Books that provided a welcome escape during the 2020 pandemic lockdown are ready to be passed on to readers looking for entertainment during the current surge of COVID-19 cases.
A coalition of more than 20 media companies is waiting to hear if a court will release law enforcement video footage of a shooting death involving three Pasquotank sheriff’s deputies in April.
The proposal to change election districts for the Pitt County Board of Commissioners keys on altering boundaries in four areas around Greenville.
A special use permit allowing a high-speed internet and television service provider to operate as a utility in Greenville has been approved despite citizen concerns about noise from a planned structure.
WALLACE — Last week, the Wallace Police Department arrested Bruce Duane Faulkner, 35, and Erika Beatriz Suiter, 31, both wanted for multiple outstanding felony warrants. Faulkner was placed on a $715,000 bond, and Suiter was placed on a $30,000 bond.
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A Greenville man was arrested for an assault on a pregnant woman on Monday.
Pitt County’s economy will see 290 new jobs and a $154 million investment thanks to another expansion by Thermo Fisher Scientific, Gov. Roy Cooper and local leaders announced Tuesday.
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The mighty Pirates of East Carolina University are set to test their mettle this week in the fires of competition against the North Carolina State University Wolfpack in a battle of blood, not sweat or tears, to see which school’s community can donate the most blood for use in local hospitals.
Seven more COVID-19 deaths have been reported in Pitt County over the last week and the rate of new cases climbed for the 10th week.
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East Carolina athletics director Jon Gilbert addressed “substantial gameday challenges” in a letter to Pirate fans on Tuesday posted on ecupirates.com, saying approximately 122 part-time employees hired for ECU football games did not show Saturday at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.
East Carolina and Marshall are ready to renew their football rivalry, which will always be tied to the tragic 1970 Marshall plane crash 51 years ago, and also has a history of thrilling overtime games.
Sloan Carlson is a senior captain for the J.H. Rose volleyball team and is one of several reasons why the Rampants are in the thick of the Big Carolina 3A/4A Conference race.
It’s only a quarter of the way through the Big Carolina 3A/4A Conference volleyball schedule, but it appears to be a three-team race.
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Tuesday’s East Carolina football news conference served as another opportunity for head coach Mike Houston, and later senior defensive back Warren Saba, to support quarterback Holton Ahlers and voice how Ahlers gives the Pirates their best chance to win games.
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A few weeks into this college football season, the simple explanation is paired with the complex challenges facing teams like East Carolina trying to find their way.
A no BYH to those drivers blaring their loud music. You don’t realize that you are disturbing businesses. It’s an invasion of privacy and hurts people’s ears. And police should enforce noise ordinance in city limits because it’s getting out of hand.
In an opinion piece published in The Daily Reflector Sept. 8, Rachel Marsden described the COVID-19 virus as a “relatively benign virus.”
Zac Campbell paused suddenly and took a minute to gather himself, while colleagues shuffled toward him to touch his back in support. The emotion that can accompany the act of baring one’s soul in front of a phalanx of TV cameras, photographers, and notepad-bearing journalists on a controvers…
This is what “school choice” looks like.
Let's be clear. No one has to get the vaccine. As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states: "The federal government does not mandate (require) vaccination for people."
People use: a) the patriotism validation to inform their conscience to: 1) wear a mask (President Biden’s mandate to wear a mask to demonstrate patriotism.), 2) keep 3 feet apart from other members of the species, and 3) get their shot or shots.
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Healthy, high-energy snack food is the perfect pick-me-up during the work or school day and provides a nutritional boost of energy, which improves concentration and stamina.
I was at the grocery store the other day and was disappointed to see only a few people were wearing masks. Please eat healthy, be physically active, and when inside, especially in any crowd, mask up.
Community is the kind of feeling we get when we eat together. The folks at Community Calzone love bringing people together with food.
Tuesday evening while eating dinner with my family, my brother tuned in Spike Lee’s new documentary series on 9/11.
This is the latest installment in an ongoing series profiling local musicians.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Within his first week back at school after a year and a half, 7-year-old Ben Medlin was exposed to a classmate with COVID-19, and he was sent home, along with 7,000 other students in the district, for 14 days of quarantine.
LEXINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A memorial service will be held Friday for Jim Snyder Jr., an attorney, author and conservative candidate for statewide office in North Carolina.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Rep. Verla Insko, the longest-serving House Democrat currently in the chamber, announced on Wednesday she won't seek reelection next year.
Amazon wants to hire 125,000 delivery and warehouse workers and said Tuesday that it is paying new hires an average of $18 an hour in a tight job market as more people shop online.
Fearing his parents wouldn’t approve of his decision to get a COVID-19 vaccine but needing their signature, Andrew signed up for the appointment in secret, and then sprang it on them at the last minute.
SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge ordered Apple to dismantle a lucrative part of the competitive barricade guarding its closely run iPhone app store, but rejected allegations that the company has been running an illegal monopoly that stifles competition and innovation.
MULLINS, S.C. (AP) — When the last mourners departed and funeral director Shawn Troy was left among the headstones, he wept alone.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Country singer Brett Eldredge has had another encounter with wildlife, this one involving a bear at a North Carolina home.
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MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Sikh businessman Balbir Singh Sodhi was helping plant a flower bed at his Arizona gas station when he was shot dead by a man seeking to avenge 9/11. Mistaken for an Arab Muslim because of his turban and beard, Sodhi was the first person to die in a wave of bias crimes unle…
NEW YORK (AP) — Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings will split “Jeopardy!” hosting duties for the remainder of 2021.
Stocks fell broadly in afternoon trading on Wall Street Thursday and pared weekly gains for the major indexes.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lawyer Alex Murdaugh surrendered Thursday to face insurance fraud and other charges after state police said he arranged to have himself shot in the head so that his son would get a $10 million life insurance payout. The shooter only grazed him.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Within his first week back at school after a year and a half, 7-year-old Ben Medlin was exposed to a classmate with COVID-19, and he was sent home, along with 7,000 other students in the district, for 14 days of quarantine.
BEIJING — Chinese health officials say more than 1 billion people have been fully vaccinated in the world’s most populous country.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd pleaded not guilty Thursday to violating the civil rights of a teenager in a separate case that involved a restraint similar to the one used on Floyd.
BEIJING (AP) — An earthquake destroyed houses, killed at least three people and injured dozens Thursday in southwest China's Sichuan province.
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