I would like to take this opportunity to endorse Lee Allen as a candidate for district attorney. I have known Lee since he was very young and have been greatly impressed with Lee for many years. Lee has done many things over the years to help the people of Greenville. He was born and raised in Pitt…

On average, a citizen of Rocky Mount pays roughly $200 per month of utilities. This is about $2,400 per year. Some people have to pay even more than that. The average pay in Rocky Mount is approximately $25,000 a year, leaving people $22,600 for groceries, house payments, medical care, car…

Did you miss it? This past weekend, Grifton unfurled all the best that small town life in Southern Pitt County has to offer in its 48th Shad Festival. Maybe you saw scores of kids flocking to the carnival rides near the railroad tracks or murmured “ooooh!” as you enjoyed the gleam of…

It takes a lot of gall for cities that rely on involuntary taxation to penalize private charity.

Fayetteville has made headlines for its bizarre ban on driver-to-pedestrian exchanges, an ordinance that targets panhandling but attempts to skirt court rulings that make it illegal to banish beggars.…

Our state’s flagship public university can no longer hide behind federal student privacy laws when it comes to shielding the people it’s disciplined for sexual misconduct from scrutiny.

A unanimous three-judge N.C. Court of Appeals panel ruled Monday that the University of North…

Those who are working to ban the use of corporal punishment in the public schools of Robeson County were confident going into Tuesday’s meeting of the Board of Education, believing they had identified six out of the 11 members who would raise their hand to end this sanctioned use of violence…