After a long year in which COVID-19 restrictions often kept people apart, communities and organizations are making plans to come together for the holiday season. Here's a list of what's happening
Plumbing and infrastructure issues continue to cause discord at a Greenville student housing complex.
The family of a Greenville mother who was shot and killed in a 2018 drive-by shooting said that they were grateful after George Knight, 31, was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Friday.
Pieces of the past picked up by a Pitt County man over 50 years of travel are up for bid to help a family manage the enormous size of his collection.
Pitt County State Rep. Kandie Smith is the latest candidate to announce she will seek a new office just ahead of filing for the March 8 primary for the 2022 election.
In all the magic of Christmas, a visit with Santa tops the list for 11-year-old Jax Burk.
A Greenville woman was arrested for driving while impaired after she drove past the scene of a wreck she allegedly caused.
The Greenville City Council on Monday is set to consider action on $2.8 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding, a small portion of $24 million total to be spent.
HERTFORD — Retired Superior Court Judge J.C. Cole took the oath of office as a member of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission in the courtroom that now bears his name.
A 39-year-old Robersonville man was found guilty of child abuse in the 2019 injury of a 20-month-old child, the Pitt County District Attorney's Office announced Friday.
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J.H. Rose will make its first state title game since 2015 in a season where it started the year 0-3 and now sits at 11-4.
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East Carolina and football coach Mike Houston on Thursday announced a contract extension which would retain Houston through 2026.
Some of them sped up at the end, some were in cruise control the whole way and some got left in the dust.
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East Carolina head football coach Mike Houston agreed on Thursday to tentative terms of a proposed contract that would help secure his position through the 2026 season.
The East Carolina women’s basketball team couldn’t hold a late third-quarter lead against host Virginia Commonwealth, which ran away with a 65-48 victory over the Pirates on Wednesday in Richmond, Va.
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The J.H. Rose football team is on the cusp of reaching the 3A state championship game, but one big step remains this week when the Rampants take on Jacksonville in the East Region final.
On Nov. 21, longtime safe streets advocate Steven Hardy-Braz of Farmville was struck by a car while riding his bicycle on a road in Belhaven. The distracted driver did not see Steven and drove directly into the back of Steven’s bicycle, seriously injuring him. Steven remains in recovery today.
In rebuttal to the letter on Nov. 27 by the social work students at East Carolina University who rambled on about our police officers lacking self-awareness and are not culturally competent:
Did you know that 63 percent of Americans aged 18-39 were not aware that 6 million Jews were killed during the Holocaust according to a recent study?
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Two tiresome realities about being president of the United States: First, everybody blames you for things over which you have little or no control, such as the worldwide price of oil and international shipping schedules. Should there be too few electronic geegaws on store shelves to pacify A…
The 2020 Democratic presidential primary campaign was essentially a bidding war in which each candidate pledged to spend trillions of dollars beyond what is needed to run the country, ostensibly to rebuild the nation after the coronavirus pandemic. Candidate Joe Biden won the contest and has…
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AYDEN — Seniors who like to socialize take note: the Ayden Senior Center is looking for new members.
EDENTON — After months of planning, the North Carolina General Assembly recently appropriated $6.1 million for the purchase of Hayes Farm.
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- Farmville couple donates $7 million to Raleigh school
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- Hit parade: Bethel native has big ideas for restarting small-town Christmas celebration
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- Crime roundup: Snow Hill man charged with attempted first-degree murder, habitual assault
- Pitt County family auction showcases 50-year collection of automobiles, Americana on Saturday
- Investigator, former cellmate take stand in 2018 murder trial
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- Motorcycle car collide on Greenville Boulevard
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ELIZABETH CITY — Three people, including a 3-year-old girl, were killed and at least one was wounded in an afternoon shooting, according to police.
PILOT MOUNTAIN, N.C. (AP) — A wildfire at Pilot Mountain State Park has burned 1,100 acres (445 hectares) and was about 80% contained Thursday, according to the North Carolina Forest Service.
Federal prosecutors said Thursday that a North Carolina woman deserves a prison sentence for bringing her 14-year-old child into the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed on Thursday legislation that would bar officials from counting mail-in absentee ballots received after Election Day, even if their envelopes were postmarked on or before that date.
The Marine Corps demolition specialist was worried — about America, and about the civil war he feared would follow the presidential election.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Robin Hudson announced on Wednesday that she won't seek reelection next year, citing mandatory age limits that would significantly curtail her service if she won.
PILOT MOUNTAIN, N.C. (AP) — A wildfire at North Carolina's Pilot Mountain State Park had grown to more than 1,000 acres (400 hectares) by Tuesday afternoon, twice its size of a day earlier, authoritiess said.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Dr. Mandy Cohen, the head of North Carolina's health department and face of regular updates on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the state for two years, is stepping down from her post, Gov. Roy Cooper announced Tuesday.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — France’s president and Saudi Arabia’s crown prince held a joint phone call with Lebanon’s prime minister during Emmanuel Macron’s visit to the kingdom on Saturday, in a significant gesture amid an unprecedented crisis between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.
ATLANTA (AP) — Stacey Abrams announced a long-awaited second run for Georgia governor this week, but with Democrats facing a sour national environment and Republican Gov. Brian Kemp facing challenges within his own party, the 2022 campaign will look different from 2018.
MOSCOW (AP) — President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will speak in a video call Tuesday, the Kremlin said, as tensions between the United States and Russia escalate over a Russian troop buildup on the Ukrainian border that's seen as a sign of a potential invasion.
Guns used in U.S. school shootings have often come from the homes of young perpetrators, but parents are rarely charged for the violence that occurs, experts say.
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A judge imposed a combined $1 million bond Saturday for the parents of the Michigan teen charged with killing four students at Oxford High School, hours after police said they were caught hiding in a commercial building.
BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Gambians showed up to vote in high numbers Saturday for the first presidential election in decades that does not include former dictator Yahya Jammeh as a candidate, a milestone seen as a test of democracy in the West African country.
A rush of vaccine-seeking customers and staff shortages are squeezing drugstores around the U.S., leading to frazzled workers and temporary pharmacy closures.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Pope Francis warned Saturday that the “easy answers” of populism and authoritarianism are threatening democracy in Europe and called for fresh dedication to promoting the common good.
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