There is a modular building located next to the Kenly Parks and Recreation Center that was donated to the town of Kenly two years ago by the Purolator company to be used as a new senior center for the Kenly Community. However, steps are being taken to turn the building into a community recreation center, said Town Manager Billy Summers. According to Summers, the new recreation center will offer a wide range of community programs, including some senior programs like bingo. “We are going to do some research to see what type of programs would best benefit the people of Kenly,” said Summers. “We are certainly eager to offer senior programming out of the facility.” The town has spent approximately $39,000 on the building thus far, and more funds have been budgeted by the town this year so that the project can be completed, he said. | ||
The Johnston County Sheriff’s Office is searching for the last remaining suspect in the shootings involving two clerks at different Kenly area Shop N’ Go convenience stores that occurred last Wednesday night. The robberies, which took place approximately 20 minutes apart, were coordinated between four black males. Three of the suspects have been arrested, and detectives from the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office are searching for the identity of the last one, said Tammy Amaon, spokesperson for the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office. | ||
Two men have been arrested for shooting two clerks at two different Kenly area Shop N’ Go convenience stores last night. The men arrested were 19-year-old Kwame Bellamy and 17-year-old Keith Mason, both are from Raleigh, said Tammy Amaon, spokesperson for the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office. They are currently each being held under $500,000 bonds at the Johnston County jail, she said. | ||
“Tolls are just one of the options under consideration,” said NCDOT project manager, Kristine O’Conner. O’Conner is one of the project managers for the “driving95” corridor planning and finance study, and she was addressing the concerns of citizens at an informational workshop held at Johnston Community College on Thursday, August 19. The meeting was the third of seven area meetings intended to provide information regarding the study and to obtain public input, said O’Connor. | ||
Hwy. 222 Detour causing delays
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Two motor vehicle accidents occurred in Kenly on Tuesday. The first was a fatal accident involving one vehicle on Highway 222 around 7:30 a.m. and the second was a three-car accident involving two cars and a tractor-trailer on I-95 around 1:30 p.m. Thaddeus West, 28, was driving southbound on Highway 222 in Kenly when he ran off the road a struck a tree, troopers said. West was life-flighted to Wake Med were he died from his injuries. Troopers said that West, who was driving a red dually pickup truck, ran off the road and overcorrected, which caused him to strike a tree. | ||
Highway 222 to be closed for three weeks A portion of Highway 222 in Kenly will be closed for three weeks, beginning Monday, Aug. 23. The area to be closed is located a Scott Road near Grady Park. The road is being closed so that larger drainage pipes can be installed under the road, said N.C. Department of Transportation spokesperson, Tim Little. “It’s going to take about three weeks to replace the pipes,” Little said. According to Little, there will be two detour routes setup to divert traffic from the area. One route will be for cars and the other for trucks. The car route, if traveling West on 222 heading into Kenly, will be to take a left onto Crumpler Road, then a right on Piney Grove Church Road, then a right on Hickory Crossroads Road, which will turn into Pope Avenue in Kenly, and then a left onto Highway 222. The truck route, if traveling West on 222 heading into Kenly, will be to take right onto Langley-Daniel Road, which turns into Kirby Road, then left onto Highway 581, then left on Highway 301, and then a right on Highway 222. | ||
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Kenly Police searching for two suspects in truckstop robberies
Detective Hendren with the Kenly Police Department said that two wallets were taken from the Flying-J and two were taken from the Kenly 95 Petro. According to Hendren, the trucks were broken into sometime between midnight and 4 a.m. while the owners were asleep inside. He added that in all four robberies the doors to the tractor-trailers were left unlocked. Hendren said that the police are searching for two suspects in the robbery, and that one of the suspects was caught on a video surveillance camera in a convenient store in Wilson. He is described as a 40-something black male with a medium build, approximately 6-feet tall and 240 pounds. He was wearing a blue polo shirt and black jeans. Hendron asked that anyone with information about the suspect or can identify him from the photo to contact the Kenly Police Department at 284-2116. | ||
