Lenoir County News

After 16 years and nine months with the city of Kinston, Tommy Lee, director of planning, served his last day on Monday.

Times are tough - and they seem to just keep getting tougher. In an effort to save money, I've canceled my subscription to Priapism Monthly, switched from Sure deodorant to peppermint candy and have stopped sending monthly support payments to my second family in Argentina.

New school construction is set to begin this week at Banks Elementary School, which will be completed by next summer.

The Lenoir County Board of Education is scheduled to vote Monday night on a proposed redistricting plan for elementary schools located within Kinston city limits.

South Lenoir High School teacher Joseph Noble wasn't quite sure in the beginning if a teaching career was something he wanted for his life.

The Lenoir County Health Department reported two laboratory confirmed cases of novel influenza A , formerly known as swine flu, Friday.

Kinston High School's graduation on June 13 was plenty exciting - but for six particular graduates, it was just the beginning.

The walk against cancer wrapped up Saturday morning at South Lenoir High School but the fight against the disease continues long after the last step around the track.

A group of hopeful Kinstonians is heading to Tampa this week to bring the All-America City title back to Kinston.

Lenoir County Republican Party Chairman Harry Edwards has issued a invitation to the Democratic Party: Please support the GOP in its fight against forced annexation.

Emergency road crews have cleared a Lenoir County roadway after a truck hauling liquid fertilizer overturned.

The Lenoir County Board of Education will likely vote on a revised redistricting plan June 29.

Kinston native Tara Taylor's life was shaped by her involvement in 4-H. "I would say that the experiences that I had in 4-H made me the person that I am," she said.

Lenoir County commissioners got a glimpse Monday of a new jail expansion plan that could go to bid for construction in October.

Clean-up is underway in parts of Eastern Carolina Monday evening after severe thunderstorms rumbled through.

Their marathon budget week now over, House Democrats soon must get to work again on crafting a compromise with their Senate counterparts over the right mix of spending cuts and higher taxes.

Several Lenoir County schools will have new principals next year when school resumes for students in August.

The state House gave final approval early today to its $18.6 billion budget for state government next year that imposes higher taxes added by Democrats who argued they're necessary to avoid crushing spending cuts.

A family dog named Fatboy took a bullet for his owner during an attempted home invasion in La Grange on Thursday, one of three such incidents in northern Lenoir County that has the attention of the sheriff's office and the State Bureau of Investigation.

Change is coming to Moss Hill Elementary School this summer as work begins on the school's new two-story classroom addition.