Avoiding ransomware scares and protecting the school district’s data are among the reasons Pitt County Schools has decided purchase a redundant server, officials said.

A redundant server is a backup to the district’s server system, according to Jeff Smith, director of…

ELIZABETH CITY — Elizabeth City State University's aviation science program is beginning to live up to its billing as the university's signature program with its enrollment now growing at twice the pace of the campus’s overall enrollment growth.

ECSU Chancellor Karrie Dixon told the…

WILKESBORO — Authorities said a man being sought in connection with a kidnapping has turned himself in.

The Wilkes County Sheriff’s Office said that 37-year-old Rosalino Duarte-Cruz of Wilkesboro is charged with second-degree kidnapping, simple assault and a domestic violence order.…

Jeff Hoffman wowed plenty of professional baseball scouts at East Carolina from 2012 to 2014 before he was selected as the ninth overall pick in the 2014 Major League Baseball draft.

It was Jake Agnos’ turn at Clark-LeClair Stadium on Thursday, when about 30 scouts were packed into their…

D.H. Conley recorded its second win, and season sweep, of rival South Central Thursday night, 7-4.

The win increased the gap between the two sides, giving Conley a three-game lead over the second-place Falcons in the 3-A/4-A Eastern Carolina Conference.

Entering the sixth inning, SC (16-3, 10-3)…

Farmville Central basketball star Dy’Quavis Wilkins had plenty of reasons to celebrate Wednesday, as he signed his letter of intent to join NCAA Division II powerhouse Tusculum (Tenn.) University on his 19th birthday.

Wilkins, a 6-foot-6, 175-pound forward, won a 2-A state title in his…

RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH

On Monday, Gov. Ralph Northam announced he would not be delivering the commencement speech at his alma mater, Virginia Military Institute, nor will he attend any other graduation ceremonies this season.

Last week, the governor appeared ready to emerge from his self-imposed…

This past weekend my wife and I headed to Westwood to watch the UCLA Bruins host our Pirates in a three-game baseball series. What we witnessed was collegiate baseball played at the highest level!

From the slick fielding to the great at-bats to the phenomenal pitching, the games had the feel of a…

Big "Teddy Bear" Bernie Sanders has been shouting, "Free medicine for everyone!" because 71 percent of the people in America, according to the polls, favor free health care.

The fact is though that Medicare co-pays, deductibles, and principle payments (part B) fill up the Medicare program…

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

AFTER — After follows Tessa - armed with grand ambitions for her future, her guarded world opens up when she meets the dark and mysterious Hardin Scott, a magnetic,…

Best of Enemies is the recent release based on the true story of an unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater, an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis, a local Ku Klux Klan leader.

Set in Durham, N.C., during the racially charged summer of 1971, Atwater and Ellis come together to co-…

DEAR HARRIETTE: I am nervous about the idea of going to therapy. I was invited to go in order to build a stronger relationship with a family member, but I cannot imagine how talking to a stranger will help.

Whenever my relative and I are around each other for more than a couple of hours, we…

If "Unplanned" was an ordinary movie, its creators would be busy right now studying second-week box office numbers while starting negotiations with the digital giants that stream products to the masses.

But this has never been an ordinary movie, which is why it's an important test case for…

One of the challenges of middle age is a memory that fizzles in and out like a radio station with a weak signal.

Some days are frustratingly full of unanswered questions. Where did I park my car? Why did I walk into the living room? Who was I supposed to call after lunch? What happened to the pen I…

Who is the best North Carolina-based political columnist?

Lots of people would say, “Hal Crowther, if only he were still writing.” Crowther’s razor-sharp wit and biting commentary drew blood regularly in the “The Independent Weekly,” “The Spectator,” and…