A Washington woman and Greenville man each are facing a felony charge in connection to a Saturday theft of jewelry and undergarments at Belk.

Madison Lyn Boahn, 18, of 105 Alderson Road, Washington, and Gabriel Fermin Valles-Torres, 19, of 502 E. Fifth St., Greenville, are charged with felony…

The last of five men who were indicted this month on charges in connection to a shooting at the Night Train Lounge in June was taken into custody on Monday.

The Pitt County Sheriff’s Office charged William Carney with attempted first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to…

A Greenville man and his passenger were injured after he made an “aggressive” left turn and lost control of the vehicle, according to a weekly review of crashes investigated in Pitt County by the State Highway Patrol.

The wreck occurred about 10:20 p.m. on Saturday on County Home Road…

Having yet to lose in the North Carolina American Legion baseball state tournament, Randolph County Post 45 had the chance to end the event with a victory Tuesday afternoon against Wilmington Post 10.

Knowing a loss would have meant playing a second game in the sweltering heat, Post 45 emphatically…

Former East Carolina student-athletes Andrew Bayes (football), Derrick Ingram (track and field) and Meghan McCallion (soccer), along with longtime swimming and diving coach Rick Kobe, have been elected to the school’s athletics Hall of Fame. They will be formally enshrined at the 40th annual…

Tar Heel is on the verge of a regional championship in the first Tournament of State Champions being held at Elm Street Park this summer. To take the title, it must win the impending battle of the Carolinas.

The Greenville Tar Heel 8-10-year-old squad powered past Vienna (Va.) 13-2 on Tuesday to…

Lansing, Mich., State Journal

A part-time legislature may cost the state less money. It might mean more time spent at home among constituents for some legislators. And it could mean fewer session days.

These do not make it a good idea. 

A petition seeking to amend Michigan’s constitution…

Here’s part of President Donald Trump’s speech in Poland: “The fundamental question of our time is whether the West has the will to survive. Do we have the confidence in our values to defend them at any cost? Do we have enough respect for our citizens to protect our borders? Do we…

There are many different flavors of freedom. For example, there is freedom as capacity and freedom as detachment.

Freedom as capacity means supporting people so they have the ability to take advantage of life’s opportunities. You encourage your friend to stick with piano practice so he will…

The Leroy James Farmers Market vendor of the week is artist Nathan Simeone.

Simeone has a bachelor of fine arts in two-dimensional studio arts from Lock Haven University but began throwing pottery in 2010.

“I enjoy painting with watercolors and oils,” he said. “However, there is a…

Q We are very excited that my wife is pregnant. I love to fish, and we eat a lot of fish. We have been cautioned that it might not be good for her to eat fish while pregnant. I searched the web, and there seems to be conflicting information. — R.G., Winterville.

A Congratulations.…

Q I would like your perspective on a ghosting situation. I met “Rose” four years ago in college. We kept in touch even after she transferred to a different college and after I graduated and moved to D.C. Despite a six-year age difference, we’ve always gotten along and talked…

The universe is a very empty place. There’s not much there.

What little is there is hurtling around at scales to which we are, like muggles, oblivious.

Mostly, this is because our eyes can’t distinguish anything smaller than the width of a human hair. But a lot goes on down there.

The…

Time magazine wrote a few months ago about the misery of misophonia, a malady that health scientists only recently agreed to consider an actual disorder. I discovered it after my wife put the condition on display at the dinner table.

People who suffer from misophonia can become highly annoyed by…

As a dog lover, I know this sad truth: for every pampered pooch living in a loving home, there are dozens more who live mostly in misery — hungry, alone, abandoned or abused.

Such canines occasionally get lucky — finding a human whose heart is touched by their plight. This is the story…