An app promoted by Pitt County Schools helped a small number of students maintain their reading skills over the summer, but officials hope to better promote it to increase its use.

The Sora classroom reading app allows students to use a phone, tablet and other devices to check out grade-level e-…

The N.C. Department of Information Technology on Monday granted a motion to temporarily halt implementation of the Istation reading software while it reviews the contract.

State Superintendent Mark Johnson announced the three-year, $8.3 million contract with Istation on June 7, just days before the…

The Greenville Police Department is investigating a reported armed robbery at a 10th Street laundry, according to a report issued Tuesday.

The report indicates $2,200 in cash was stolen from The Wash House, 2511 E. 10th St., during the incident, which took place about 12:12 p.m. Monday, according…

South Central senior running back Kevone Harris has worked hard to become the Falcons number one running back, and this season he will have the chance to show everyone what he's made of. Harris spoke with Preps beat writer Jake Keator about SC's upcoming season, his goals and his future legacy.

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Many intricacies and focuses for East Carolina football players have changed with Monday's start to the fall semester and the N.C. State game a little more than a week away, but Pirate coach Mike Houston had no plans of intensity dipping with the transition from preseason workouts to in-season and…

The stage is set and the lights will soon be on as area football teams are ready to see if their intense workouts and practices will pay off on the field Friday night for the opening of another high school season. While there are many can’t-miss matchups coming up this season, I picked out…

We ask that readers respond to items on our opinion page by writing a letter to the editor. We are making an exception in this case:

Bless the heart of the editor of The Daily Reflector for the stupid editorial you wrote this past weekend. I wish we could vote you out of office for your slanted…

No, Dr. Soderstrom, “sociopathic nihilists” (Public Forum Aug. 18) are not the “real problem.” “Sociopathic nihilists” armed with high-capacity, rapid firing, military-style assault rifles — rifles designed for no other purpose than people-hunting —…

If there was ever a time to call it like you see it, it's now.

Recent events throughout our nation have not only shone the spotlight once again on our lack of unity, kindness, decency and respect for human life, but they have spoken a deeper truth — we are unequivocally wrong.

We are wrong to…

When hurricanes or other natural disasters impact communities, it disrupts life in many ways. For those with chronic conditions, navigating these disruptions means preparing for the worst and having an excess of the life-saving medication they depend on.

Dr. Bryan Kitch, medical director of…

I am quitting TV journalism. From now on, I'm getting my news from the papers. I have been thinking about it for a long time, but I finally decided when a friend of mine told me his story:

I was watching Nicole Wallace one afternoon as she preached about the imminent collapse of democracy as we…

TODAY

Jazz fundraiser

The Churches Outreach Network will present an Evening of Jazz fundraiser from 6:30-9 p.m. today at Yankee Hall Plantation, 3332 Yankee Hall Road. The event, which will celebrate 11 years of service by CON, will include a three-course meal and a live jazz ensemble. Tickets are…

On a busy afternoon at a former workplace, I was deep into job-related thought when the distinctive sound of a hammer drill began its rhythmic pounding against the building’s brick exterior.

I know that sound well because I own a hammer drill and have used it for creating holes in concrete.…

YouTube is is like the rabbit hole in "Alice in Wonderland." One false step and I fall into it, emerging hours later with my head spinning and the sense that I've lost time that I will never get back.

The channel has a way to luring me with videos I never knew I wanted to watch but end up viewing…

Over 50 years ago, I had a Swedish girlfriend.

It never turned into anything long-term. But the fact that I met the Swedish girl before I met the girl I ended up marrying clearly introduced several complications into both relationships. And it has produced a tale that my wife Ruthie has never tired…