Kristy Bock: The Social Agenda

The weaponization of fear has become the new normal, with both sides of a hidden war embracing a deadly virus as their flag. The left, the right, the conservatives, the progressives, QAnon and Antifa all have more in common than dissension.

NC Medicaid Direct Care workers to receive one-time bonus in recognition of their work and ongoing efforts during COVID-19 pandemic

he recently adopted North Carolina state budget includes funds to give a one-time bonus to eligible home- and community-based direct care workers and support staff who provide services to Medicaid and NC Health Choice beneficiaries. The budget also includes a provision to implement a home- and community-based direct care worker wage increase for eligible employees who provide services to Medicaid and NC Health Choice beneficiaries.

Kinston Police: Updated Murder Investigation (Arrest Made) - 2015

On Thursday, January 13th, 2022, Investigators with the Kinston Police Department received information related to the murder of Timothy Nobles that occurred on May 31st, 2015. Subsequently, Investigators with the Kinston Police Department were able to obtain an arrest warrant on Marquez Outlaw, 32, of Kinston for his involvement in the homicide. Outlaw was arrested on Friday January 14th, 2022, without incident and charged with murder. He was placed in the Lenoir County Detention Center under no bond.