A roofing job that never happened has resulted in a man‘s arrest, according to the Pitt County Sherriff’s Office

A sheriff’s office news release stated that Jeffrey Wayne McLawhorn Jr. was given about $3,500 to reroof a home on Frog Level Road in Greenville. McLawhorn…

AYDEN — Despite a decision to reduce the size of Aydens police vehicle fleet, the Board of Commissioners continues to be divided on the issue.

In July, the board voted to reduce the fleet to 10 marked patrol cars from its current 15. Commissioner Raymond Langley made the motion, which Mayor…

GRIFTON — After winning a bid on a parcel of land owned by the town, a Grifton business owner will have to restart the bidding process.

Dax Nelson, owner of the Grifton Café, bid on a lot of land on the corner of Wall and Lewis streets and won. However, he is going to have to start the…

East Carolina football will hold its second and final preseason scrimmage today at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.

Last week’s scrimmage was defined by a stingy effort up front by the defense and the Pirate offense airing it out often and hitting some deep passes.

Here are five players to watch for…

The only thing hotter than the on-field temperature at game time was the Chargers themselves, as they dominated on both sides of the ball.

Led by a three-touchdown performance by Michael Webb and a two-touchdown night by Ray Darden, Ayden-Grifton rolled to a 61-0 victory to kick off the season on…

Over the past four football seasons, North Pitt has been home to inconsistency, instability and a beaten-down program.

New head coach Greg Watford has been brought in to attempt to return the competitive edge to NP. Watford has shown over the course of his coaching career that he understands the…

Bless my 16-year-old heart, which was about 30 years ago. I'd like to change the answer I gave in Psychology class and say that I don't believe in altruism and that basically most people are rotten to begin with and only get worse.

BYH, Nazis aren't fine people, even American nazis.

Bless my…

The Boston Herald

The news that the FBI fired Peter Strzok broke this week, and with that we can begin to see big-picture truth take shape about the bureau’s role in the Hillary Clinton investigation as well as the Russia investigation.

It does not look good for the leadership at the FBI.…

In Tom Fetzer’s defense of his recent actions as a member of the UNC Board of Governors, he was right about one matter: Secrecy is not paramount in the search for a new chancellor at one of our state universities.

Fetzer, in a column published by The News & Observer, defended his…

TODAY

‘Broadway Spectacular’

The Community Pops Singers will present a”Broadway Spectacular” concert at 7:15 p.m. today at John Paul II Catholic High School, 2725 E. 14th St. The free event will feature songs from “The Music Man,” “My Fair Lady,”…

Q I’m a 23-year-old woman living across the country from my family, and my brother “Justin” is an 18-year-old high school grad. Justin is living at home and working, and might go to university next year.

My parents just called to share that he has been caught with marijuana…

Scotty McCreery is going to let his tour bus take him home next weekend — but not before he stops at the Winterville Watermelon Festival.

“We do a lot of things in the big cities. It’s always cool to go right down to the people. That’s what we love about [these shows]. We…

The ocean pounded the shore when we arrived at Atlantic Beach on July 22 for a seven-day stay.

“Pounded” really doesn’t capture its character. It churned and roiled.

We rented a beachfront cottage at Ocean Ridge, a knotty-pine paneled, weather-tested but well-kept home owned by…

I take my little dogs outside to our small, enclosed patio every evening. When it’s cold or raining, we generally head back inside in a hurry. Other nights we linger.

On the nights we stay outside for awhile, we hear a variety of sounds. Dogs bark, people on their own patios talk and laugh.…

The first guitar that I ever knew was an old and poorly constructed dime-store model that my father brought home in 1966. He could play two chords. I did good to pluck two strings.

The instrument’s neck was so warped it could shoot arrows. At five, my small hand produced only dead or buzzy…