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KENANSVILLE — A plane crashed on Thursday, June 17, on N.C. Highway 11 and 55 at the Kinston Drag Strip at approximately 8:30 p.m.
Anita Marie Savage, Duplin County Register of Deeds issued 38 marriage licenses for the month of May.
Thursday, June 17
Come and harvest fresh herbs for free in the kitchen garden at the Cowan Museum of History and Science, located at 411 S. Main St., Kenansville. Bring scissors to harvest some sprigs of rosemary or ask us to help you harvest some. Please gently take a few sprigs while leaving some for others…
The N.C. Housing Opportunities and Prevention of Evictions (HOPE) Program opened its second application period on June 2.
KENANSVILLE — Four County Electric Membership Corporation recently donated fans to the Services for the Aged and other agencies that serve senior citizens. In turn, the agencies give these fans to the elderly who do not have access to fans or air-conditioned living.
KENANSVILLE — Ray Charles Hill, was arrested and charged for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, inflicting serious injury and for possession of a firearm by a felon. The 66-year-old man was taken before a magistrate, who issued a $1,000,000 dollar secure bond. Hill was placed …
ROSE HILL — When Melodee Wynne retired from being “a church musician” a few weeks before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, her timing seemed impeccable.
MOUNT OLIVE — Members of the community joined the team at Kornegay Hereford Farms on Saturday for their grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony. Guests enjoyed live music, free food during a cooking demonstration and raffle prizes.
KENANSVILLE — Three members of the Duplin County Emergency Medical Services were recognized for their lifesaving efforts.
Sports Stories
WARSAW —The Chinese calendar celebrated 2020 as the year of the metal rat and 2021 as year of the metal ox.
BEULAVILLE — East Duplin’s top starting pitchers head into the 2A state baseball playoffs rested.
BEULAVILLE — In a volleyball season that was anything but normal or familiar, Maddie Simpson was a constant.
BEULAVILLE — Heavy rain last Thursday and Friday wreaked havoc on the East Central 2A Conference’s plan for baseball.
WARSAW — Hayden McGee’s poise showed on the mound last Thursday.
CALYPSO — North Duplin took care of business last week by thumping two Carolina 1A Conference foes to run its winning streak to three games.
During the past year most of us have been pressed into doing things that were clearly not in our job description.
SPIVEY’S CORNER — With four games to play in the regular season, East Duplin baseball is on point for a spot in the 2A playoffs.
CALYPSO — Four years ago, Callie Thornton was crowned as the heir-apparent to Rylee Pate and Hailey Brogden.
NEWTON GROVE — The weather is warming up, albeit it a bit slower than normal.
Opinion Stories
“There are Fathers...”
While we’re still fussin’ and fightin’ about the 2020 elections the 2022 races have already begun. Candidates have announced for the US Senate seat vacated when Richard Burr retires. Before going too far into next year’s races can we all agree we want fair elections, referendums that encoura…
The School of Journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill fostered North Carolina’s tradition of great newspapers, reporters and editors. Now it fosters a debate engulfing the school, the entire university and journalism itself.
The School of Journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill fostered North Carolina’s tradition of great newspapers, reporters and editors. Now it fosters a debate engulfing the school, the entire university and journalism itself.
My mother handed me a note that I had written to my father 40 years ago with an excuse for not mowing the lawn. She had run across it in a drawer.
Plenty of politicians, planners and business folks think they know what North Carolina’s post-pandemic economy will look like. But few seem entirely sure. They are noticeably hedging their predictions, which I consider to be a wise precaution. They ought to be hedging their bets, as well.
All across North Carolina “Face Masks Required” postings on businesses are being replaced by “Help Wanted” signs. But a recent jobs report indicates there were more than 8.1 million unfilled jobs in the US and folks aren’t rushing to fill them.
A national political reporter recently asked me how I would explain North Carolina politics to a class of college students.
North Carolinians are closely divided when it comes to party preference. Our state has long been one of America’s key political battlegrounds. But when it comes to managing the state’s finances, the conservatives in charge of the state legislature are in tune with prevailing public sentiment.
North Carolina would be one of a handful of states without a corporate income tax.
Features Stories
KENANSVILLE — Duplin County Emergency Medical Services ambulances are now equipped with mechanical Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (mCPR) devices. Mechanical CPR devices provide high quality compression to patients who are suffering from cardiac arrest, without the need for human-performed man…
MOUNT OLIVE — Mt. Olive Pickle Company’s Employees Community Fund has awarded four $4,000 scholarships to children of employees.
The North Carolina Offender and Public Protection Registry has updated the registered address for the following sex offenders in Duplin County from May 1 through June 13.
I have said and heard others say, “Nothing surprises me anymore.” And then just like clockwork I get surprised again! Usually that remark is made in response to something that is said or done which deviates from tried and time tested practices.
KENANSVILLE —NC MedAssist is holding a Mobile Free Pharmacy Event in partnership with Vidant Duplin Hospital from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday.
WALLACE — Bray Batts likes things the way they were in the 1980s.
Candice Faison explains why she sometimes isn’t so well-liked in the Duplin County area. The Clinton High School graduate explains, “I am a Dark horse. Duplin County is our rivalry area, so my students (especially football players) always make fun of me.”
Owen and Ashton Teachey describe themselves as a close set of siblings. They get along well and enjoy doing things together. JSCC is proud to congratulate them on graduating together this May.
Come and harvest fresh herbs for free in the kitchen garden at the Cowan Museum of History and Science, located at 411 S. Main St., (between the tennis courts and Liberty Hall) in Kenansville. Bring scissors to harvest some sprigs of rosemary or ask us to help you harvest some. Please gently…
Recently, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Jerry Moran (R-KS), John Boozman (R-AR), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) introduced the Guaranteeing Healthcare Access to Personnel Who Served (GHAPS) Act tha…