Monday, February 6, 2012
A homeless encampment off Memorial Drive was visited by Salvation Army volunteers and a college youth group Sunday, and several homeless people accompanied them back to the Salvation Army for a planned Super Bowl party.
- Board to discuss filling open seat
Monday, February 6, 2012
The Pitt County Board of Education will discuss filling an open seat when it meets tonight at 7 in the second-floor auditorium at the county office complex on Fifth Street.
- Proposals for county budget cuts
Monday, February 6, 2012
Budget cuts in education and for community organizations are some of the adjustments being recommended to make up for revenue shortfalls in Pitt County’s budget.
- Second store joins healthy food initiative
Monday, February 6, 2012
Rountree Farmers Fresh Market in Ayden has rounded up a selection of produce and fruit to round out its food offerings.
- Panel hears from sanitation workers
Monday, February 6, 2012
A group of Greenville sanitation workers presented examples Saturday of disrespectful treatment and unfair conditions they say led to a Nov. 9 work stoppage.
- Marley Fund settles lawsuit
Sunday, February 5, 2012
A Greenville-based organization that works to fight feline retroviruses recently ended a nearly 18-month legal battle over an inheritance left to several animal charities.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Deputies arrested a father and son and then a mother and daughter for selling prescription narcotics, the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office announced on Saturday.
- ECU student's parents killed
Monday, February 6, 2012
REIDSVILLE — An East Carolina University student was injured in a Reidsville home invasion that took the lives of her parents early Saturday morning.
- Motorcycle crash kills student
Monday, February 6, 2012
A motorcycle crash killed an ECU student about 3 a.m. Sunday at East Third and Jarvis streets, according to the Greenville Police Department.
- Crime: Two face drug charges
Monday, February 6, 2012
Narcotics detectives with the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office found about a pound of high-grade marijuana inside a vehicle after a traffic stop Friday in the 3400 block of Evans Street.
- Two face drug charges
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Greenville police on Thursday charged two with drug offenses following a dispute at an apartment complex.
- Suspect arrested after break-in
Saturday, February 4, 2012
A suspect in a vehicle break-in was located shortly after the incident Thursday and taken into custody by Greenville police.
Friday, February 3, 2012
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep.
- NC woman charged in wheelchair-bound man's death
Monday, February 6, 2012
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Police in Winston-Salem have charged a 19-year-old woman with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a man confined to a wheelchair.
- US judge: Dismiss House of Raeford pollution case
Monday, February 6, 2012
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge plans to dismiss a two-year-old environmental crimes case against poultry processor House of Raeford Farms and one of its turkey processing plant managers, but is giving prosecutors a chance to revive it later.
- NC State Auditor Beth Wood ties the knot at RDU
Monday, February 6, 2012
MORRISVILLE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State Auditor Beth Wood has brought new meaning to the term "wings of love." Wood's spokesman said Monday the first-term Democrat got married to Sam Sparks last Saturday at the general aviation terminal at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Morrisville.
- Etheridge makes clear views on NC taxes, amendment
Monday, February 6, 2012
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Candidate for North Carolina governor Bob Etheridge said Monday he supports a temporary sales tax increase for education and opposes passage of a constitutional amendment that would limit marriage and other relationships.
- New iPhone app shows sex offenders living nearby
Monday, February 6, 2012
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina now offers a phone application that allows people to find out if sex offenders live near them and their children.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Don’t you wish we could bring back those good old days when regular gas prices were low and you could fill your tank without groans and sighs?
- Financial Health: Diversified defined
Sunday, January 29, 2012
In financial terms, diversification involves spreading your investments across a variety of assets to reduce the overall risk of your portfolio.
- Bridal shop to close
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Bowing out of the bridal business after more than 12 years, the owner of Affordable Elegance said she’s ready for retirement but will miss “my brides.
- Overconfident investing is bad
Sunday, January 22, 2012
There’s a field of economic research — behavioral economics — where psychology plays a major role in developing ideas about how and why people behave the way they do.
- Medical company expands business
Friday, January 20, 2012
The Greenville-based division of Pioneer Surgical Technology Inc. announced a facility expansion Thursday so it can ramp up its manufacturing capabilities to produce more of three types of bone void filler used in surgical procedures.
- Don’t allow ‘mind games’ to lead to poor spending
Sunday, January 15, 2012
In the November 14 edition of Bloomberg Businessweek magazine there was an interesting article regarding how individuals viewed two different forms of tax incentives provided during the (G.W.) Bush and the Obama administrations.
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