More square footage, a fresh coat of paint and new vendors are generating a lot of excitement at the Leroy James Farmer's Market.

The market's new addition officially opened Saturday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The 5,000-square-foot expansion brings the market's total space to 11,500 square…

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Vinyl Show

The Greenville Vinyl Records Show will be from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday, June 25, at the Greenville Masonic Lodge, 1104 Charles St. Several vendors will be selling vinyl records as well as other musical memorabilia and collectibles. Buy, sell, and trade! Admission is free. For more…

Holidays seem to bring out some people’s creativity, and this past Father’s Day was no exception.

Scrolling along Facebook, I was treated to numerous old photos and tender wishes from my friends to their dear dads. Even better, I discovered cartoons, poetry and even music that…

In her previous two seasons as starting pitcher at South Central, Abigayle Rowell had not built a reputation for piling up strikeouts.

That changed in her senior season, as she fanned a career-high 115 batters as part of a campaign that makes her this year’s Daily Reflector Pitcher of the…

After South Central’s softball team claimed a long-sought after victory over D.H. Conley on May 4, Falcons coach Cotton Nicholson grinned and made a remark he seemed to have been waiting a long time to make.

“There’s more than one softball team in Pitt County,” he said that…

A former hard-hitting safety who was a favorite of coaches and teammates was shot and killed in Raleigh on Friday night, according to the capital city’s police department.

Domonique Lennon, 24, reportedly died outside a restaurant on Wake Forest Road of multiple gunshot wounds. He was…

A state spending plan approved last week by the General Assembly will increase pay and cut taxes for thousands of people living in Pitt and surrounding counties, but it could do more.

Lawmakers sent the $23 billion biannual budget to Gov. Roy Cooper for his signature on Thursday. Pitt…

N.C. House and Senate leaders have just fashioned a compromise budget for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 fiscal years. The deal includes sizable pay raises for school teachers and principals, boosts for other state employees and retirees, tax cuts for most households and businesses, a prudent deposit into…

The U.S. shoots down a Syrian fighter-bomber. Iran launches missiles into eastern Syria. Russia threatens to attack coalition aircraft west of the Euphrates. What is going on?

It might appear a mindless mess, but the outlines are clear. The great Muslim civil war, centered in Syria, is approaching…

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Coastal Plain has announced its Youth of the Month winners.

Youth are selected for the honor based on contributions to their club, school, family and community as well as personal challenges and obstacles they have overcome.

Pitt County award recipients include:

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Greenville students Faith Koesters and Harriet Bowles took top honors in the Optimist International North Carolina East District Oratorical Contest held last month in Goldsboro. They were sponsored by the Optimist Club of Greenville.

Contestants presented speeches titled “What the World Gains…

I am a registered liberal who mostly toes the party line, but I am not devoted to the idea of big government. I loathe the law in New York state requiring gas pump nozzles to not latch. This means that I must stand beside my vehicle, holding the nozzle lever open, instead of latching it and walking…

Let’s face it: Ryan Blaney's win last weekend at Pocono was awesome.

Not only was it impressive that he won without being able to communicate with his team, having to rely on old-school hand signals to give feedback on his car after his radio failed, but it was great because the 23-year-old…

“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.”

― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

And, as Sagan might have added, we are built of dinosaur breath, because the universe…

We’re vacationing on Florida’s beautiful Anna Maria Island this Father’s Day weekend, which is perfect. Traveling through Florida always brings to mind the only two trips I made into the Sunshine State with Dad during his lifetime.

Those trips were clear through to Miami. The man…