Greene County News

Bobby Taylor unseated incumbent Sam Johnson to win the mayoral seat for the Town of Hookerton by a 30-vote margin Tuesday night in Greene County.

A man is accused of killing his dog Monday afternoon, a dog that weighed just a two pounds.

There wasn't a big crowd at the Sweet Potato Festival in Snow Hill Saturday. The weather didn't cooperate.

There will be plenty of tater-slinging, tossing, bowling and tasting in Snow Hill during the second annual North Carolina Sweet Potato Festival.

Those running for elected office in Snow Hill rank the town's finances and economic development as top priorities.

More than 100 seniors pass through the Greene County Senior Center on a daily basis.

Lenoir County's unemployment rate dropped during September but remained above the state average for the same period.

With temperatures dropping near the freezing point overnight, the threat of frost could have the potential to damage major cash crops here in the east.

Hal Tarleton has been named the new branch manager for the Wilson-Greene branch of the Wayne/Wilson/Greene chapter of American Red Cross Tarleton, 60, former editor of The Wilson Times, began work Oct.

After Hurricane Floyd swept through the area in 1999, Greene County residents were left searching for way to deal with the devastating effects of flooding left in the storm's wake.

There are more charges against a man who authorities say was keeping more than thirty dogs near Hookerton.

A trio of Greene County brothers - Landon Moye, 13, Davis Moye, 11, and Carter Crumpler, 4 - will pack up their goats and head to the North Carolina State Fair today to compete in the livestock competition.

Early voting for local municipal elections begins today and Lenoir County elections director Dana King is hoping for a better turnout among Kinston voters, after paltry participation in last month's primary.

Fifty-four domestic violence homicides have occurred across the state since January, according to the North Carolina Coalition against Domestic Violence.

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

A team teeing off in the Stop Hunger Now Golf Tournament at Cutter Creek Golf Club on Thursday will put food in the mouths of 1,000 people.

Candidates set for forum A forum Sunday will allow Wilson voters to meet many of the candidates in this fall's City Council races.

Two summers ago, when Patricia Suttle brought youth from her church in Garner to The Refuge, a Christian camp in Greene County, there were no cabins, no bath house and no dining hall.

Janiece Goude has seen first-hand what kind of impact the Girl Scouts can make on her own child.

Greene County Animal Control and the Humane Society say they seized over 30 dogs in what they describe as a case of animal cruelty.