More than $300 in household items and clothing were stolen from Target last week, according to a case report released by the Greenville Police Department. 

According to the report, the thefts took place between 1:53 p.m. on March 3 and 4 p.m. on March 13 at Target in Greenville, 3040 Evans St.…

The American Legion is turning 100 years old this year and Greenville’s American Legion Post 39 is planning to celebrate the milestone tonight.

Members and organizers will gather at 6 p.m. at the Greenville post, located at 403 Saint Andrews Drive.

The national organization traces its roots…

HIGH POINT — Police in North Carolina said one man was killed and a 13-year-old girl was wounded after a shooting at a park

High Point police said a park ranger found 18-year-old James B. Murray Jr. of Kernersville lying in the grass Sunday with a gunshot wound and started performing life-…

East Carolina’s football team putting on shoulder pads for Monday morning’s workouts led to the first installment of full-contact drills.

Keeping with an early spring practice theme, first-year head coach Mike Houston left the practice encouraged with the effort by players yet aware…

UCLA is the new No. 1 team in college baseball, according to rankings both by Baseball America and D1baseball.com, and East Carolina’s best ranking is still No. 14 by Baseball America.

The Pirates will play a three-game series at UCLA (14-4) on April 12-13. 

ECU, which went 3-1 last week…

Mike Houston is ready for 8:45 this morning.

The first-year East Carolina football coach was ready for it last week, bringing it up one day before the Pirates even began their first spring practice workout on Friday.

“We’ll start finding it out at about 8:45 on Monday morning, because…

It was one of the deadliest years in the history of North Carolina’s prison system. Five prison employees were killed in two incidents at state prisons in 2017. Given the way our prisons were staffed and the guards were trained and equipped, we should have seen it coming.

The two incidents…

"America is addicted to political contempt."

I'm not sure I've ever read a more accurate diagnosis of what we're looking at in the United States right now.

I'm quoting from a new book by Arthur C. Brooks, "Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America From the Culture of Contempt." I had…

The N.C. House has taken a long overdue step toward transparency, voting unanimously to add online video streaming of its sessions — so North Carolinians across the state can watch their government in action without driving to Raleigh.

The legislature currently offers online audio streams of…

Perspectives on one of most controversial and hotly-debated topics in the worlds of humanities and technology came together in a lively discussion last week that capped off a three-day religious studies conference at ECU.

More than 100 East Carolina students, staff, observers and religious scholars…

"Did tonight's meal kit get delivered yet?"

I'm trying to recall how many times I heard my mother say those words.

Oh, yeah, never. It's hard to believe that there was a time not so long ago when you had to go to a restaurant or to a friend's house to eat something you didn't make yourself in your…

If the names Jamie and Claire — and the endearment Sassenach — make your heart flutter, you dinna wanna miss several upcoming events in New Bern and Burlington. 

Diana Gabaldon, bestselling author of the popular “Outlander” book series, will visit two N.C.…

One of the great joys of having siblings is living with the knowledge that they will never forget anything you ever have said.

Wait did I say, one of the great joys? I meant one of my biggest worries.

Sometimes it is actually quite fun to recall famous family quotes. My sister Nancy and I spent…

The recent demolition of a nightclub complex near East Tennessee State University has stirred ashes, dust and memories of the old Tu La Fe. A new Christian coffee shop and worship center are planned for the site.

According to a recent report in the Johnson City Press, the metal building dispensed…

I paid $70 to check two bags on a recent flight so I would be baggage-free. It was worth $70 not to watch after two bags while using the restroom or grabbing a bite to eat in a connecting airport.

There's a reason they call it luggage. You have to "lug" it. Many people don't think it's worth the…