Earl News

Fans of old-time acoustic music can get their fix Sunday, with string band favorites Uncle Earl leading the American Revival tour to The Orange Peel.

Virtually every Lenoir County elected official who is a Democrat is supporting Earl Harper, an unaffiliated candidate for mayor.

Earl Harper, the unaffiliated candidate for mayor of Kinston answered questions from The Free Press on Thursday.

Doreen Duckworth, a Salem High School senior, will be crowned Miss Homecoming Queen by tri-captains Allan Byrd, Max Pearson and Jim White.

Fifteen candidates, with four vying for mayor and 11 for city council, are on the ballot for Thomasville's municipal election.

Sallie Crosby Bissette and Andy Wade Renfrow, both of Raleigh, were married Aug.

Published: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 5:43 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 9:40 p.m. Carolyn Johnson, general counsel for the N.C. Turnpike Authority, will be Wilmington's new city attorney.

A former North Carolina body parts harvester was sentenced to eight years in prison Monday for what prosecutors described as a heinous fraud scheme in which he falsified medical records of cadavers so tissues could be sold for transplant.

A Salisbury Police car was rear-ended early Tuesday morning on Jake Alexander Boulevard.

More than 50,000 people are expected to attend Western Carolina University's Mountain Heritage Day this weekend as hundreds of crafters, musicians, Native American stickball players, shaped note singers, woodcarvers, potters, food vendors and a 'who's who' of traditional regional culture spread across the campus.

Three-year-old Corey Long plays with the toys he won playing games while he and his mother, Tasha Houston, wait for Hubba Bubba Clown Show to start.

A former North Carolina trooper fired after what authorities say was a drunken sexual encounter with the wife of a subordinate is trying to get his job back.

A North Carolina judge says he will decide soon whether to release recordings from the police video camera that captured the shooting death of a University of North Carolina student.

South Carolina authorities have arrested a man involved in a police chase that left a North Carolina officer with a broken leg, multiple media outlets reported Saturday.

On April 22, 2009, fellow Friends of Wakelon Inc. board member Ann Liles and I were treated to one of the most delightful afternoons in recent memory.

The following real-estate transactions worth more than $25,000 were recorded July 22-28 at the Johnston County Courthouse in Smithfield.

The Community Council for the Arts was packed Wednesday evening with voters and political supporters as the nine candidates for Kinston mayor and City Council shared their messages with the public.

Published: Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at 8:34 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at 8:34 a.m. The 2009 North Carolina Debutante Ball will be held Sept.

Students at High Point University can now benefit from a unique new academic facility - The Center for Financial Research is a key feature in the newly opened state-of-the-art Plato S. Wilson School of Commerce.

Published: Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 3:31 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 3:31 p.m. Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo said this week that it's time for a community-wide discussion about whether the coast of Southeastern North Carolina is an appropriate setting for businesses like Titan America.