Lenoir County

K-12 calendar change bills flood legislative session

March 20, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH—Bills seeking to allow local school boards to alter the opening and closing dates of their K-12 public school districts have flooded the General Assembly during its short session. So far, 27 such bills have […]

Former Sen. Jim Perry cites focus on family for departing NCGA

August 15, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Former state Sen. Jim Perry (R-Lenoir) has been focusing on family since he departed the legislature on July 2. Perry, who announced last December 2023 he wouldn’t run for reelection this year before […]

Wood Ducks bring old-time baseball Down East

June 1, 2022 Brett Friedlander

KINSTON — Stanley Sullivan isn’t just an usher for the Down East Wood Ducks. He’s also the Carolina League team’s unofficial goodwill ambassador. A fixture at historic Grainger Stadium since 2000, the 79-year-old Air Force […]

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Lenoir Schools purchases $2M in portable air filter systems

March 24, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Two months ago, the Lenoir County Public Schools System entered into a $2 million dollar agreement to purchase air filter systems from SinglePoint Inc.’s subsidiary, BOX Pure Air. Ryan Cowell, CEO for BOX […]

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Senate Bill seeks to help fund N.C. Trooper Association Caisson Unit

June 24, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A Senate bill containing money to support the North Carolina Trooper Association Caisson Unit is making its way through the General Assembly. Senate Bill 424 seeks to appropriate $250,000 in nonrecurring funds for […]

NBA star Brandon Ingram gives Adidas sneakers to every hospital employee in Kinston

August 5, 2020 Shawn Krest

KINSTON — Brandon Ingram has not forgotten where he — quite literally — came from. “Brandon was born in this hospital, in 1997,” Robert Enders, the CEO of Kinston’s hospital, Lenoir UNC Health Care, said […]

100 in 100: Lenoir County’s Jerry Stackhouse, UNC and NBA star

June 1, 2020 Brett Friedlander

North State Journal’s 100 in 100 series will showcase the best athlete from each of North Carolina’s 100 counties. From Alamance to Yancey, each county will feature one athlete who stands above the rest. Some […]

Lenox factory closure leaves void in eastern North Carolina

May 20, 2020 Elizabeth Lincicome, North State Journal

KINSTON — The coronavirus has forced businesses in almost every sector of the economy to at least temporarily shift their employees to working remotely. The transition has been easier on certain groups like technology and […]

Ex-49ers great Clark, Kinston native famous for ‘The Catch,’ dies at 61

June 4, 2018 Cory Lavalette

Dwight Clark, the San Francisco 49ers great made famous by “The Catch” of a pass from Joe Montana that beat the Dallas Cowboys in the NFC Championship Game in 1982, died Monday at age 61 […]

Chef Vivian Howard kicks off fifth season of PBS show

October 4, 2017 admin

Kinston restaurateur Vivian Howard will be in front of the camera and in the kitchen for a fifth season of her Peabody Award-winning show “A Chef’s Life.” The show centers on Howard, who, with her […]