) announced on Saturday, February 5th that a FEMA ambulance strike team will provide much-needed relief to their staff. “Our EMS call volume is increasing,” said LCES Director Murry Stroud. “Lenoir County EMS answered 12,416 calls for service in 2021, as compared to 11,085 in 2020, and 10,861 in 2019. Increasing system demand can be attributed, at least in part, to the COVID pandemic.”
LCC leaders attend Community College National Legislative Summit
Lenoir Community College leaders and North Carolina State University doctoral students met with Congressman Greg Murphy while attending the Community College National Legislative Summit in Washington, DC to thank him for his continued support of community colleges.
Four big prizes, including $1 million, won in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing
Wednesday’s Powerball drawing produced four big wins in North Carolina including two prizes of $50,000, one $100,000 prize, and a fourth prize of $1 million.
More than 120 college scholarships now open for applications across North Carolina
More than 120 college scholarships administered by the North Carolina Community Foundation (NCCF) are now open for applications from students across the state, representing more than $1.5 million in available scholarship funds.
Rabid raccoon found in Lenoir County
The Lenoir County Health Department (LCHD) has received confirmation from the North Carolina State Laboratory that another raccoon in the county has tested positive for rabies.
Lenoir County Emergency Services update
Lenoir County Emergency Services are working/have worked three events this afternoon:
North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore urges governor: End student masking policies
North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore sent a letter to Governor Roy Cooper asking to end the policies that have disrupted classrooms and hindered student achievement and repeal the guidelines that force healthy kids to stay home and effectively mandate masks in schools, as most governors across the country finally do the same.
Former Lenoir County resident arrested for murder in Tennessee
The Unicoi County Sheriff’s Office arrested former Lenoir County resident Tyler Lee Owens, 29, on Monday. He was charged with second-degree murder, tampering with evidence, abuse of a corpse, evading arrest, among other charges. The victim’s name has not been released at this time. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is helping the sheriff’s office with the investigation.