Lenoir County News

The following arrests were reported by the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office: Tyree Vonzell Brown, 29, 402 Edgehill Drive, Kinston, Oct.

It was a busy night for criminals in Kinston on Friday. Members of the Kinston Department of Public Safety responded to an armed robbery call at the Subway Restaurant at 2405 N. Herritage St.

A riverkeeper, a tourism director and a bike shop owner are hoping for company when they start on their upcoming paddle trip on the Neuse River.

When the Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library kicks off its dedication ceremony at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.

Gone but not forgotten, former Deep Run Volunteer Fire Department Capt. Adam Ryan Howard was honored Sunday during the 13th annual Fireman's Day held at Lenoir Community College.

Beatings, mind games, death threats, isolation. It's the type of physical and mental torture one would expect to find in a prisoner war camp like the Hanoi Hilton, not in an average Lenoir County home.

In 1987, 67 percent of all registered nurses in North Carolina worked in hospitals.

It's been four months since Lenoir County last experienced abnormally dry conditions before slipping back into moderate drought status.

Eva Williams gave rookie poll worker Peggy Pelletier a trick for threading a spool of paper through the back of a voting machine: Think of it as a roll of toilet paper, and hang it in the proper overhand ...

The following arrests were reported by the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office: Braxton Eugene Grady, age not listed, 425 Red Hill Road, Mt.

Nissan Corp. has filed suit in Lenoir County Superior Court alleging the Nissan dealership in Kinston breached loan and security agreements with the corporation's financing division and owes Nissan more than ...

Candidates and potential voters mingled Monday at a meet and greet at Lenoir Community College sponsored by the Kinston-Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce and The Free Press.

Look inside today's paper and you'll find the 2008 edition of the Reader's Choice Awards.

In a world where prices are rising while wages are falling, nothing seems sacred anymore.

The leaders of the Golden LEAF Foundation have already committed $100 million toward economic development in Lenoir County - and they are preparing to give a bit more.

When Kinston's Angela Jarman graduated from Meredith College in 2005, there was never any doubt she would return to Lenoir County to teach.

Lenoir County Public Schools' teachers will soon be able to use additional funds to help run educational programs in their classrooms, thanks to a grant program that will be reinstated this year.

The following arrests were reported by the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office: Michael Angelo Strayhorn, age not listed, 505 Yogi St., Kinston, Sept.

Local voters can be on the lookout for U.S. Senate candidate Kay Hagan as she swings through Greene and Lenoir counties on her latest campaign tour through Eastern North Carolina.

Keno Richard Phillips, 29, of La Grange, has been charged with felony indecent liberties with a child.