Kinston News

The Miss Kinston-Lenoir County Pageant Association and Lenoir Community College will present the 2010 Miss Kinston-Lenoir County and Miss Kinston Lenoir County Outstanding Teen Scholarship Pageant at 7 p.m. today at LCC.

Beverly Perdue announced her decision Thursday and says the criminals will have to serve their entier life sentences and can not be released early on good behavior credits.

Two juveniles who fled from a home in Kinston were found today by Jacksonville police.

People often accuse me of being cynical and they say it like it's a disease. When did cynical become a bad word? Let's talk about some things I've observed locally and then we'll see if the cynical tag is an accurate one.

Despite a series of passionate pleas from local residents and political activists, the Kinston City Council voted 3-2 Monday against appealing the U.S. Justice Department's decision to deny nonpartisan voting in municipal elections.

An attempt to appeal the U.S. Justice Department's decision to deny nonpartisan elections in Kinston failed tonight as the City Council voted 3-2 against filing an appeal.

Residents in one county were in civil court Monday suing the city of Kinston because they're being forced into the All-America city through annexation.

A Kinston man has been charged with three felonies, while two of his siblings have been charged with witness intimidation.

An estimated 500 people streamed through a downtown Kinston parking lot Saturday for the inaugural Harvest Market and Dinner.

For the first time in 20 years, the Lenoir/Greene United Way has a new office at the Kinston Enterprise Center at North Queen Street.

Rainfall is expected to continue in Eastern North Carolina through Friday morning as a low pressure continues to make its way northward.

Gov. Bev Perdue announced Thursday that state and local law enforcement officers removed 816 impaired drivers from state roadways during the Halloween "Booze It & Lose It" campaign, which ran Oct.

The Kinston Department of Public Safety is investigating two violent crimes that were reported this week.

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.

After 20 years as a Marine, Glenn Clark transitioned to civilian life using the same skills - preparedness and readiness - to succeed as director of the security at Lenoir Memorial Hospital.

Miller was reported missing just before 3 in the afternoon Friday. He is a 62 year-old black male and stands 5'9 inches tall.

Pigs must have been flying over Kinston on Tuesday. That's the only phenomenon to explain the results of the city election giving the mayor's chair to Republican B.J. Murphy.

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

Today, approximately 25 percent of the Kinston electorate will dodge potholes, bad drivers and sporadic gunfire to cast their votes for mayor.

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