La Grange News

The N.C. Rural Economic Development Center portrays itself as working to heal North Carolina’s struggling rural counties.

On May 29, it was reported an iPod valued was stolen at North Lenoir High School.

When the upstanding North Lenoir High School student roamed the schools' hallways and was greeted by peers, many would have never known he was blind in one eye.

On April 30, the following items were seized at a residence in Mitchell Wooten Apartments: A Sears 12-gauge double barrel shotgun valued at $100; a .410 shot gun valued at $50; plastic bags, straws, pill cruchers .

A Wilmington man and two male passengers were transported to Lenoir Memorial Hospital after the driver lost control of his car on Sunday, Trooper Bud Radford of the N.C. Highway Patrol said.

A La Grange absconder, caught after a foot chase into the woods behind Chase Drive, is in Greene County Jail under a $240,500 secured bond.

What started as a tribute to a fallen soldier and his comrades designed to have a brief TV life on UNC-TV has become a staple of Memorial Day observances in North Carolina.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 332 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013 NCZ044-079-090-091-222030- DUPLIN-GREENE-LENOIR-PITT- 332 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS DUPLIN ...LENOIR...PITT AND GREENE COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 332 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG ... (more)