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Robersonville – A unanimous vote brings an experienced local government manager to Robersonville.
A stray dog’s sad tale seems to be heading toward a happy ending.
A Pitt County Sheriff’s Office deputy arrested a fugitive after stopping a driver operating a vehicle without a visible registration plate, the agency reported on Sunday.
The sale of $34 million in bonds to fund a construction project, purchase equipment and refinance existing bonds was authorized by the Pitt County Board of Commissioners at its Monday meeting.
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A 20-year-old man died Monday after someone in a passing vehicle fired on him and others during an incident on U.S. 264 Bypass north of Greenville, the Pitt County Sheriff's Office reported.
The county’s public schools students will spend Mondays at home for the remainder of the school year, the superintendent announced Monday.
Spring break will arrive earlier next year for the county’s public schools students, according to a calendar approve on Monday
A man was shot and transported to the hospital Monday and law enforcement closed the eastbound lanes of U.S. 264 north of Greenville.
The Pitt County Sheriff’s Office released little information Monday about the death of a missing Greenville man whose body was located Friday.
East Carolina’s women’s basketball team scored 81 points in its first game of the season, which was a loss at Towson. ECU scored 81 again Saturday, but did it in a much more enjoyable outcome.
It’s a familiar feeling in greater Greenville, as both Farmville Central basketball teams are in a fever pitch to defend the state titles both were forced to share a year ago thanks to COVID-19.
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Cliff Godwin spent part of the preseason hyping up Carson Whisenhunt’s pitching arsenal and strikeout ability, and through two starts, opposing batters have felt the reality of that hype.
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The East Carolina baseball team sealed a 6-1 record through seven games when it won Sunday's rubber match, 9-2, at Georgia Southern.
A high-scoring Saturday resulted in East Carolina baseball's first loss of the season.
The River Birch Tennis Center is set to begin its spring tennis programs for kids and adults.
I have a solution for commercials. A separate channel should be set up only for commercials. Those who like to watch commercials will be in hog heaven. Regular TV will be without interruptions, including our favorite reruns which we know by heart.
North Carolinians, along with the rest of our country, are increasingly feeling the impacts of climate change, as evidenced by more episodes of severe flooding, stronger slow-moving storms that produce more rain, hotter temperatures in summer leading to periods of drought and increasing numb…
Too many North Carolinians lack access to the medical services they need. One possible response, as we have heard incessantly for more than a decade, would be to expand Medicaid under the terms of the Affordable Health Act, with most of the expense to be borne by the (already heavily indebte…
A national reporter recently wrote a flattering article about Gov. Roy Cooper, but seemed flummoxed by Cooper’s political success.
“You don’t have to be a genius to succeed in politics,” the late Robert F. Kennedy once told a friend of mine. “But you do have to be able to count.”
BMH, my wife just asked me if I had seen the dog bowl, and I said I didn't even know he could.
The image of then-Sen. John F. Kennedy’s motorcade crossing Greene Street bridge on Sept. 17, 1960, into Greenville on a campaign stop is forever etched in local lore.
Ellie Osborne of Greenville recently received the Gold Award from Girl Scouts–North Carolina Coastal Pines. The award is the highest honor a Girl Scout can receive.
I remember, a long time ago, when I used to have a social life.
When you have stepchildren, they are usually “step,” plain and simple. You probably came late into their lives, you have a history with them, but you have no ancient history like they have with their blood kin.
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A therapist takes a 10-year-old boy into what she calls “therapy.” The young fellow is belligerently defiant toward his parents and throws titanic tantrums when things don’t go his way. At school — virtual, going on a year — he’s distractible and doesn’t finish his work without being hovered…
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced Tuesday that the state will more quickly open up COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to those who are frontline essential workers or have serious underlying health issues.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina state senator said on Tuesday he wasn't on the Senate floor for a close veto override vote on legislation mandating the reopening of public schools because he needed to work for his full-time employer.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A former U.S. Marine found guilty of conspiracy to illegally export and smuggle firearms and controlled equipment from the U.S. to Haiti has been sentenced to more than five years in prison, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.
Government wildlife officials released two more critically endangered red wolves into the wild in North Carolina and could place several more captive-bred wolves into the habitat this year, according to a new plan submitted to a federal judge.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — People who are unemployed in North Carolina will be required to prove they're searching for work in order to keep their jobless benefits.
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Kontoor Brands Inc. (KTB) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter net income of $43.1 million.
KEARNEYSVILLE, W.Va. (AP) — Convenience store chain Sheetz Inc. will build a $2 million distribution truck transfer station in West Virginia, creating up to 30 jobs.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina legislators are working on how to distribute more money from the federal government's most recent coronavirus relief package.
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As Donald Trump made false allegations about voting fraud and tried to overturn the will of the people in last year's election, one of his chief allies was conspicuously silent. The Honest Election Project, a leading advocate for more restrictive voting laws, stayed away from Trump's doomed effort.
El CENTRO, Calif. (AP) — A semitruck on Tuesday crashed into an SUV carrying 25 people on a Southern California highway, killing 13 and leaving others injured, authorities said.
ATLANTA (AP) — Vernon Jordan, who rose from humble beginnings in the segregated South to become a champion of civil rights before reinventing himself as a Washington insider and corporate influencer, has died at the age of 85.
The Biden administration sanctioned seven mid-level and senior Russian officials on Tuesday, along with more than a dozen businesses and other entities, over a nearly fatal nerve-agent attack on opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his subsequent jailing.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida isn’t expecting Spring Break travel to return fully back to normal, pre-pandemic levels, but is expecting many more travelers than last year when the U.S. outbreak was just getting started. At the time, images of Florida beach revelers raised alarms nationally and…
Stocks are drifting lower in afternoon trading on Wall Street Tuesday, giving back some of their big gains from a day earlier.
Here's what's happening Tuesday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.:
In the opening moments of a Golden Globes night even more chaotic and confounding than usual, co-host Tina Fey raised a theoretical question: “Could this whole night have been an email?” Only the next three hours would tell.
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