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Laura Fern Jones, a graduating senior at Arendell Parrott Academy, has been named one of more than 5,000 candidates in the 2023 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The candidates were selected from nearly 3.6 million students expected to graduate from U.S. high schools in the year 2023.
On 01/24/2023, the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office assisted the Greene County Sheriff’s Office with apprehending two suspects in a Greene County Fraud case. 52 year old Richard Moore and 45 year old Kimberly Matthews, both of Kinston, were taken into custody in Lenoir County by Deputies after Greene County Investigators received information about their location.
The Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the person pictured in this video surveillance still image.
On Saturday, January 21, 2023, at approximately 9:49 pm, Kinston Police Department Officers responded to A&T Vape Shop located at 4155 W. Vernon Avenue in reference to an alarm activation at the business.
With the help of the community and an investigation both subjects have been identified.
Storms will impact our western counties starting as early as 3 PM and progress eastward throughout the evening.
We are still monitoring the potential for strong to severe thunderstorms to push across Eastern NC this evening ahead of a strong cold front.
Congratulations to the following Children’s Village Academy students:
Neuse Regional Libraries are starting off the new year by providing awesome recreational adult programming for our community members. We have two monthly observances that we will celebrate in January and February, one of which is Winter Reads!
According to the Snow Hill Police Department’s Facebook Page, the department is seeking information in identifying an individual who is a person of interest in a breaking and entering investigation. Anyone with information should contact the department at 252-560-9022 or send them a message. According to the statement “Any and all tips regarding the identity of this person will remain anonymous.”
The Kinston Police Department is asking for the publics assistance regarding a larceny. on January 19, 2023, two unknown white females received goods and services from a local nail salon. Both left the establishment without paying. They were seen leaving in a black BMW.
Congratulations to the following EB Frink Middle School students:
As part of their social studies work, Kristina Jones’ fifth graders will learn about the 50 states by using their iPads to create tourism commercials. Working closer to home, Betsy Mercer’s students will use digital tools to monitor the weather in their own backyard. The entire fourth grade at La Grange Elementary will have their nose in new novels, to be read as a class and discussed.
To be named to the Dean’s list, students must be enrolled for a minimum of 12 semester hours, have achieved a grade point average from 3.25 through 3.99, are not enrolled in any class numbered below 100, and have no grade lower than a “C”.
Joseph Michael Wilson, also known as “Mike Mike,” 37, of Kinston North Carolina, was sentenced to 108 months in prison for two counts of distribution of a quantity of cocaine. Wilson pled guilty to the charges on November 15, 2022.
The intersection of U.S. 70 and Lowe's Home Improvement, Chick-fil-A, and Pinelawn Memorial Park is getting a makeover. The N.C. Department of Transportation is closing the median and building a new "reduced conflict intersection." Just be aware construction is scheduled to start today (Monday) and should be wrapped up by May.
The following restaurant inspections were conducted by the Lenoir County Health Department:
In North Carolina and nationally, emergency allotments for COVID-19 in the Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) program will end in March 2023. Households that have been receiving extra FNS benefits (called "emergency allotments") each month since March 2020 or after will see a reduction in benefits because of a federal change that ends emergency allotments for all states.
Snow Hill - Greene County’s Kids on Stage (KOS) theatre group recently participated in the 2023 Junior Theatre Festival (JTF) in Atlanta this past weekend. The group presented scenes from Disney’s Moana Jr. Kids on Stage won a Freddie G Excellence in Acting award and Alexander Suggs received a Freddie G Outstanding Individual Performance award.
