It never hurts to be ready for times when nature unleashes its worst.

The 2018 North Atlantic Hurricane Season officially began on June 1, with the most active time of the season expected to run through September.

To prepare for storms and other similar events, Pitt County Emergency Management…

Executives from all over the state had a chance to experience some of Greenville's local flavor this weekend.

The 63rd annual Association Executives of North Carolina conference brought more than 200 business leaders to the Greenville Convention Center on Saturday afternoon.

The meeting provided…

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Summer concert

The Sunday in the Park Summer Concert Series will feature the band Built for Comfort from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Greenville Town Common, 105 E. First St. Built For Comfort features Greenville/Fountain native and former Cold Sweat member Lady Spain on guitar and vocals,…

It’s that time of year again when kids across the country begin pursuing baseball and softball glory and once-in-a-lifetime opportunities.

The scores of teams and players across Little League, Babe Ruth and Cal Ripken baseball and softball are being whittled down to just a few remaining all-…

CHARLOTTE — After a 15-minute opening that weaved through the conference’s league-wide accomplishments over the last several years, ACC commissioner John Swofford, during his Commissioner's Forum to begin the ACC media days on Wednesday in Charlotte, moved right along to the bubbling…

If you’re watching a local baseball game, odds are you’ll see Drew Nichols right up front in the batting order. The talented leadoff batter and defensive specialist is no stranger to the pressure of the game. Preps writer Jake Keator spoke with Nichols about growing up playing baseball…

BYH to all the parents out there who have their babies’ ears pierced. Don’t you know that’s a very cruel thing to do them? You ought to have your face slapped for it.

Bless Melania Trump’s heart. She has decided to “ walk back” her wedding vows. It seems she…

The GOP supermajority in Raleigh has decided that it’s important to let voters decide in November on six changes to the state constitution.

Perhaps no priority is more important than enshrining North Carolinian’s right to hunt and fish in the constitution. That should put a stop to the…

As our adolescents prepare to return to school, it's important that we remember that while buying new backpacks and school supplies, signing up for sports and after school activities, we also need to make sure our kids' immunizations are current.

So often we feel that something could never happen…

HEY, THAT’S NO WAY TO SAY “HELLO”

Dear Short Answers: I recently sent out invitations for a dinner party that I was planning, and I just didn’t feel like getting into the hassle of everybody’s ridiculous dietary restrictions these days. So I included a note…

I call it “psychological thinking,” referring to the tendency among parents of the last 50 years or so to attribute bad behavior on the part of a child to so-called “issues” that are thought to be causing emotional tensions of one sort or another. That is, in fact, precisely…

Not all trees are created equal. While most trees that cover our landscapes provide us with aesthetic and ecological benefits, there are a few that probably do not belong here. Some trees can be invasive, some are insect and disease prone, and others may not grow well in our eastern North Carolina…

When we moved from eastern North Carolina back to East Tennessee, I thought the war on bugs would require less firepower. I was wrong and I’m calling in the big guns.

The occasional appearance of giant fishing spiders has become more annoying than startling. Roaches are minimal, and…

I am a word person.

Even as a child I remember being enthralled by reading and writing assignments. I thumbed ahead in books and finished chapters while other were still struggling through the opening pages. 

Having parents who were always reading to me probably was the key to my love of the…

A TV viewer who I’ll call “Joe” recently commented on Facebook about my review of The Prime Smokehouse in Rocky Mount.

“Thanks for the review, Bob, but while I live in Raleigh, I'm a native of Rocky Mount,” Joe said with pride. “It once called itself the…