Two people who were shot late Tuesday night on Kristin Drive are expected to survive their wounds after being rushed to Vidant Medical Center, the Greenville Police Department reported.

About 11:50 p.m., dispatchers sent officers to the 100 block of Kristin Drive off S.W. Greenville Boulevard for a…

About 140 people gathered at the Town Common Tuesday evening to hold a candle for the three people who died in Charlottesville, Va., and hear speakers who called for unity.

Police blocked off First Street to traffic, and people walked and rode bicycles to sit near the stage in the park to hear…

The Greenville Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of a request from East Carolina University to rezone a lot on 10th Street for a new parking deck and the planned $90 million science and biotechnology building.

The commission unanimously approved the request to rezone about 3.5…

Greenville North State will play at least three games at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa., and with that comes ESPN coverage to the fullest extent.

It will probably come up during the national television broadcasts that infielder Carson Hardee nicknamed his…

A considerable amount of pressure comes with being a wide receiver at East Carolina these days.

The football team more traditionally know for planting quarterbacks into the NFL now has a huge standard to uphold with recent NCAA all-time receptions leaders Justin Hardy and Zay Jones now playing at…

#ECU coach Scottie Montgomery energetic after a hot morning practice during preseason camp, Aug. 15.

After reading a letter to the editor published on Aug. 8, 2017, I watched the April 24, 2017, City Council meeting online. During that meeting, P.J. Connelly criticized city staff for using federal money to clean up a toxic site at 1404 West Fifth St.

The city received federal grants to purchase…

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When a report ranks Indiana as one of the country's worst five states for recruiting and keeping teachers, you begin to understand why school districts locally and statewide struggle to fill teaching positions.

Until recently, South Bend schools had about 100 teaching…

It should not have taken the death and injury of innocents to move our nation toward moral clarity. It should not have taken President Donald Trump's disgraceful refusal to condemn white supremacy, bigotry and Nazism to make clear to all who he is and which dark impulses he is willing to exploit to…

Dear Readers: A local World Breastfeeding Celebration event is being held from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday at the Pitt County Agricultural Center, 403 Government Circle. The event is free and open to the community. It is geared toward pregnant or breastfeeding women and their families as well as anyone…

Q The other day I noticed my neighbor, who previously had long hair, is now bald. My assumption is she is dealing with some sort of health issue, likely cancer (why else would she suddenly be bald?). I am not sure how to offer sympathy or support without seeming nosy. We are friendly but not close.…

When I was a child, a popular comic strip was There Oughta Be a Law. It ran in the paper that came to our doorstep every morning and was one of the first things I went to when it was my turn to get ink all over my fingers. I later realized that at one level the cartoonist was satirizing people who…

Kevin Harvick always will have a fascinating connection to the Earnhardt family.

It was Dale Earnhardt’s death in February 2001 that suddenly propelled Harvick into a ride in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Many of Earnhardt’s fans immediately tabbed his son Dale Earnhardt Jr., as…

My brother-in-law Dwain and I were discussing the importance of workday naps for improving individual productivity. Dwain is an insurance adjuster and allowed that his workday naps are made easier by a bed in his office.

"Yes!" I exclaimed. "A bed in every office! That is what America needs!"

Dwain…

Change is a scary thing. Sometimes it can threaten our way of life or trample the values we hold so dear. But change is often times necessary for a society and, in this case, a community to grow.

Change is happening here in Greenville right now, and it's driven by recent graduates just entering the…