Flu deaths continue to decrease enough for Vidant Health System to announce that as of today, it has lifted the system-wide visitation restrictions that were imposed on children ages 12 and younger.

“Due to a decrease in flu activity and viral respiratory illnesses, Vidant is able to lift the…

The Greenville City Council on Monday approved an amended 2.7 percent salary increase — in lieu of a recommended 2.9 percent — for Greenville Utility and city employees.

During a joint meeting of the Greenville Utilities Commission and the City Council, officials voted on a cost-of-…

Opening statements and final trial motions are expected to begin this morning as jurors hear the case of a Greenville man accused of stabbing to death an autistic man near a grocery store off of Stantonsburg Road in Greenville.

Michael Anthony O'Neal, 24, of 4302 Evans Street is one of four co-…

A widespread storm that hit North Carolina early Tuesday and cancelled a top-10 college baseball showdown between East Carolina and N.C. State in Raleigh left Pirate fourth-year coach Cliff Godwin adamant about being disappointed in not playing the Wolfpack this season.

No. 2 N.C. State listed on…

TUESDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE: East Carolina’s baseball game against N.C. State is cancelled because of inclement weather and will not be made up. 

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East Carolina moved back into the top-10 of the two major college baseball polls Monday, one day before traveling to…

Pitt Community College offered a resounding answer in Sunday’s baseball rubber match against Region X rival Lenoir, padding a five-run lead with five more in the fifth for an shortened 10-0 victory to claim the series.

The Bulldogs (23-10-1) split with LCC on Saturday, but rode starter Dylan…

BYH for our non-enforced Greenville noise ordinance. Where are the police when the guy on South Overlook starts his truck and it sounds like a bomb going off? I'm sure he has no muffler on his truck and a quick look around demonstrates that about half the other vehicles in Greenville don't either.…

Please support Major Paula Dance for sheriff of Pitt County. Her experience in law enforcement is extensive, as the previously published summaries detail. I have worked with Major Dance on difficult cases when I was doing forensic pathology. I found her to be diligent and thourough. It is my belief…

The time is near for Pitt County voters to go to the polls for the District Attorney primary. I hope Republican and unaffiliated voters will join me in voting for Glenn Perry on May 8. I have had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Perry in action during my many years in law enforcement, and I have no doubt…

NARCISSUS DID NOT FARE WELL

Dear Short Answers: My girlfriend has become obsessed about the way she looks, and I think it might be the end of our relationship. Every day she asks me questions about her hair and her dress and her makeup, and honestly, I don’t know and I don’t care.…

The 14th Community Youth Arts Festival will bring 150 visual and performing artists to Greenville on Sunday, leaving some people to wonder how on earth they had never heard of this before.

The newly named festival is actually two celebrations in one. The event combines the ECU Youth Arts Festival…

“I Feel Pretty” suffers from a fatal flaw: its premise. Built around the notion that there’s something inherently hilarious — even crazy — about a woman not supermodel-thin or -gorgeous behaving with the confidence of one who is, the comedy treats its star, Amy Schumer,…

My mother died two decades ago, but I have never stopped missing her. During the spring the ache is a bit more acute.

My mother was a wonderful gardener. When Michigan’s icy grip finally gave way to warmer weather she was out the door and working on one of the many flower beds that surrounded…

We were born the final year of World War II and, not coincidentally, the year before the Baby Boom began. Our waistlines have thickened and our hairlines thinned, as have, with increasing frequency, our numbers, but we gather in Greenville to commemorate the 55th reunion of the Rose High School…

The 2005 minivan rolled a little beyond 200,000 miles and decided that this would be the finish line. The catalytic converter was rattling, the transmission was knocking, and the air conditioner was on the blink — again.

“We have to do something,” said Sharon, who was about to…