Zebulon, N.C. – After a 15-run performance last night, the Down East Wood Ducks split their doubleheader with the Carolina Mudcats, Wednesday night. The Wood Ducks picked up where they left off last night, with a 12-4 win in game one but were completely shut down in game two, falling 9-1.
The City of Kinston must pay $850,000 toward a $1,850,000 settlement to Howard Dudley who was indicted in 1992 on charges of first-degree sexual offense and taking indecent liberties with a minor. He was convicted after a two-day trial. The $850,000 settlement has been paid out of the General Fund. According to the FY 2021-2022 City of Kinston budget, one penny on the tax rate equates to $136,350 in the General Fund. The City of Kinston raised property taxes by $0.04 per $100 of valuation in the 2021/2022 budget.
LENOIR COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT POSITION VACANCY
Position: Social Worker II, Regular, Full-Time,
Position #5110-24-033
Hiring Salary Range: $31,234 - $47,526
Today, Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy K. Cohen, M.D. shared updated public health guidance for K-12 schools to follow in the upcoming school year.
At the City Council meeting on July 20, 2021, the council voted 3-1 to transfer eight properties from the City of Kinston to Kinston Teens, a youth-led nonprofit organization. City Councilmember Sammy Aiken disputed Councilmember Kristal Suggs’ ability to vote as she is the Kinston Teens Chairperson. “I have consulted with Councilwoman Suggs with her roles with the Kinston Teens and whether it was appropriate for her to be excused from voting. In my opinion, she is obligated to vote,” said City Attorney James P. Cauley, III.
The Down East Wood Ducks opened their series with a convincing win over the Carolina Mudcats, 15-7 Tuesday night. Down East slugged their way to a 15-run effort on 16 hits for their fourth win in their last five games.
Across North Carolina, college students are helping out local governments and nonprofits thanks to a program started by Governor Roy Cooper’s administration to provide extra support as the state works to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
In its effort to provide all with access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is partnering with Piedmont Triad Regional Council Area Agency on Aging (PTRC AAA) to provide free COVID-19 vaccinations to people with limited mobility who cannot leave their home. This new initiative expands PTRC AAA’s successful local at-home vaccination program to communities across the state.
SALARY RANGE: $46,367 - $68,832
DESCRIPTION OF WORK: Performs support to the users of the computerized environment including the planning, research, and development and troubleshooting of the network. Troubleshooting includes hardware and software problems related to a variety of platforms and systems in the County. Maintenance, on-site training, and other assistance for the efficient operation of the information system includes future and existing systems.
SALARY RANGE: $36,222 - $53,772
DESCRIPTION OF WORK: Performs technical work and consulting to users in the coordination and design of applications, networks, hardware systems; also performs special functions in data base coordination.
With the release this past Friday of the results of the Maricopa, Arizona, election audit, voting irregularities amounting to hundreds of thousands of votes were uncovered, casting further doubts on the legitimacy of the 2020 Election.
ENTRY LEVEL SALARY: $43,056
DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The primary purpose of this position is to provide LINKS services to adolescents aged 13 to 21, who are or were in Foster Care, to become connected with the resources they need to help assure that they will have a well-connected, self-sufficient life.
The North Carolina Global TransPark, county commissioners from three counties, civic leaders and business leaders met at Lenoir Community College Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing Center Tuesday to announce a partnership to include Greene, Lenoir, and Wayne counties. The partnership is designed to create a regional approach to economic development in the hopes to attract and retain businesses in eastern North Carolina.
Benjamin Gerald “Jerry” Smith, 72, passed away on Thursday, July 15, 2021. A gathering to honor and remember Jerry’s life will be held privately by the family at a later date
Eight local high schools will compete at the second annual Lenoir Community College high school volleyball tournament in memory of Jessica Ramsey. Games will start at 9 a.m. August 14 on the Coach Bobby Dawson Court in the LCC Student Center.
In mid-May, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) started the Emergency Broadband Benefit program - a monthly discount for struggling families to access broadband services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Over 50 music fans filled Gordon Street Christian Church sanctuary this past Sunday for the summer “Pipes on Parade” concert. Church organist Weil Sawyer literally “pulled out the stops” in performing a variety of classical, patriotic, and popular music. He was joined on several numbers by guest artists Elizabeth Wynne on violin, Bryant Lee Cox on cello, and soprano Elizabeth Waser.
Thanks to a six-run second inning, the Down East Wood Ducks defeated the Delmarva Shorebirds, 6-3 Sunday afternoon. Keithron Moss led the way with his third triple in two games and three RBI, earning the Suddenlink Player of the Game.
A couple of intersections in Lenoir and Beaufort counties will undergo safety improvements early next week, weather permitting.
On Saturday, August 7, the CSS Neuse Interpretative Center will host its third annual dinner theater focusing on female spies during the Civil War. This program, which begins with dinner, features the inspiring and tragic story of Rose O’Neal Greenhow.
