The Greenville Women’s League will hold a fundraiser for the JOY Soup Kitchen from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the Mellow Mushroom, 2020 Charles Blvd. Visit www.joysoupkitchen.org or https://greenvillewomensleague.net/.
Project Anna
Project Anna will have a…
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An officer with Vidant Company Police was injured after his gun accidentally discharged during a Tuesday training session outside Bethel.
The incident happened shortly after 11 a.m. at the Pitt Community Firearms Training Center, 2833 Ellen Farm Road, which is operated by Pitt Community College. It…
Vidant officer injured in accidental shooting /News/2019/04/24/Vidant-officer-victim.html11
One pilot is dead and a second pilot is hospitalized following two separate plane crashes in North Carolina.
The Record & Landmark reports that Statesville Regional Airport Manager John Ferguson said that a plane based in Statesville crashed in Rowan County on Monday.
Statesville police said…
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Americans are becoming increasingly sedentary, spending almost a third of their waking hours sitting down, and computer use is partly to blame, a new study found.
Over almost a decade, average daily sitting time increased by roughly an hour, to about eight hours for U.S. teens and almost 6 1/2…
Americans getting more inactive, computers partly to blame/News/2019/04/24/Americans-getting-more-inactive-computers-partly-to-blame-1.html11
ELIZABETH CITY — Falling prices for crops such as corn and soybeans have been the single biggest cause of declines in farm income, according to area crop experts.
The trend of declining farm income is among the information found in the recent report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture on…
Rising expenses, falling prices hit area farm incomes/News/2019/04/24/Rising-expenses-falling-prices-hit-area-farm-incomes.html11
TARBORO — A group of students set their sights high on Earth Day, launching balloons with scientific payloads into near space.
Students from Edgecombe Community College, Nash Community College and Hobgood Academy launched three balloons on Monday from the Tarboro campus of Edgecombe Community…
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That’s the message the Nash, Edgecombe, Wilson Reentry Council wants to convey when it comes to helping people return to the community following a period of incarceration.
The organization hopes to use its new documentary film, “Come Home,…
Documentary helps spread message of hope, second chances/News/2019/04/24/Documentary-helps-spread-message-of-hope-second-chances.html11
A Farmville woman killed in a fatal wreck on the evening of April 6 also was involved in a crash hours earlier, according to a State Highway Patrol crash report and the Greenville Police Department.
Pattie Louise Gardner, 36, 3716 Ghost Hollow Road, Farmville, was driving her 2002…
Woman killed in fatal Fire Tower wreck was involved in wreck four hours prior /News/2019/04/24/Woman-killed-in-fatal-Fire-Tower-wreck-involved-in-wreck-4-hours-prior.html11
North Carolinians who have paid their debt to society deserve the opportunity to live productive lives but need help to achieve that goal, according to Gov. Roy Cooper.
Cooper made a special visit to the Life of NC Life Empowerment Center on Tuesday during the Pitt County Reentry Job and Resource…
Cooper touts statewide reentry initiative during visit to Greenville/News/2019/04/23/Gov-Cooper-touts-statewide-reentry-initiative-during-visit-to-Greenville.html11
