La Grange News

A La Grange man was placed in Wayne County Jail after being locked up on five drug charges this week following an investigation by a trio of state and Wayne County law enforcement agencies.

The Goldsboro-Wayne County Interagency Drug Task Force says, 38-year-old Marvin Parks of La Grange was arrested after they got a complaint about drug activity at Parks' house.

The Rev. Gerald Fowler, pastor of Trinity Free Will Baptist Church in La Grange says his church purchased the 4-by-8 foot LED sign last June and it was installed in September.

Kinston attorney George Jenkins, Jr. struggled for hours Monday to draft an invocation for the La Grange Town Council that satisfied a federal court ruling banning Jesus Christ from pre-meeting prayers.

Kathleen Arthur Barkley died January 24, 2012, in Statesville, N.C. Mrs. Barkley was born in La Grange, NC on September 26, 1907.

A Lenoir County grand jury this week indicted 13 people from six cities across Eastern North Carolina for a wide range of crimes, including attempted murder, child molestation, marijuana possession, gun theft and business fraud.

A Chevy Blazer crashed into Taqueria Don Martin, a Mexican diner, next to Eubank's Video, Tanning and Plants on N.C. 11/55 South Monday night.

Thomas and Brandy Whitfield Edwards of Hugo announce the birth of a son, Sawyer Thomas Edwards, on Jan.

Governor Beverly Perdue has the support of dozens of mayors across the state for her push for a temporary sales tax to raise money for education.

Residents around Lenoir County experienced a mysterious "boom" accompanied with the ground shaking around noon Wednesday, and many are still trying to figure out what caused the loud noise.

Investigators continue to search for the burglar who stripped a U.S. Cellular tower in La Grange of about $600 in copper wiring and tubing.

Mechaelin Davis, 8, Corion Baker, 8, Samuel Davis, 6, Sincere McDonald and Darryl Hicks, 12, came from Kinston to the La Grange Martin Luther King Day parade to honor their hero.

James Henry Puckett, 91, of La Grange, passed away Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. James was born Feb.

Charles and Kaye Mooring's driveway on North Caswell Street has slowly eroded over the past nine months to the point that now when it rains the couple cannot leave their home without having to splash through several massive mud puddles.