La Grange News

Johnny Earl Corbett, 63, of 204 Petteway St., died Friday, May 25, 2012, at Vidant Health Center.

The world was different in 1990. A gallon of gas cost $1.34; Johnny Carson was the host of the Tonight Show, and Stevie B's "Because I Love You " was at the top of the Billboard charts.

Linda Carol Edmondson, 65, of 2915 Pauls Path Road, Kinston, died Friday, May 25, 2012, at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville.

Bishop Richard Earl Artis, 73, of 5206 Sharon Church Road, died Thursday, May 24, 2012.

Shortly after midnight on Monday, members of the Kinston City Council dispatched several G.I.M. Teams to infiltrate all quadrants of Lenoir County in an attempt to annex all of it.

Hattie Hart Holloman of La Grange fondly remembers her brother Eddie Hart, who was killed in action during World War II.

Julie Michelle Tyndall and Christopher Kent Manning, both of La Grange, were united in marriage at 4 p.m. April 21, 2012, at White Oak Grove Original Free Will Baptist Church in La range.

A new brick walkway is filled with people Wednesday at Maplewood Cemetery on South Queen Street.

The popular summer concert series, Sand in the Streets, will return to the banks of the Neuse River tonight, offering its third free concert under the stars in the 2012 season.

Authorities in Wayne County have arrested a second suspect - an 82-year-old man from La Grange - in connection to the illegal sale of $1,300 in stolen scrap metal at a local salvage yard.

George Washington Fields, 86, died Sunday, May 20, 2012. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, at the Snow Hill Cemetery.

A convicted felon from La Grange accused of rape will walk free from the Lenoir County Jail next week after a judge Monday credited seven months of pre-trial incarceration towards his most recent prison sentence.

During their recent weeks and months patrolling the highways of Lenoir and Jones counties, state Tprs.

A convicted felon from La Grange who reportedly absconded from his probation officer for several months was caught by authorities in Wayne County this week after he allegedly tried to scrap stolen metal at a local salvage yard.

When it comes to the proposed U.S. 70 bypass of Kinston, one thing is certain: everyone has an opinion.

A meeting will be held Tuesday night regarding the U-S70 Kinston Bypass. This is the first of two opportunities for you to weigh in on this highway project proposal.

"When I was a girl, we only had to dial the last four digits of the number to make a call," Brown says.

The first three perpendicular parking spaces on East Railroad Street in front of the little bank in La Grange, as well as three more in front of La Grange Pediatrics, will soon be time-limited parking areas.

Town Manager John Craft considered changing the pitch, tone and tempo of the siren used to alert La Grange residents of a fire.

The Andy's diner in La Grange became the latest local business to be robbed at gunpoint on Wednesday night.