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Email announcements at least two weeks in advance to community@reflector.com for publication in The Standard and The Daily Reflector. London trip Parents and guardians of Greene Central High School students are invited to attend an information session on a spring 2025 student travel opportunity to London, in partnership with EF Tours. The session will take place from 6-7 p.m. on Thursday in the high school library. Registration is mandatory for...
Global TransPark Ace Academy helps Lenoir County youth learn aviation
KINSTON, N.C. (WNCT) — The North Carolina Global TransPark had its first Ace Academy Wednesday in Kinston. The four-day aviation school helps children in Lenoir and Greene counties who are interested in aviation to learn all about it. They are taught real-life aerodynamics on a smaller scale to help them figure out if it’s something […]
Teen caught driving stolen vehicle, Kinston police seek juvenile petitions
The Kinston Police Department is working to obtain juvenile petitions after they arrested a 17-year-old caught driving a stolen vehicle last Friday. Officers began searching for the vehicle that was reported stolen out of Greene County once they were informed it was being driven in the Kinston area. According to...
One person taken to hospital following Snow Hill wreck Friday
SNOW HILL, NC (WNCT) – A wreck in Greene County sent one person to the hospital Friday evening. According to the Snow Hill Rural Fire Department’s Facebook page, a truck overturned at the intersection of Beamans Old Creek Road and Firetower Road. The crash happened around 6:30 p.m. and the condition of the person taken […]
Greene County student chosen for Golden Leaf Foundation scholarship
The Golden LEAF Foundation has announced that a Greene County student was among 215 rural North Carolina students who were selected to receive up to a $14,000 Golden LEAF Scholarship. Greene County’s recipient is Amyrah Bynum of Greene Central High School, who plans to attend East Carolina University. High school seniors entering college as first year students are eligible for a $3,500 scholarship each year for up to four years...
Kristy Kelly: I could be a little nicer
As we celebrate the Fourth of July, I am reminded of the power of community and the strength we find in each other, much like the unity and resilience that built this nation. One of the women I admire, at an event we were both attending, took a few moments to tell me how much she enjoyed reading these columns. My writer’s heart explodes with joy every time I hear, or read, those words. Then she proceeded to say I am much too hard on myself. She’s not wrong. I tend to underemphasize my accomplishments, almost as if expressing too much pride might jinx them. Professional confidence is relatively new to me. If I’m being honest with myself, any confidence is relatively new to me.
First responders called to multi-vehicle crash involving farm bus
SNOW HILL, Greene County — First responders with the Snow Hill Rural Fire Department were dispatched to four-vehicle accident involving a farm bus on Wednesday, July 3. This incident happened at the intersection of Highway 13 South and 58 North, per Snow Hill officials. Greene County EMS personnel transported...
Mitchell Oakley: I'm praying for rain as drought drags on in region
It’s getting serious folks. Farmers and gardeners need rain for their crops. In fact, rainfall may come too late to positively affect many of the crops that have been planted since May and June. I pray by the time you read this column our entire state will be able to get a slow rainfall over the course of several days or a week. Quick rains, most times, simply run off as quickly as they come down and erode the soil. Slow rains tend to sink...
Greene County celebrates new EMS Station 3 with ribbon cutting ceremony
GREENE COUNTY, NC — In Greene County, a ribbon cutting ceremony took place to celebrate the opening of the new EMS Station 3 on Friday, June 28, 2024. The event was held along Highway 903 North in Snow Hill, just down the road from Maury Volunteer Fire and Rescue.
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