A vehicle used in a shooting in Greenville on Tuesday was stolen from a home located in the 3000 block of Portertown Road and later returned, according to a Pitt County Sheriff's Office incident report.

A home located at 3143 Portertown Road was broken into around 8 a.m. Tuesday. The thieves who…

Ready, set, go! Back to school, that is.

Pitt County students will return to their classrooms on Aug. 26 with a systemwide open house for all schools taking place on Thursday.

To help students get prepared for the 2019-20 school year, haircuts, backpacks and school supplies, along with some food…

At this back-to-school gathering, no one will be complaining about how short the summer break was or asking how to find the science hall. These seniors represent a different class of learners.

ECU's Lifelong Learning Program will welcome students with a fall semester kickoff on Saturday at the East…

Here are five East Carolina football players who have stepped up during preseason camp and will be looking to continue their momentum when the Pirates complete camp with a scrimmage Saturday at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium:

1. Xavier Smith, linebacker: Smith has kind of quietly morphed from a tight end…

East Carolina’s football practice Friday morning ended with center Branden Pena snapping to quarterback Holton Ahlers in the victory formation, and then the Pirates celebrated. Kicker Jake Verity also made a 57-yard field goal during a late-game sequence.

On the day before an important…

Jayda Hylton-Pelaia has played countless soccer matches in Canada and the United States, impressing plenty of observers with her fluid dribbling and defensive skills.

Her effect on American Athletic Conference coaches was felt Tuesday when she was named AAC preseason defensive player of the year,…

At President Trump’s rally for re-election in Greenville on July 17, he stepped on the toes of the “Squad.” Upon calling out Rep. Ilhan Omar, some folks at the rally started chanting “Send her back.” As I reflected on the event for which my hometown took a…

Following are points of common sense for American society.

Creatively think of ways daily to serve and encourage your fellow man.

Do not wrestle with police when being arrested or point realistic toy guns at police officers.

Do not assume the content of a stranger's character.

Never quote…

It will soon be Rally Day at the church to celebrate the rich folk coming back to church after spending the summer at the beach. Us poor folk will be moving to the back rows and watching the procession waltzing up to the front. The preacher has cleaned his robe and I think put coloring in his hair…

Q: I decided to try to use olive oil instead of vegetable oil. Standing in front of the olive oil section I couldn’t figure out what to buy. Can you help? KP, Farmville

A: You share the same dilemma with many of us. On a recent trip to Boston I went into a great market that had an entire…

Before she graduated from high school, Ghita Harris worked as a medical research assistant in the ECU School of Medicine, an opportunity that would have seemed to have put her on the fast track to becoming a physician. But more than two decades later, her journey has just begun.

The Greenville…

Over 50 years ago, I had a Swedish girlfriend.

It never turned into anything long-term. But the fact that I met the Swedish girl before I met the girl I ended up marrying clearly introduced several complications into both relationships. And it has produced a tale that my wife Ruthie has never tired…

YouTube is is like the rabbit hole in "Alice in Wonderland." One false step and I fall into it, emerging hours later with my head spinning and the sense that I've lost time that I will never get back.

The channel has a way to luring me with videos I never knew I wanted to watch but end up viewing…

Over 50 years ago, I had a Swedish girlfriend.

It never turned into anything long-term. But the fact that I met the Swedish girl before I met the girl I ended up marrying clearly introduced several complications into both relationships. And it has produced a tale that my wife Ruthie has never tired…

There was a time when my three daughters would argue over whose turn it was to circle the yard on the riding lawnmower. Now that they all drive cars and the yard has swelled to 5 acres, each daughter insists on letting her sisters go first.

Such sweetness I scarcely can comprehend.

If I’d…