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Hurricanes are the most important stories you'll ever have in Kinston, not just because of their scope, but because people's lives are literally depending on the information you provide. By the time you decide in New Bern that maybe you ought to send a reporter up there, it will be too late.
Congratulations to the following Children’s Village Academy students.
The following businesses were registered with the North Carolina Secretary of State:
According to Dr. Michael Parker, Extension Horticulture Specialist, with NC State University and NC Cooperative Extension, North Carolina harvests over 1,200 acres of peaches each year, resulting in nearly $7 million dollars in annual sales. Who knew?
The following is a list of people who have passed away in Lenoir County:
Rolling Thunder®, Inc. Chapter NC 5 from neighboring Jacksonville will be rolling into the city of Kinston on Saturday, June 10th to commemorate Flag Day. Hosted by SALUTE-GI JOES, the members of Rolling Thunder® Chapter NC 5 will hold a flag raising ceremony at the “Walk of Honor Memorial” in Kinston’s Tiffany Park at 12 noon.
Help wanted: Lenoir County Department of Social Services - Social Work Supervisor III - CPS. SALARY RANGE: $52,907 - $74,756
Rural Development State Director Reginald Speight is celebrating a family’s milestone of the American Dream of homeownership when they cut a ribbon and are welcomed into their home on June 5, 2023 at 10 a.m.
A major celebration broke out in a Kinston convenience store after Aurelia Heiple, a Kinston resident, discovered she was the winner of a $216,817 Cash 5 jackpot.
The member-funded SECU Foundation is providing $10,000 four-year college scholarships to three local graduating high school seniors for study at one of the 16 universities that is part of the University of North Carolina System. Scholarship recipients are:
Christopher Shawn Tyndall, 38, of Pink Hill, was found unresponsive in the jail and was transported to UNC Lenoir Health Care, where he later passed away.
On Sunday, the woman, Tammy Arnita Manning, was discovered unresponsive in her vehicle on Tick Bite Road in Grifton. When LCSO patrol units on A-Shift responded to the suspicious vehicle complaint, medical personnel were providing care to her.
The exams and EOC’s were finished, and it was time to celebrate the many accomplishments of Greene Early College students. It would be a day to be remembered as family and friends and the entire GEC student body gathered at New Direction Church, May 19 for the annual awards day to applaud and cheer for each other.
A man was arrested late last week by Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office patrol units on multiple drug charges.
A-Squad was conducting a checkpoint on Airport Rd. During the checkpoint, officers encountered Robert Etheridge (49) of Fayetteville, NC. During the encounter officers conducted a probable cause search. The search lead to discovery of marijuana, Psilocybin Mushrooms, THC vape pens, THC wax and US currency.
A passionate advocate, Heather Clark, tragically lost her son Nate in a trucking accident. Inspired by her personal tragedy, she fervently champions an organization's cause, determined to prevent other families from enduring the preventable heartache she experienced.
Kinston native and award-winning film director Resita Cox and her team return to Princeville this summer to host their second Freedom Hill Youth Media Camp- a 4-week documentary production program connecting NC students to Princeville's Black history through conducting interviews, learning oral history skills, exploring archives and learning the basics of documentary filmmaking culminating in a short participatory documentary about Princeville’s annual Homecoming Celebration.
The following land transfers were filed with the Lenoir County Register of Deeds:
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