An active week starts today, with dangerous heat indices of 105-110 degrees expected today. Then, late this afternoon and especially this evening, strong to severe thunderstorms are possible, bringing a threat for damaging winds and torrential downpours with localized flooding. Some large hail and frequent lightning may accompany the storms as well.
Kids On Stage officially announced their first two shows of the 2022-2023 season. This season's theme is “Something To Believe In.”
Barton College named 88 full-time, undergraduate students to the President’s List and 348 full-time, undergraduate students to the Dean’s List for spring semester 2022.
Queen Street Church Welcomes New Pastor All are welcome and encouraged to meet this evening at Middle Grounds Coffee House between 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. to say hello to Queen Street Church’s new pastor, Rev. Dr. Creighton Alexander.
Well, we are into another July 4th Week and it might be an ideal time to let our families and friends know that we appreciate them. As I have said before, I am convinced that three of the most important words in the English language are "I appreciate you."
On Tuesday, July 5, 2022, 11:14am, Kinston Police Officers responded to a report of a person that had been shot at Pine Street and Hicks Avenue is Kinston, N.C
We are watching for the threat of scattered to numerous thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon and evening.
We are so EXCITED to announce that the 2022 4-H Down East Dairy Project will begin August 7th! Registration will open for youth that have NEVER done the project on July 8th at 8 AM. All others will be able to register July 9th. There is a max of 50 participants.
The Kinston Police Department presents the 38th Anniversary National Night Out on August 2, 2022 at 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm at Grainger Stadium located at 400 E. Grainger Ave with fun, food, and information tables. There will be emergency vehicles, enforcement personnel, and other activities.
Congratulations to the following Lenoir Community College students.
Greene County Schools started a two-way immersion program in 2003. In this program, students learn English language arts and social students in English for half the day. The other half of the day they learn Spanish language arts, math, and science in Spanish.
On Sunday, July 3rd, 2022, at approximately 4:20 am, Kinston Police Officers responded to a report of a person that had been shot at a residence on the 300 block of Sunshine St. Kinston, N.C. Officers arrived on scene to find Kianna Newborn, 25, of Kinston deceased as a result of multiple gunshot wounds. On Sunday, July 3rd, 2022, at approximately 6:30 pm, Kinston Police Officers responded to a report of a person that had been shot on the 200 block of S. Adkin St. Kinston, N.C. Officers arrived on scene to find Michael Davis Jr., 42, of Kinston with multiple gunshot wounds. Mr. Davis was transported to ECU Health Medical Center where he later died as a result of his injuries. The investigation is in its early stages and investigators are working to determine a motive and if this incident is related to the earlier shooting.
Over the last few years I have become increasingly patriotic, but I have struggled with how Christians should publicly display their patriotism given the divisive nature of our culture. For many years I wanted to separate my patriotism from my Christian faith as if they were two completely different belief systems. In one sense that is obviously true, but I will argue here that American patriotism is tied to Christian theology.
July 4th is the day we celebrate the birth of our nation. In 1776, Great Britain’s 13 North American colonies had a population of around 3 million people. These colonies had no army – just militias composed of citizen-soldiers. They were facing one of the world’s best-trained and most professional armies.
