RALEIGH — Democrat Dan McCready said on Friday that he’s running, again, for the country’s last vacant congressional seat now that North Carolina has ordered a new election.

McCready told supporters on Friday at a brewery in Waxhaw, near Charlotte: “I am running in the…

RALEIGH — A North Carolina judge on Friday voided new state mandates requiring photo identification to vote and also limiting income tax rates. He ruled the GOP-controlled legislature lacked authority to put those constitutional amendments on the ballot because lawmakers had been elected from…

Two people died of gunshot wounds after a shooting inside a residence in the Kearny Park housing complex on Friday afternoon, the Greenville Police Department reported.

The incident occurred inside of 1808-B Kennedy Circle, Lt. Carlton Williams said. Officers were called to a report of shots fired…

A 17-0 run in the second quarter allowed Farmville Central’s girls basketball team to pull away from rival North Pitt in the Eastern Plains 2-A Conference tournament final Friday night.

The Jaguars walked away with an 83-54 win, adding yet another accomplishment to an already stellar season.…

Mother Nature has affected East Carolina baseball’s schedule for another weekend.

ECU announced late Friday morning that it will not play Monmouth on Friday, but instead will begin a doubleheader Saturday at 4 p.m. at Clark-LeClair Stadium. 

The No. 11 Pirates (3-1) played Wednesday…

The South Central boys basketball team’s dynamic duo of guard Shykeim Phillips and center Day’Ron Sharpe combined for 36 points Thursday night in the Falcons’ 103-53 win over Eastern Wayne in the semifinals of the Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A Conference tournament.

However, neither…

The editors of Bless Your Heart are giving themselves a big bless your heart for printing a submission on Wednesday about Levi Smith. We have it on good authority that he is fine person and is not a bully. We don’t allow comments like that against private citizens. It should have never…

The people of rural North Carolina (east and west) face unique challenges. Those of us located east of Interstate 95 share many of the same hardships and we have been in the same boat for years.

I have recently spent many hours in Pitt County with fellow lawmakers, and our brothers…

Aurora investigators determined immediately after Friday’s killings of five people at a manufacturing firm that the shooter had worked there for 15 years. They soon learned he had caused the carnage with a handgun purchased from a local dealer in 2014. What’s now under question, as five…

On Sunday, we have the 91st Academy Awards presentation. Whether you’ll be watching it from home on the TV screen, or as a live podcast on the big screen at your local theater, or you’re fortunate enough to walk the Red Carpet in Hollywood, you probably have favorites for whom…

Capsules of movies playing locally. New releases are indicated with an asterisk.

*ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL — A deactivated female cyborg is revived, but cannot remember anything of her past life and goes on a quest to find out who she is. (2 hours, 2 minutes) Rated PG-13. 

AQUAMAN…

February has rolled around once again, and I’ve been invited to another wild game supper on a nearby farm.

The menu always depends largely on what’s in the freezer.

This year, it looks like our feast will include bear stew, since three bears were harvested on the farm during the most…

One Father's Day, when I was 6 years old, I asked my dad why there was no such thing as "Kids' Day," and he said, "Because every day is kids' day." And that's my feeling about Presidents Day. Every day is Presidents Day. Besides, I'm not quite sure if not getting my mail is going to make me think…

One of the surest signs of middle age is a Facebook feed full of friends detailing their medical ailments.

Just this week, I counted not one, not two, but three pals who were undergoing knee replacement surgery. One proudly posted a post-op X-ray showing what looked like a spring in her leg.…

I told the physical therapist that she had a motivated patient. And sure enough, I covered enough ground to end our weekly visits after just three.

On the scale for reasons to be in a physical therapy clinic waiting room, a hurt finger ranks low. Something about sitting there wearing an ace bandage…