As thousands of North Carolina residents were hunkering down or fleeing from Hurricane Florence on Thursday, 21-year-old Alec Hopping got into his car in Ithaca, New York, and headed toward it.

His Toyota Prius was loaded with three cans of gasoline, first-aid supplies, snacks, cameras, binoculars.…

The following people were indicted on felony charges on Sept. 10, 2018, by a Pitt County grand jury. All information, including addresses, is from court records.

■ Delores Ann Anderson, 57,132 Foxboro Road, Bethel, obtain a controlled substance by prescription misrepresentation for Jan. 12…

A 22-year-old man was charged with driving while impaired after he crashed into a pole at the Sheetz, left the scene and later threatened an officer while at the Pitt County Detention Center. 

Tyler Ray Brown, 22, of 803 E. Third Street crashed into a pole at the Sheetz gas station, left the…

TAMPA, Fla. — Too many times since East Carolina joined the American Athletic Conference in 2014 have the football Pirates faced an insurmountable deficit in the fourth quarter when playing league games away from Greenville.

Saturday night’s 20-13 loss for ECU at South Florida in…

These questions appeared in The Daily Reflector’s Pirate Gameday section Saturday to preview East Carolina’s matchup at South Florida, which ended as a 20-13 victory for the favored Bulls.

Here are the answers and more insight from the game:

1. Will the East Carolina layoff play a role?…

This ran in The Daily Reflector’s Pirate Gameday section Saturday morning to help preview East Carolina’s American Athletic Conference football opener at South Florida, which is 3-0 and sits just outside the Associated Press Top 25 rankings. 

The game starts at 8 p.m. on ESPNews.…

One of the great joys of walking dogs is the opportunity to make new friends as you are out and about.

Dog lovers have an instant connection, and I have met many wonderful people while strolling around the townhouses and condos in our neighborhood with Ollie and Einstein.

The Storm boys are…

Colin Kaepernick and Nike are here to make a statement — and I guess they are doing so since Trump has already tweeted something nasty about it.

The dynamic duo of Kaepernick and one of the most popular athletic brands in the world, Nike, released a new ad campaign centering on the phrase,…

As mayor of Greenville, I would like to express my appreciation to city employees and residents for their actions before, during and after Hurricane Florence. The storm was one that presented many challenges as it approached North Carolina, but the willingness of everyone in our city to come…

Like all North Carolinians, I am worrying about the flooding causing heart-rending damage throughout our state following Hurricane Florence.

I have a special worry. It is about a puppy in Kinston.

Would the floods from Hurricane Florence put that puppy out of business in the same way that Hurricane…

As hurricane Florence made its landfall last week, it left the Greenville area relatively spared, thankfully. But what did this hurricane mean for our garden or landscape plants? Landscape and garden plants can suffer from “wet feet” due to all the water we received, even if you are not…

EVENT CHANGES

In the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, several area events have been postponed or canceled.

Games Meet Art

The Greenville Museum of Art has canceled Saturday’s Games Meet Art event. No new date has been scheduled. Call 758-1946, email info@gmoa.org or visit gmoa.org for more…

It should come as no surprise that Pitt Community College found its new president, Lawrence Rouse, just 63 miles down the road in Kenansville.

Rouse is a native of Sumpter, South Carolina, but he spent 13 years in Duplin County as president and CEO of James Sprunt Community College.

That’s…

How did Carrboro writer and teacher Georgann Eubanks become the leader of the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association?

In a word, she earned a top role in our state’s cultural community by her diligent and unselfish community service that has made things better for all of us. For…

A convoy of large, four-wheel-drive trucks pulling white trailers passed me on I-81 rolling east on Tuesday. I couldn’t make out all of the words on their vehicles, but two of them, “disaster response,” made my heart swell.

Twenty years ago, I’m not so sure I would have felt…