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A program that combines telemedicine, telepsychiatry and nutrition support is increasing access to health care for mothers and improving health outcomes for their babies.
Former NFL star Tim Tebow, who retired from professional baseball earlier this year, began with a sports story Monday as he spoke at a fundraiser to support people with autism. But he told a Greenville audience that athletics don’t matter that much.
The opening of a second early voting site in Pitt County produced a big jump in the turnout for this year’s municipal elections.
Details are scarce in the Thursday arrest of a man by federal agents on gun charges.
A break-in at a Grifton home led to the theft of $1,100 in tools, according to law enforcement officials.
A victim of a man accused of attacking two people with a machete in 2019 took the stand on Monday in Pitt County Superior Court.
Proposals for redrawing North Carolina’s congressional, state House and state Senate maps are on the General Assembly’s website, giving the public time to review before two days of public hearings beginning Monday.
PCS names new district testing coordinator
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ROCKY MOUNT – A South Central singles player and a J.H. Rose doubles team qualified for the Class 3A state tennis tournament.
J.H. Rose and D.H. Conley advanced with sweeps while Ayden-Grifton needed four sets to move on during the state volleyball playoffs Saturday.
A pair of goals in the final 22 minutes helped the East Carolina soccer team stun No. 23 Memphis 2-1 on Sunday afternoon in Johnson Stadium.
East Carolina waged another valiant battle on Saturday night against another favored American Athletic Conference opponent and fell just short.
The East Carolina football team did not even have the luxury of the traditional 24-hour rule to move past its loss at Houston.
East Carolina tight end Ryan Jones lost the handle on the football late Saturday night, and the Pirates saw another close game slip away.
Why must Ayden have a “Main Street?” As best I can tell, Greenville has major streets: Fifth, Evans, Arlington, Memorial and Greenville Boulevard but no “Main Street.” Kinston’s main drags are Queen Street and Vernon Avenue. Why should Ayden have a compulsory “Main Street” instead of Third S…
I am writing in response to your article titled “Spreading JOY, saving lives: soup kitchen staff receives medical training,” published in your newspaper on Oct. 16.
North Carolina lawmakers are reportedly considering some form of Medicaid expansion as part of a final budget deal with Gov. Roy Cooper that would also bring tax cuts and other free-market policy gains on key issues.
With winter fast approaching, Europe finds itself in an energy crisis — and reliant on the tender mercies of Russian strongman Vladimir Putin. It’s a self-induced disaster years in the making.
Now about this new conference ECU finds itself in? Do we still fly the "Power Six" flag? How about a flag that reads, "Best team not invited to the Big Dance?" Let's keep our swagger even though our team has been staggering for the past six seasons. How about a flag stating "Peach Bowl Champ…
BYH to folks talking about socialism. Current policies that allow companies not to pay employees a living wage or give them health benefits and retirement create the need for socialist programs. Keep voting for people that keep rewarding the rich. You will keep being taxed for socialist programs.
With his long white hair blowing, shiny black fiddle wedged under a cottony beard, and bow poised like a wand ready to cast his spell, Michael Kinzie is larger-than-life.
Some journeys are for supercontinents. Some are for superheroes.
It happened a year ago, but it still haunts me.
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East Carolina University’s dance students will return to live performances this weekend for the first time in two years with Dance @ Wright.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Dozens of North Carolina residents said Monday that Republicans should shelve proposed congressional district maps that they said would likely give the GOP the most seats for the foreseeable future while needlessly fracturing the state's largest counties.
CHICAGO (AP) —
FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. (AP) — The National Weather Service has confirmed a strong tornado that thrashed the southwestern Missouri city of Fredericktown as strong storms that swept the state and into Illinois overnight damaged buildings and knocked out power, but left no serious injuries.
CHICAGO (AP) — John Wayne Gacy was convicted of killing 33 young men and boys in the Chicago area in the 1970s. Authorities found most of his victims' remains in a crawl space under his suburban Chicago house or buried elsewhere on the property. In 2011, they exhumed the remains of eight vic…
BLACKSTONE, Va. (AP) — Civil War history casts a long shadow in Virginia, the birthplace of Confederate generals, scene of their surrender, and now a crossroad of controversy over renaming military bases that honor rebel leaders.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A decade ago, North Carolina Republicans redrew their legislative districts to help their party in a way that a federal court ruled illegally deprived Black voters of their right to political representation. A state court later struck down Republican-drawn maps as based …
The city of Gastonia ended Hispanic Heritage Month on Saturday with its first Latin American Festival, connecting Gaston County’s growing Latino community with resources and other residents.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The shooting death of a cinematographer on the set of the set of the Alec Baldwin movie “Rust” is a reminder of the dangers that can exist on film and television sets. As authorities investigate why a crew member handed Baldwin a loaded gun instead of one safe to use, indu…
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National & World AP Stories
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Princess Mako quietly married a commoner without traditional wedding celebrations Tuesday and said their marriage — delayed three years and opposed by some — "was a necessary choice to live while cherishing our hearts.”
AMSTERDAM (AP) — An Amsterdam appeals court ruled Tuesday that a trove of historical treasures from Crimea that have been stored for years at a Dutch museum must be given to Ukraine, saying they are “part of the cultural heritage of the Ukrainian state.”
CAIRO (AP) — Pro-democracy protesters blocked roads in Sudan's capital with makeshift barricades and burning tires Tuesday, a day after the military seized power in a swift coup widely denounced by the international community.
BAKAU, Gambia (AP) — Sharp sounds of clanking machetes cut the air as a warning that the Kankurang is coming.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo, a major player in a 1979 coup who later became president in a landmark democratic election before ending his tumultuous political career in prison, died in hospital on Tuesday in the capital of Seoul. He was 88.
TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mostly higher Tuesday after another rally to a record high on Wall Street.
MONROE, La. (AP) — Growing up in the piney backwoods of northern Louisiana, where yards were dotted with crosses and the occasional Confederate flag, Jacob Brown was raised on hunting, fishing and dreams of becoming a state trooper.
BEIRUT (AP) — For eight months, he has quietly investigated one of the world’s worst non-nuclear explosions with only four assistants — and a lot of powerful detractors trying to block him.
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