Greenville Police already are seeing results from a new gunfire detection system.

ShotSpotter detects shots fired, pinpoints their location and alerts law enforcement within seconds, allowing officers to quickly get to the scene, gather evidence and possibly make an arrest.

Using the system, police…

Merchandise totaling $400 was reported stolen at Academy Sports on Wednesday, according to a case report released by the Greenville Police Department. 

The incident took place between 11:40 and 11:54 a.m. at Academy Sports in Greenville, 3428 S. Memorial Drive.

The report lists an unknown…

Gas prices are on the rise in the Carolinas and across the country according to a recent news release by AAA Carolinas. 

North Carolina’s $2.27 average is 12 cents higher than this time last week, four cents higher than yesterday and 16 cents higher than this time last month, AAA numbers…

A pair of Pitt County softball players have joined the already plentiful group of local athletes to sign for college athletics teams this year.

Wednesday afternoon, Farmville Central star Kate Lancaster made her commitment official after signing with Pitt Community College. Lancaster will have…

Another weekend series at Clark-LeClair Stadium, this time against winless Monmouth, begins an eight-game homestand for the No. 11-ranked East Carolina baseball team, and it comes just a few days after the Pirates suffered a rare midweek setback at Campbell.

It was cold and misty and damp at…

Farmville Central’s boys basketball team had no issues advancing to the Eastern Plains 2-A Conference tournament final after defeating North Pitt, 89-39, on Wednesday night in Farmville. It was the second time the two sides had met in five days, with FC taking previous meeting last Saturday,…

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…

As I read the heartbreaking news about all the children that have been sexually abused through decades and decades by Catholic priests, can anyone explain to me what punishment have they received? Are any of them behind bars like a person in the general public would be? What about the bishops, etc.,…

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…

I love living in the south and eastern North Carolina. I also love that within thirty minutes, I can be walking on the idyllic boardwalk overlooking the Pamlico River in the charming town of Little Washington. Most weekends, many of us seek adventure on the roads or on the river, so just hop…

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…