November 1997 Issue -- Ask most any elderly Kinstonian what the name "Sugar Hill" means to them, and you will probably get a sheepish grin and the answer, "whiskey houses — prostitution in Kinston."

Sugar Hill was one of the best known red light districts in the United States, prospering through several wars and

March 1999 Issue - Spokesmen for Betty McCain, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, say that because there is "insufficient evidence" to prove the location of Governor Richard Caswell's grave, the state has no intention of doing any excavation in the historic graveyard at Caswell Memorial Park in Kinston

"Even if we did the excavation, we wouldn't find anything to confirm anything," Jackie Ogburn, one of the agency's spokesmen, told the Kinston Free Press February 25. "We feel it would be a waste of money" ......

If there were a novel titled A River Runs Through It, I am sure many Kinstonians would take pleasure in reading it or perhaps see the movie. When the last pages were read or the credits appear on the screen, they would probably stretch and say “I really enjoyed that.”

Actually there is a book titled A River Runs Through It and it is a significant book about Kinston and Lenior County - one which includes many hours of research and valuable ....