Lenoir County News

School officials received a grant that will be used for the math, science, technology and engineering-focused high school called Craven Early College East in Havelock.

With $2 million at stake, Lenoir County citizens and government officials have showered the Golden LEAF Foundation with grant requests.

When the final results of the 2009 Kinston mayoral election were announced Tuesday night at the Lenoir County Board of Elections, only two of the three candidates were in the packed conference room.

Dobbs Youth Development Center could soon become a co-ed facility, providing services to the area's at-risk female population.

For the second time during his 18-year career, North Lenoir High School's Brent Williams was named Lenoir County Schools Principal of The Year for 2009-2010. Williams said he received the news last week when a prize patrol team from the school district stopped by his school.

After 30 years of public service, Kinston Public Safety Director Greg Smith is retiring and entering the private sector.

A Lenoir County Board of Elections official said Tuesday morning that voter turnout in the election has been lower than in 2007.

Two Kinston teenagers are being held in Lenoir County Jail under $2 million secured bond after they allegedly shot at another teenager early Sunday morning.

There weren't any motorists cited for illegally passing a Lenoir County Schools bus during Operation Stop Arm this month.

A La Grange man was arrested and charged this week for allegedly robbing and assaulting Robert Kohnfelder of Kinston on Oct.

The national media spotlight shone a little brighter on Kinston Monday as a crew from the Fox News Channel rolled into town to interview various local figures in the ongoing nonpartisan voting issue.

A physical science teacher who taught in Jones County and who pleaded no contest to nine felonies was sentenced in Lenoir County Superior Court to 45 days in prison Tuesday.

On Oct. 20, the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office arrested and charged a Food Lion employee with larceny and embezzlement.

Lenoir County's unemployment rate dropped during September but remained above the state average for the same period.

I was up in the New Jersey/New York area for most of last week, so I missed out on all of the fallout regarding the implosion of the local Democratic Party.

For the past five years, Gordon Street Christian Church has partnered with Lenoir County Schools to provide students and staff with school supplies and spiritual encouragement.

As anyone from around these parts will tell you, Kinston's No. 1 Wonder - as voted upon by the readers of The Free Press and visitors to Kinston.com - is as big a part of Kinston as the Neuse River itself.

Twenty-four teams gathered at King's restaurant on Highway 70 East to take part in this year's Adult Spelling Bee, an event organized by the Lenoir County Education Foundation, a component of the Kinston-Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce.

Sgt. Scott Hemby of the N.C. Highway Patrol cruised behind a Lenoir County Schools bus Monday afternoon to see if any motorists would illegally pass the bus while it was stopped with its flashing red lights activated.

It's easy to understand why Jimmy Cousins might feel a little betrayed the Democratic candidate and outgoing city council member finds himself without support from his fellow elected Democrats in his campaign to be Kinston's next mayor.