The statewide primary is Tuesday, May 17, 2022. During this election, voters can choose which candidates they prefer to be on the general election ballot in November. The candidate filing period ended at 12:00 pm on March 4, 2022.
Procession for La Grange Town Council member and former Fire Chief David "Pumper" Holmes
Procession for La Grange Town Council member and former Fire Chief David "Pumper" Holmes.
Lenoir Community College-Jones County Campus announces Barber Program
Lenoir Community College-Jones County Campus Barber Program is now open. Start date for this class will be 21 March @9am. Classes will be held everyday Monday-Friday from 9am-6pm.
Woodington back on track with Battle of the Books win
A team of readers from Woodington Middle School won four of its six head-to-head matchups with teams from LCPS’s three other middle schools to earn another first-place finish in the district’s annual Middle School Battle of the Books.
Wood Ducks Individual Tickets On Sale March 15
Amid the current lockout between Major League Baseball owners and the Major League Players Association, the Down East Wood Ducks today confirmed that their 2022 season will begin on time as scheduled on April 12 at Grainger Stadium, regardless of the status of the Major League labor dispute. Tickets are now for sale.
Update: Shooting/Murder Investigation
On Monday, February 28th, 2022, members of the Kinston Police Department filed a Juvenile Petition on a 17 year old Kinston resident for the involvement in the murder of Michael Mills and shooting of two others on January 26th, 2022
Greene County Operations Center ribbon cutting ceremony
Greene County held a the Grand Opening and ribbon cutting of the newly renovated Greene County Operations Center at 312 SE Second Street, Snow Hill, NC, on March 2, 2022.
Panel of LCPS grads who charted their own course looks at HBCUs
To the life-defining questions of which college and what career add one about the advantage – or not – of attending a college whose culture and ethnic composition more closely match the fact that you’re an African American high school student.
LCC student named semifinalist for prestigious Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship
Lenoir Community College student Mackenzie Rouse has been selected as a semifinalist for the prestigious Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.
Obituary: Kenneth “Yankee” Fisher
A Celebration of Life will be held at 6:00 p.m. Friday, March 4, 2022 at Garner Funeral Home. Visitation will be held following the funeral service.
Kinston Police Department need publics help in another unsolved - open murder investigation
If anyone has information about this open murder investigation, please call the Kinston Police Department’s Tips Line at 252-939-4020 or Lenoir County Crime Stoppers at 252-523-4444.
KPD asks for assistance in unsolved - open murder investigation
If anyone has information about this open murder investigation, please call the Kinston Police Department’s Tips Line at 252-939-4020 or Lenoir County Crime Stoppers at 252-523-4444.
Restrooms at Pearson Park are underway
Downtown Kinston Revitalization, formerly Pride of Kinston, posted the following on their Facebook Page. “How exciting! Restrooms at Pearson Park are underway! Thanks to our Woodmen Lodge 46 for making this possible!”
The N.C. Department of Revenue Opens 2022 Tax Season
The North Carolina Department of Revenue officially opened the 2022 tax season and began accepting and downloading 2021 individual income tax returns. Taxpayers who file state returns electronically will receive acknowledgements.
LCPS Teacher of the Year finalists discovered desire to help early on
They were teachers long before they began their teaching careers, and that fact may help explain why the three of them are finalists for the title of LCPS Teacher of the Year for 2022-2023.
17 educators chosen as their school's Teacher of the Year
Congratulations to the 17 educators chosen as their school's Teacher of the Year. We got them together Thursday for a group photograph and will honor them formally at the district's Employee Recognition Banquet in April.
Help wanted: Guilford Performance Textiles by Lear - Multiple positions
Help wanted: Guilford Performance Textiles by Lear - Multiple positions
Reece Gardner: That's love
I want to talk today about the importance of sharing time with others, but first I want to comment about what is happening in Ukraine and Formosa and how lives are being torn apart every day
La Grange Town Council member, former Fire Chief, passes away
La Grange Fire Department announced on their social media page they lost a fine man and friend in David Holmes. Holmes was a retired La Grange Fire Chief, an active La Grange Captain and an active La Grange Town Council member.
KPD makes arrest in 2015 murder case
On Tuesday, March 1, 2022, members of the Kinston Police Department along with the U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force arrested Marquis Jaquan Bizzell, 28, of Kinston N.C. for 1st Degree Murder for his involvement in the 2015 murder of Timothy Nobles. Bizzell has been jailed without bond.