Greene Lamp Community Action Agency serves to notify you of the intent to apply for funding from the Office of Economic Opportunity and NC Department of Health and Human Services to operate the Community Services Block Grant Program for FY 2024-2025 in Lenoir County, NC.
The following is a list of couples who have recently gotten married in Lenoir County:
The holiday season is fast approaching, and Lenoir Community College is gearing up to bring a dose of holiday cheer to the community with its upcoming production of Irving Berlin's White Christmas The Musical for two evenings and four matinees in December.
Snow Hill Primary gives out a weekly award called "Terrific Kid" awards. Each teacher at SHP chooses a student who has been responsible, shows great character, or has reached a personal goal. On Fridays, these students are presented with an award and are congratulated for their hard work. Below are Snow Hill Primary's last Terrific Kid Awards!
Pursuant to G.S. 115C-518 and 160A-269, the Lenoir County Board of Education hereby gives notice that it has received an offer to purchase the Teacher’s Memorial School property owned by the Lenoir County Board of Education. The offer to purchase is in the amount of Two Hundred Twenty Eight Thousand Dollars ($228,000.00). Notice is hereby given that prior to November 9, 2023, at 4:00 PM, any person may raise the bid by not less than ten percent (10%) of the first one thousand dollars ($1,000) and five percent (5%) of the remainder ($227,000). Therefore, the lowest acceptable upset bid is Two Hundred Thirty Nine Thousand Four Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($239,450.00).
The Lenoir County Farmer’s Market update for November 4, 2023. The Farmer’s Market will be open on Tuesday and Saturday from 8:00 AM until 2:00 PM.
On Friday, October 19th, Teacher Victoria Nobles, HOSA members Jeidy Tevalan and Kayla Guzman delivered 18 gift bags to ECU Oncology to be distributed to women in breast cancer treatment.
Don’t need all that Leftover Halloween Candy? Here’s What You Can Do With It!!! Buy too much Halloween Candy? Or maybe you had less Trick-or-Treaters? It’s so easy to pick up those tiny little candy bar treats if you have them in a bowl at home after Halloween.
Pursuant to G.S. 115C-518 and 160A-269, the Lenoir County Board of Education hereby gives notice that it has received an offer to purchase the Teacher’s Memorial School property owned by the Lenoir County Board of Education. The offer to purchase is in the amount of Two Hundred Twenty Eight Thousand Dollars ($228,000.00). Notice is hereby given that prior to November 9, 2023, at 4:00 PM, any person may raise the bid by not less than ten percent (10%) of the first one thousand dollars ($1,000) and five percent (5%) of the remainder ($227,000). Therefore, the lowest acceptable upset bid is Two Hundred Thirty Nine Thousand Four Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($239,450.00).
William Frederick Simpson, Jr. was called home on November 1, 2023. Service will be held at Pink Hill Funeral Home, 1056 N NC Highway 11, Pink Hill, NC 28572 at 3:00 pm on Sunday, November 5, 2023 with Reverend Hank Jarman officiating. Graveside services with military honors will follow at Oak Ridge Memorial Park, 985 N NC Highway 11, Pink Hill, NC 28572 and visitation will follow at the graveside.
On Friday, November 3, 2023, at approximately 2:40 a.m., members of the Kinston Police Department responded to the area of E. Shine St. and East St. in reference to a report of a person who had been shot.
Ashley Dawson, the mastermind behind Neuse Barbell Club, has opened up a new fitness center with a mission. Offering weight lifting, cardio gymnastics, biometrics, and overall functional fitness, the Neuse Barbell Club aims to bring a refreshing approach to exercise that caters to people of all ages and backgrounds.
There will be a multi-family yard sale and consignment on Friday, November 3rd and 4th at 1802 S. 258 HWY.
Pursuant to G.S. 115C-518 and 160A-269, the Lenoir County Board of Education hereby gives notice that it has received an offer to purchase the Teacher’s Memorial School property owned by the Lenoir County Board of Education. The offer to purchase is in the amount of Two Hundred Twenty Eight Thousand Dollars ($228,000.00). Notice is hereby given that prior to November 9, 2023, at 4:00 PM, any person may raise the bid by not less than ten percent (10%) of the first one thousand dollars ($1,000) and five percent (5%) of the remainder ($227,000). Therefore, the lowest acceptable upset bid is Two Hundred Thirty Nine Thousand Four Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($239,450.00).
Betty Lou Waller, 83, of Kinston passed away on November 2, 2023. Visitation will be held from 2:00 to 4:00 pm Sunday, November 5, 2023, at Westminster United Methodist Church. Graveside services will be held Monday, November 6, 2023, at 11:00 am.
Severyn Stolarczyk, 67, of Pink Hill, NC, passed away at 12:42 p.m. Oct. 14, 2023 at UAB Hospital in Birmingham, AL.
John Adrian Worthington age 98 passed away Tuesday, October 31, 2023. A graveside service for family and close friends will be held at 11am Saturday Nov 4th, 2023 at the Worthington Family Cemetery in Winterville. (limited parking).
On Saturday, October 28, 2023, members of the Kinston Police Department responded to UNC Lenoir in regards to investigating a sexual assault of a minor child that had occurred hours before. Investigators began following up on leads, and on Monday, October 30, 2023, warrants for Indecent Liberties with a Child were obtained on Calvin Holloway, 21, of Kinston.
On Monday, October 30, 2023, Investigators with the Kinston Police Department were able to obtain warrants on Donteon Foye, 22, of Kinston, for 1st Degree Murder in the shooting death of Jaliek Pridgen on October 18, 2023. Foye is currently in the custody of the North Carolina Department of Corrections, where he is serving a sentence for violating the terms of his parole.
A man was arrested Wednesday in the Jackson Heights community following a traffic stop that led to a foot chase.
