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Can you identify this person? The Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office is investigating fraudulent activity of a bank account; investigators would like to speak to the person in this photo that was taken from an automatic teller machine in Lenoir County on March 20. If you have information about the identity of this person, please contact the LCSO Investigations Division at 252-559-6140 or Lenoir County Crime Stoppers at 252-523-4444.
It was the perfect day for Rotary Club of Kinston to celebrate over 100 years of Rotary. This gazebo was donated by Rotary to our community to enjoy. The weather and fellowship was a perfect combination for this milestone.
A man driving a pickup truck ran into the back of a La Grange Elementary School bus and is being transported to a Greenville hospital for medical attention. The accident occurred at Hardison's Crossroads at the intersection of Pauls Path Road and Ben Dail Road.
On Wednesday, May 24th,2023, at 2328 hrs officers responded to the 400 blk of N Davis St. in regard to a shooting. Upon arrival officers located Franklin Antonio Bowden II deceased from apparent gunshot wounds.
The public is hereby advised that per G.S. 159-12, the City Manager has submitted the proposed budget for the City of Kinston for FY 2023-2024 to the Mayor and the City Council. A copy of the proposed budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, is on file in the office of the City Clerk, the Public Library, and on the City of Kinston's website, www.ci.kinston.nc.us.
The Arts are growing in Kinston and all you need to do is look around to see it…on walls, streets, fences... big and small. You can hear it in the music echoing through town on any given weekend evening and the aroma of delicious foods wafting in the breeze at outdoor eateries.
On Tuesday, Brandon Corey, House of Ink-Kinston owner and Downtown Kinston Revitalization Board member teamed up with Liz and Chuck Hengst, the Mockingbird Books property owner to improve the appearance of the Mockingbird property.
Kinston held its first Harts for Hope campaign, hosted by Marsha Heath. The one-mile walk was held at Contentnea-Savannah K-8 School and raised just under $20,000 to support those going through gynecological cancers.
The long-awaited moment finally arrived May 19: five years, 925 school days and 5125 instructional hours (for some four years, 740 school days, and 4100 instruction hours) later. The 2023 class had weathered hurricane Florence and endured a historic global pandemic.
Fifty-year-old Fernando Montell Hicks, the owner of Beary Smokey Smokehouse, was arrested on May 2, 2023, on felony charges of animal cruelty in Pitt County with a court date on July 12, 2023. Hicks, who stands at 6'01" and weighs 350 lbs, is currently in a pretrial status. He was given a $10,000 secured bond.
A slow moving, developing low pressure system offshore, is forecast to come ashore into South Carolina Saturday or Sunday. This low will bring widespread showers/possible thunderstorms and strong northeasterly winds to eastern NC beginning Thursday night and continuing into the Memorial Day weekend.
Many of us fondly remember the days when Main Street was bustling with a vibrant, localized economy. Small businesses flourished, creating jobs and driving growth that directly supported our communities.
Beginning at 8:00 AM Wednesday, May 24th, the intersection of W. Blount St & N. Herritage St will be closed to all traffic for utility repairs.
The City of Kinston has been informed of the sale of the Down East Wood Ducks baseball operations to Diamond Baseball Holdings. We are excited about this new relationship and wish DBH much success in Kinston.
UPDATE: The Spartanburg Post and Courier is reporting that the Down East Wood Ducks will move to South Carolina as early as the 2025 season.
Snow Hill Primary gives out a weekly award called "Terrific Kid" awards. Each teacher at SHP chooses a student who has been responsible, shows great character, or has reached a personal goal. On Fridays, these students are presented with an award and are congratulated for their hard work. Below are Snow Hill Primary's last two Terrific Kid Awards!
A kitten found itself trapped beneath a grade covering the Arts Council’s basement windows Monday Morning. The Neuse News team tried to coax the kitten out but had no success. Assistance arrived from Kinston Police Department's Animal Control Officer Danny Daughtey and Sergeant Sam McLawhorn, who, alongside another Good Samaritan, managed to lift the hefty grate and free the kitten. The officers took the kitten to the Lenoir County SPCA, for potential adoption.
Are you a teen? Are you looking for summer job opportunities? I can help. I’m an 8th-grade student at E.B. Frink Middle School and I’m thinking about jobs for the first time because I feel it will be good for me to have some high school work experience. I’m here to give advice to teens in Lenoir County looking for summer job opportunities.
Neuse News is celebrating its fifth-year anniversary! To celebrate this important milestone, Neuse News will be hosting a Sponsor & Subscriber Appreciation Social at Mother Earth Tap Room.
The La Grange Public Library, a member of Neuse Regional Libraries, has been selected as one of 240 libraries to participate in Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities, an American Library Association (ALA) initiative that provides community engagement and accessibility resources to small and rural libraries to help them better serve people with disabilities.
