A request to rezone about 60 acres north of Pitt-Greenville Airport for industrial use was denied on Tuesday night, due to concerns about how the newly permitted uses — namely sand-mining — would affect nearby residents.

The request was one of many rezoning requests heard by the…

A robber made off with two iPhone 8 plus devices valued at $1,800 on Sunday, according to the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office.

The cellphones were stolen from a home between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on July 15 in the 2000 block of Joe Gardner Road, Grifton, according to an incident report.

The case…

A Greenville Police Department investigation has determined inattention contributed to a head-on crash that killed a teenager on Fifth Street in May. Both vehicles in the wreck also were traveling above the speed limit.

Dan Kenneth Wooten III, 19, of Greenville was fatally injured about 5:45 a.m.…

The Greenville All-Stars walked away with the Babe Ruth 15U Eastern North Carolina State Championship on Tuesday night, winning 22-1 over fellow local Pitt County and taking the tournament’s title with two straight victories over their rival.

“It’s a good feeling. These guys have…

CARY — The 16th annual Bill Dooley Pigskin Preview followed tradition Monday and turned into part comedy act by the five coaches involved and part serious football talk.

East Carolina third-year coach Scottie Montgomery and N.C. Central interim coach Granville Eastman were joined by Atlantic…

Speaking engagements and vacation time for college football coaches will turn into full preseason practices in less than a month, but for now there is still some balancing of obligations.

First-year East Carolina defensive coordinator David Blackwell has worked on specific details with his players…

I thank The Reflector for Tom Campbell's piece in the July 7 edition, "Civic Clubs Offer Path to Community Pride."

Indeed they do. And I can speak from experience since I joined Kiwanis Club of Greenville eight years ago and have felt rewarded many fold. A woman I was courting and later married was…

On Monday, I tweeted about the summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin — and it seems to have hit a nerve among Republicans.

I wrote: "GOP better be thinking about what to do about a [president] who has an odd affinity to Putin who is a murderous liar that…

Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement, leading to President Donald Trump's nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, has thrown progressives, the Democratic Party and the news media into an out-and-out tizzy.

The online magazine Slate declared, "Anthony Kennedy Just Destroyed His Legacy as…

If you are looking for an unpretentious gathering place with tasty American and Irish pub food, plus karaoke, trivia and live music, then head over to A.J. McMurphy’s Irish Pub at 1914 Turnbury Drive. A.J. McMurphy’s is known for great domestic and imported beer, as well as an expansive…

Q: I like to try new foods and heard that nut butters are better for you than peanut butter. Is that true? — J.K., Greenville

A: There are of choices of nut butters, and many are being marketed with what I would call exaggerated claims. Many of the butters will tout their micronutrient…

Q My husband’s daughter just announced she and her boyfriend are getting married, and we are very happy for them. They are planning a wedding that is not out of line with the kinds of weddings their friends have been having, but that we consider over the top. The cost will likely exceed her…

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…

My anthropology professor once told about a group of tribesmen who left the deep interior of the Amazon rainforest for the first time. When they saw a paved highway, the men asked their new friends how in the world anyone ever found such long, flat rocks.

I know a stretch of Interstate 26 where…

On Monday, President Donald Trump is expected to announce his nominee to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court. Given the president's promise to appoint justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade, it's widely understood that his nominee will pose a clear danger to women's reproductive…