La Grange News

In an effort to stimulate residential growth and business development, town leaders voted this week to eliminate a handful of fees normally charged to builders and new residents.

The following incidents were reported to the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office and the Kinston Department of Public Safety: On Oct.

Changing local liquor laws continues to be a divisive issue in Eastern Carolina.

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

Jennifer Lynne Bynum of Falkland and William Anthony Lawson III of Kinston were united in marriage at 4 p.m. Sept.

Two days from now, voters in 10 local municipalities will head to the polls and, with the push of a button, choose their leaders for the next two to four years.

Saturday is the last day for one-stop voting in the upcoming municipal elections.

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

There are several key issues facing the five La Grange candidates who are vying for three town council seats Tuesday, but one issue stands out, in one way or the other: the economy.

On Tuesday, La Grange residents will vote on a referendum that could permit the sale of mixed beverages in the town.

Lenoir County deputies say the Food Lion employee is facing 12 counts of embezzlement and 12 counts of larceny by employee.

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

The following arrests were reported by the Kinston Department of Public Safety and the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office: On Oct.

With nearly all 1,300 Prayer Walk maps having been given out, the remaining handful cover areas where one cannot actually walk.

Former La Grange Elementary School prinicpal Holton Harrison returned to his former school Friday to help students and staff celebrate the school's cultural heritage.

The Free Press recently ran a contest to determine the "7 Wonders of Lenoir County," and one of the winners was our very own communications director, Paulette Burroughs.

The following driving while impaired arrests were reported by the State Highway Patrol: Corey Brandon Taylor, 21, 1536 British Road, Kinston, Oct.

Lenoir and Greene counties could soon have better broadband Internet access, thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

You voted for it - and beginning Monday, you'll get to see what you voted as the Seven Wonders of Lenoir County.

Anyone who wants to vote in local municipal elections during November but hasn't registered yet, must get their paperwork in today.