Free meals, parades and ceremonies are nice gestures of support, however, many veterans fall through the cracks when they return home from deployments and the transition from soldier to citizen is often a daunting task.

According to a 2018 Department of Veteran’s Affairs Military to Civilian…

A report on events that led to the resignation of East Carolina University’s former interim chancellor indicates that he consumed 7-10 drinks at four bars over six hours then later retrieved his vehicle and drove home on the night of Sept. 25-26.

The report from Womble Bond Dickinson, the law…

The following Veterans Day observances are scheduled in Pitt County.

City of Greenville

The City of Greenville will host the Pitt County Veterans Council at 11 a.m. Monday at the Town Common for a Veterans Day ceremony. The program, held at the Pitt County Veterans Memorial, will include posting of…

DALLAS

Tucked in a super clean and sometimes sleepy nook in Dallas is the campus at SMU, a private school that has stirred to life this fall behind a nationally ranked football team that provides excitement for its tidy, polite fan base with a fun-to-watch, prolific offense and an outside-the-box…

After suffering a one-point loss at home last year to South Central on senior night, D.H. Conley returned the favor Friday night, blasting the Falcons 41-6 at South Central High School for its eighth straight victory and securing the 3-A/4-A Eastern Carolina Conference title.

The 38-degree air…

DALLAS — East Carolina competed for four quarters against a ranked team for the second straight week, yet a similar feeling and still winless this season in the American Athletic Conference after a 59-51 defeat to No. 23 SMU.

Here are three answers from the game:

1. How many passing…

I know of no one who has been more of a pest to their friends and family than I have over the subject of solar electric farms in North Carolina. (Not to be confused with roof top solar panels on homes with battery storage).

You can not drive anywhere and miss seeing a solar farm near the highway. I…

I commend the efforts of those seeking to provide aid and assistance in the area to address mental health issues, especially for our young people, as reported in the article "Squelching the Stigma" in The Daily Reflector on Saturday, Nov. 2. As we consider this though, we need to take a broader…

BYH to the PACT Act. I hope it’ll prevent dog owners from allowing barking for more than five minutes. Obviously the animal needs something so ignoring it is cruel, tortuous and really annoying. Would you ignore a crying human child that way? Since the city won’t fix it, maybe…

Individuals dealing with mental illness and substance use often find the stigma to be quite a challenge.

Besides handling the symptoms and disabilities of their disease, they face stereotypes and prejudices that arise because of misconceptions about mental illness, said Glenn Simpson, administrator…

WASHINGTON, N.C. — A few short miles from Greenville is the charming waterfront town of Washington, N.C. Strolling down the historic Main Street, just a few blocks from the Pamlico Riverfront, you can find quaint shops and restaurants featuring beautiful and charming decades-old facades. They…

DALLAS

Tucked in a super clean and sometimes sleepy nook in Dallas is the campus at SMU, a private school that has stirred to life this fall behind a nationally ranked football team that provides excitement for its tidy, polite fan base with a fun-to-watch, prolific offense and an outside-the-box…

Generation Z has had it with us baby boomers. We were handed a golden opportunity to make the world better and we blew it. “OK boomer” has become its rallying cry of collective mistrust.

I live with three Gee Zees (I made that up because it’s easier and more fun to say), and not…

Performances in athletics can be great, they can be memorable and they can be record-breaking, but that doesn’t always equal a win.

Sports outcomes can be cruel sometimes, which is what happened Saturday night when East Carolina played its best football game of the season — by far…