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Nearly 1,000 local customers lose power in last night's storm
Nearly 1,000 local residents lost power during last night's thunderstom, some of whom were not restored until this morning.
Fire consumes newly purchased car
LaTasha Daniels and Dekevin Shackleford narrowly escaped a fire Tuesday that consumed the car Shackleford had just purchased.
Nina LeAnne Moore and Matthew Lowe O'Neal, both of Raleigh, were united in marriage at 5 p.m. June 27, 2009, at Parkview Baptist Church in Morehead City.
Youth volunteers spruce up city cemetery
A 10-person rotation of youth volunteers has been working since Tuesday to beautify a section of Maplewood Cemetery for visitors.
Police Arrest Third Hampton Inn Shooting Suspect
Goldsboro Police have arrested a third suspect in connection with the attempted robbery and shooting at the Hampton Inn on N. Spence Avenue on June 11.
The following driving while impaired arrests were reported by the State Highway Patrol: Robert Eugene Williams Jr., 33, 350 Fred Harrison Road, Snow Hill, .16. Arresting trooper: J. Rogers.
Shivers to read from her new book
Greene County has always loomed large in author Louise Shivers' mind. Shivers' father was born outside Snow Hill, and ancestors of hers called the rural county home.
The following driving while impaired arrests were reported by the State Highway Patrol: Curtis Ray Thompson, 32, 4320 Keith Hills Drive, La Grange, June 4, .13. Arresting trooper: J. Rogers.
SBI Called In To Help Investigate Home Robberies, Shootings
A Golden Retriever is being called a hero by it owners after he was shot in the head during a robbery attempt.
LCSO search for suspects in rash of home invasions
The Lenoir County Sheriff's Office, in conjunction with the S.B.I., are investigating two armed robberies and one attempted armed robbery in the North Lenoir area of Lenoir County.
Town Talk for Tuesday, June 9, 2009
SNOW HILL The Greene County Museum will this month host "An Evening with Author Louise Shivers." Shivers, a Stantonsburg native and writer-in-residence at Augusta State University in Georgia, is the author of award-winning novels "Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail" and "A Whistling Woman." "Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail" was adapted to the big ...
Family artistry on display in Snow Hill
Art has the power to unite people, to make the world in which we live feel far less lonely and to provide solace to those who have lost their way.
Taxpayers won't foot bill for local campaigns
Senate Democrats shuffled away a bill last week that would have allowed cities and towns to use taxpayer money to fund campaigns.
Greene commissioners question Beacon Center service
The Beacon Center could lose oversight responsibilities for mental health services in Greene County to another agency.
In 1969, Mt. Calvary Free Will Baptist Church started a school with only a day care.
The following driving while impaired arrests were reported by the State Highway Patrol: Sharon W. James, 50, 137 Stroud Road, Trenton, May 11, results pending.
Senior citizens honored in Snow Hill
The Greene County Senior Center typically sees about 100 locals come and go during the day, but Friday nearly 50 senior citizens gathered for more than an hour to celebrate Older American Month with food and fellowship.
Beloved Band Director Takes A Bow
Success often starts at the top, and that appears to be the case for the Greene Central Marching Rams in Snow Hill.
The Snow Hill Board of Commissions borrowed the old adage - "one man's trash is another man's treasure" - as they approved the Snow Hill Rural Fire Department's request to return the 1971 Ford/Howe Engine to the town.
Snow Hill woman charged with dealing her prescription medicine
Greene County Sheriff's Office investigators have arrested a Snow Hill woman they believe has been reselling her prescription narcotics for more than a year.