Greene Central’s Sidney Ramsey has been accepted into the Governor's School. Ramsey will go to Governor's School East, which is located at Meredith College. Governor's School is a 4-week summer residential program to prepare students for college. This program is for gifted and talented rising seniors.
South Lenoir High School Junior, Sydney McLawhorn has been accepted into Governor School West. She will be focusing on mathematics at Winston- Salem State University.
Janae Brown has been accepted into the Governor’s School and will be focusing on the area of theatre.
If you are hiring at minimum wage, you should expect minimum effort. The problem is that it has become commonplace for those who go above and beyond, often at their own expense, to be seen as the rule and not the exception.
Three North Lenoir students are headed to the Governor’s School. North Lenoir High School shared through their Facebook page that Courtney Humphrey, Austin Williams, and Dakotah Lane were accepted into the Governor’s School.
The Lenoir County Health Department (LCHD) received confirmation from the North Carolina State Laboratory that another raccoon has tested positive for rabies. The animal was located in the Wyse Fork area of Lenoir County.
Governor Roy Cooper held a roundtable discussion about the Longleaf Commitment community college grant program with education leaders and grant recipients at Central Carolina Community College.
Along with warmer weather and new growth, the arrival of spring brings new programs and services from the Neuse Regional Libraries.
We want to congratulate our Jones County 4-H’ers and their accomplishments at the NC 4-H Hippology and Horse Bowl Competition held in Raleigh on March 12th. These 4-H’ers have worked so hard since January and many plan to participate in horse judging next month too!
Kinston-Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors is currently accepting applications and resumes for the position of Executive Director.
Final briefing regarding heavy rain tonight and Thursday, as well as overnight severe weather potential. The primary risk is damaging winds, but an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out. A Slight Risk of severe weather remains for all but the Outer Banks.
On Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022, at approximately 7:30 am, officers from the Kinston Police Department were called to 225 East New Bern Rd. Kinston, N.C. in reference to a breaking and entering that had occurred overnight.
Lenoir Community College will hold a Disaster Preparedness Event from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 29 in and near the Health Sciences Building on campus.
Greene County Public Schools announced their Teacher of the Year for each school. Listed below are the winners recognized by their peers:
Kinston Housing Authority - Accounting Technician. Starting Salary: $31,574.40
Alex Lee Brann, Jr. "Poppy" took the hand of his Lord and Savior at 3:10 am Saturday, March 19th. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at 3 pm at Reedy Branch FWB, Winterville, NC. Visitation will be prior to the service from 2 pm until the funeral hour at the church.
The team from Pink Hill Elementary School finished no lower than third in 14 of the 19 events in the 2022 LCPS Elementary Science Olympiad on Friday to win its third title in the six years of the district-wide tournament.
According to the National Weather Service there is a severe weather potential tomorrow and heavy rain on Thursday.
The North Lenoir High School Drama Club Boosters present Grease at the Young H. Allen Auditorium at North Lenoir High School. The show dates are March 31, 2022 at 7:00 pm and April 1, 2022 at 7:00 pm, April 2, 2022 at 7:00pm and April 3, 2022 at 3:00pm. General admission tickets are available in advance, $10 and $6 for students, and will be $12 at the door. Please call (252) 527-9184 to purchase tickets.
This stark increase during 2020 aligns with the increases experienced nationwide with the nation exceeding 100,000 deaths. In North Carolina, the number of drug overdose deaths — from illicit substances and/or medications — increased by nearly 1,000 deaths, from 2,352 in 2019 to 3,304 in 2020.
