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The U.S. House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection intends to hold another public hearing, likely the last before it releases its official report. The hearing had been scheduled for Sept. 28, 2022 but was postponed because of Hurricane Ian.

There are genuine political disagreements, and then there are time-worn strategies for selling denial to the public. A sociologist breaks down the patterns.

TEXARKANA, Ark. -- Three students from area schools were given scholarships from Miller County Farm Bureau on Thursday.

Gerry Irr moved to Hampstead five -years ago as an empty nester, and for the first time, she needed help.

Dec. 2 funeral announcements

Kinston community reacts to the Chauvin guilty verdict amid its own alleged police brutality Kinston/Jones Free Press (kfp) Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three charges on Tuesday in the murder of George Floyd.  Though some members of the Kinston community felt justice was served, some couldnt find the words to say amid Chauvins guilty verdict and Kinstons own alleged police brutality, which was caught on video Monday, April 12.  "I felt justice was s...

2021/04/14 08:08 KINSTON, N.C. (AP) — Two North Carolina police officers were placed on leave after at least one of them was shown on video throwing punches at a Black man who was taken to the ground after a foot pursuit. A roughly 17-second video clip from a bystanders cellphone during the arrest Monday night in Kinston appears to show an officer standing over David Lee Bruton Jr. and throwing multiple punches while hes on the ground. The leader of the l...

NAACP re-elects president, MLK Day celebration slated for Sunday Kinston/Jones Free Press (kfp) With the most recent riot at the U.S. Capitol, the Kinston-Lenoir County NAACP feels a public celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. is inevitable even during a global pandemic.  The NAACP will hold its annual MLK Celebration this year via a drive-in on Sunday, Jan. 17, at 3 p.m. at St. Augustus AME Zion Church, located at 318 North St. People will be required to stay in their vehicles amid COVID-19 ...