With filings for the upcoming November municipal elections ending at noon today, two of three seats on a board overseeing a proposed community sewer system have no candidates.

Earl Wade, the longtime chairman of the Candlewick Area Sanitary District Board, is the only person who has so far filed to…

A Greenville man said he’ll buy his wife her dream home after winning $200,000 in a lottery scratch-off game.

Lonnie Daniels Sr. of Greenville won $200,000 playing the $500 Frenzy scratch-off game. He purchased the winning ticket, one of the top prize tickets, at Country Fare Store on Barrus…

Five people were injured last week after a Greenville woman rear-ended another vehicle and caused a five-vehicle chain reaction wreck, according to a weekly review of crashes investigated in Pitt County by the State Highway Patrol.

The wreck occurred about 7:55 a.m. July 14 on U.S. 13…

NEWPORT, R.I – There is plenty of unity among the American Athletic Conference's football coaches when it comes to the notion of the league needing a television deal more comparable to that of the biggest conferences in the country.

There were mixed feelings, however, about the growing TV…

J.H. Rose and Pitt County Post 39 pitcher Hunter Christopher is the defending Daily Reflector all-county pitcher of the year. Christopher chatted with Reflector prep sports beat writer Jordan Anders this week about his first season with Post 39 and looking forward to this weekend’s state…

NEWPORT, R.I. - The boundless world of social media is either the ultimate marketing tool for college football teams or a dangerous risk for student-athletes, or even prospective ones, to dig themselves a hole that can change the course of their futures, depending on who you ask.

At this week's…

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How smart is it to borrow from Peter to pay Paul? Not smart at all, although those with vivid imaginations can conjure up a scenario where it might make sense.

Here's the key ingredient — the borrower has to be in terrible financial shape. Or, to put it…

Call it political correctness. Call it being respectful of everyone’s point of view. Call it whatever you want. But the North Carolina Democrats have given former Presidents Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson their walking papers.

When the Democrats gather for their 87th annual Jefferson-…

"Let Obamacare fail," President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday morning. Has there ever been a more cynical abdication of presidential responsibility? Trump is apparently indifferent to the pain that sabotaging the individual health insurance market would cause millions of Americans. Congress must…

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

BABY DRIVER — After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail. (1 hour, 53 minutes) Rated R.

THE BIG SICK — A couple deals with…

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Barks and Brews

The Humane Society of Eastern Carolina will host Barks and Brews, a summer fundraising series, from 5-8 p.m. today at Uptown Brewing Company, 418 Evans St. Twenty-five percent of purchases will be donated to the Humane Society. Visit hsecarolina.org.

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Lovers of art and Italian food may find themselves drawn to a patio on Red Banks Road Wednesday night as City Art Gallery and Nino’s Cucina Italiana host an event marrying the visual, culinary and musical arts. 

From 6-8 p.m., artist and musician Mike Rooney will perform a…

I can’t remember the first time I heard of Martin Truex Jr.

The earliest memory I have of him is seeing him in what is now the Xfinity Series, driving a No. 8 car owned by Chance 2 Motorsports, besting team co-owner Dale Earnhardt Jr., in the spring race at Talladega. Being 13 years old and a…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — For the first time in 30 years, I’m walking the streets of downtown Nashville. So far nothing looks familiar.

I’m in town with my wife, Sharon, who is working a booth at the summer convention for NAMM, the National Association of Music Merchants. An audiologist,…

A couple weeks ago, I wrote a column about the NASCAR “silly season.”

All the questions I laid out in that column are still unanswered. Will Ryan Blaney remain with the Wood Brothers? What about Brad Keselowski? And who will take over the No. 88 car for the retiring Dale Earnhardt Jr.?…