Lenoir County News

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Social workers in Onslow and Carteret counties investigated 499 reported cases of abuse, neglect or exploitation against the elderly and disabled last year with nearly 20,000 cases reported statewide, according to research recently released by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.

Three men have been charged in connection to a Jones County meth lab while one deputy is recovering after breathing in chemicals at the scene, according to authorities.

Two local fishermen are OK after their boat was found Monday morning abandoned and partially submerged in the Neuse River by a Kinston worker servicing a list station at nearby a sewage line.

A view at the corner of Vernon Avenue and Pecan Lane in front of the Caswell development Center Monday afternoon shows one intersection selected to be presented for improvement to the Lenoir County Transportation Committee during its June 20 meeting.

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.

To walk the rolling hills at Arlington National Cemetery just outside Washington is perhaps the best way to begin to understand the scope of sacrifice made in defense of freedom.

The following crimes/incidents were reported by the Kinston Department of Public Safety and the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office: On May 23, a woman reported her boyfriend attempted to hit her with a crowbar.

"We are ears and eyes and a telephone only," said Dan McCoon, president of the Jackson Heights Community Watch.

The Champagne glass was inverted, the chair was empty and the dinner plate had only a slice of lemon sprinkled with salt to show.

Realistic about the prospect of changes to Gov. Bev Perdue's budget, Greene County Superintendent Patrick Miller is mildly optimistic about public school funding for the 2012-13 school year.

Clay pigeons will be flying in Moss Hill Thursday when STEM East hosts a skeet shooting fundraiser.

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

World-ranked disc golfers Brian Schweberger, left, and Barry Schultz clear a branch near Hole No.

Jonathan Spencer Jones' eyes began to well with tears this week in Lenoir County Superior Court when he admitted - on his "own free will" - to statutorily raping one teenage girl and sending a nude text message to another.

A lack of criminal evidence has saved a Jacksonville woman from facing jail time on charges she helped a Kinston man rob the Mallard Food Shop in the Wyse Fork area of Jones County as a getaway driver.

As Memorial Day approaches, several veteran and civic organizations are gearing up for a weekend of remembering our fallen troops.

Ben Knight and Vivian Howard, co-owners of The Chef and the Farmer, were awarded the 2012 Small Business Award by the Kinston-Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce on Thursday.

A 26-year-old man, Jamaal Quinerly, of Grifton, was stabbed between pump No. 1 and No.

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