GREENVILLE — Pitt County Schools is presenting a capital improvement list with a price tag of at least $13 million to the Pitt County Board of Commissioners in January.

The list will include improvements at A.G. Cox Middle School, cameras on all school buses and upgraded cameras at all…

WILSON — Once a fire is extinguished, it’s investigators’ job to determine the cause. That means suiting up and digging down, looking under mattresses and analyzing burn patterns, and 25 students recently were in Wilson to do just that.

“By state general statute, every…

WILSON — Denny and Marge Rutter say they literally work for peanuts when they volunteer at Winstead United Methodist Church.

Volunteers get one 7-ounce jar of water-blanched peanuts for each shift they pull. The fresh, salty peanuts are a good trade for several hours of work with friends.…

The East Carolina basketball team’s break of more than two weeks between games comes to an end tonight when it tips off against the former Conference USA rival Charlotte 49ers in Charlotte at 7:30 p.m.

ECU (6-4) hasn’t played since a Dec. 2 home win against Maryland-Eastern Shore in…

Pitt County basketball teams are ready for the upcoming Pitt County Christmas Tournaments at J.H. Rose High School, which kick off with girls action on Wednesday night with a full slate of games. 

D.H. Conley was voted the top seed by other coaches in the tournament. The Viking girls are…

Things only fell into place in spurts for the East Carolina women’s basketball team on Sunday afternoon, but the Pirates cashed in on those surges to upend South Carolina Upstate, 63-53 in Minges Coliseum.

The Pirates (7-2) build a big early lead but found themselves in a one-point battle by…

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lThe major chickenpox outbreak at a private school in Asheville is evidence of the bad things that can happen when parents think they know more than scientists and pediatricians.

At least 36 students at Asheville Waldorf School — out of a total enrollment of 152 children…

Farmers care about clean water. We want to preserve and protect the natural resources on our farms for our children, so they can pass it on to their children. We have a vested interest in protecting the land and water because most of us want our farms to stay in the family for future generations.…

In an age where halls of higher learning play host to political correctness on steroids, it’s nice to see the University of North Carolina System leading the way to protect freedom of speech.

Two state colleges, the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and Western Carolina University in…

In 2003, there was no way Richard Wilson could afford the $5,000 booth fee at the Philadelphia International Art Expo, one of Philadelphia’s largest African-American art shows in the country at Temple University.

He negotiated with the organizers and purchased half of a booth for $2,500…

Today is one of the 10 best days of the year to read all the "Ten Best" lists of the year.

"The Ten Best Movies of the Year," "The Ten Best Books of the Year," "The Ten Best TV Shows of the Year," "Top Ten Children's Names of the Year," "The Top Ten Design Trends."

So what if you haven't even heard…

Singular: “Wasp.” Plural: “Wasps.” Right?

But that plural form of the noun is hard to say, and it sounds kind of silly to me: “Waspeses.” I’m reminded that there are other ways in which these words are pronounced. For instance, I’ve heard it…

When you maintain a fleet of vehicles, there’s going to be a lemon in the bunch now and again. I’m ready to cut my losses and pass our lemon on to the next citrus sucker.

With three teenage drivers, we have a lot of cars in the family. My strategy has been to put the kids in older and…

In the Spring of 1986 I was invited by the deputy chief of staff for Vice President George H. W. Bush to a meeting with the vice president in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building across from the White House. At the time, I was a young executive in the U.S. Department of Commerce working…

We have a skinny Christmas tree this year with fewer decorations and no topper at all. I like it, but the girls are not thrilled. They are especially frowny that their gaudy treetop angel is missing.

It’s probably somewhere in storage, where most of our belongings are waiting for the new…