The Greenville City Council on Monday approved an amended 2.7 percent salary increase — in lieu of a recommended 2.9 percent — for Greenville Utility and city employees.

During a joint meeting of the Greenville Utilities Commission and the City Council, officials voted on a cost-of-…

Two men were arrested and charged with trafficking cocaine after sheriff's deputies found nearly 50 grams of cocaine in one man’s vehicle during a  traffic stop on Friday.

The traffic stop was conducted on U.S. 11 North, just outside of Bethel.

Hunter Joel Dees, 21, and Rashod Thomas…

AYDEN –– The Ayden Board of Commissioners has created a financial manager’s position and voted to fund it starting in June.

The board set aside about $4,470 from reserves to fund the post June 1-30, the end of the fiscal year. Mayor Steve Tripp advocated for the position in…

Pitt Community College offered a resounding answer in Sunday’s baseball rubber match against Region X rival Lenoir, padding a five-run lead with five more in the fifth for an shortened 10-0 victory to claim the series.

The Bulldogs (23-10-1) split with LCC on Saturday, but rode starter Dylan…

East Carolina had an inauspicious beginning to Saturday’s doubleheader at Memphis, falling being by a couple of runs in the opening inning of the first game, but the Pirates pounded home four runs in the fifth for for a 4-2 win, then took a 4-0 lead in the series finale and held on for…

East Carolina’s Kathryn Car­son is the Amer­i­can Ath­letic Con­fer­ence women’s golf fresh­man of the year, giv­ing the Pi­rates that honor for the first time since they joined the league in 2014.

The Pi­rates also took the AAC team aca­demic…

Please support Major Paula Dance for sheriff of Pitt County. Her experience in law enforcement is extensive, as the previously published summaries detail. I have worked with Major Dance on difficult cases when I was doing forensic pathology. I found her to be diligent and thourough. It is my belief…

The time is near for Pitt County voters to go to the polls for the District Attorney primary. I hope Republican and unaffiliated voters will join me in voting for Glenn Perry on May 8. I have had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Perry in action during my many years in law enforcement, and I have no doubt…

In the early 1980s, I did a lot of advance work for Vice President George H.W. Bush. Routinely, Barbara Bush would be on the trip, and I would often be assigned to manage part of her schedule. Not wanting to be presumptuous, I always made it a point to introduce myself to Mrs. Bush. I have a vivid…

NARCISSUS DID NOT FARE WELL

Dear Short Answers: My girlfriend has become obsessed about the way she looks, and I think it might be the end of our relationship. Every day she asks me questions about her hair and her dress and her makeup, and honestly, I don’t know and I don’t care.…

The 14th Community Youth Arts Festival will bring 150 visual and performing artists to Greenville on Sunday, leaving some people to wonder how on earth they had never heard of this before.

The newly named festival is actually two celebrations in one. The event combines the ECU Youth Arts Festival…

“I Feel Pretty” suffers from a fatal flaw: its premise. Built around the notion that there’s something inherently hilarious — even crazy — about a woman not supermodel-thin or -gorgeous behaving with the confidence of one who is, the comedy treats its star, Amy Schumer,…

We were born the final year of World War II and, not coincidentally, the year before the Baby Boom began. Our waistlines have thickened and our hairlines thinned, as have, with increasing frequency, our numbers, but we gather in Greenville to commemorate the 55th reunion of the Rose High School…

The 2005 minivan rolled a little beyond 200,000 miles and decided that this would be the finish line. The catalytic converter was rattling, the transmission was knocking, and the air conditioner was on the blink — again.

“We have to do something,” said Sharon, who was about to…

The April breezes that follow March freezes are just teases for a balloon to wander where it pleases.

To put it in the terms of a homework problem, If a weather balloon leaves Catawba Valley Community College at 9 a.m. on Saturday, where will the payload land?

It’s not a fruitless problem.…