Trenton News

For years, Maureen "Gypsy" Smith's neighbors have been coming to her house's kitchen for comfort and conversation over coffee and pie made in her kitchen.

Dressed in a black-and-white tuxedo with a bowtie around her neck, Anne Hicks sliced a turkey and heaped the glistening meat onto the plates of students, teachers and administrators lined up in Jones Senior High School's gymnasium.

SEMPER FIDELIS Masonic Lodge will be dark on Nov. 18. SOUTHEAST REGIONAL Pork Conference from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov.

The Lenoir County Sheriff's Office is looking for two runaway juveniles who are residents of Kennedy Memorial Home, located on Kennedy Home Road.

HARVEST FEST/ Trunk or Treat at First Christian Church, Richlands, from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct.

A printing company now has the document with a plan for helping seven area counties' civilian communities manage growth resulting from a Marine Corps buildup that has added thousands of people to the area in less than two years, with more than 40,000 ultimately expected.

Most of the 21 members of the Military Growth Task Force are expected at a meeting in Trenton Thursday, the first with Mark Sutherland as director and one expected to finalize the draft Regional Growth Management Plan.

The following accidents were reported by the State Highway Patrol: Accident time/location: Oct.

Ashley Page Riggs and Matthew Ryan McDonald, both of Jacksonville were united in marriage on July 18, 2009, at Blue Creek Baptist Church.

The following accidents were reported by the State Highway Patrol: Accident time/location: Oct.

Although the Lenoir County Fair seemed to have less to do than it did when she was a child, none of that mattered as Michelle Skinner watched her 3-year-old daughter spinning around in a teacup ride, a look of glee on her face.

Lane Hussey guns the engine of his bike, and with a high-pitched whine, zips down a short length of track.

BREAD OF LIFE CHURCH, 220 Francktown Road in Richlands hosts Fellowship Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon Sept.

Skinny Minnie is no longer skinny - and now she has a home and a new name. Once malnourished and injured, the dog is healthy again and has found a new home thanks to a Trenton woman.

GREATER SHEKINAH Glory Full Gospel Ministries celebrates its pastor's 13th anniversary at 7:30 p.m. Sept.

A Richlands man has admitted he killed a popular disc jockey nearly two years ago at a Trenton night club.

Fourteen of 20 Lenoir County Schools - 70 percent - met their expected academic growth standards during the 2008-2009 school year.

Fourteen of 20 Lenoir County Schools - 70 percent - met their expected academic growth standards during the 2008-2009 school year.

Several cities in Eastern Carolina saw strong storms Wednesday afternoon. In Jones County, the city of Trenton was hit by penny to quarter sized hail.

The North Carolina Division of Public Health and local health departments across the state are celebrating August as National Immunization Awareness Month by encouraging North Carolinians of all ages to make sure they are up to date on their vaccinations.