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Pitt County Schools has announced that students and staff will have a remote learning day Monday as patches of snow and slush continued to create hazards on county roads.
The Pitt County Board of Education on Monday will discuss an offer to purchase the old Stokes School gym and cafeteria.
The Optimist Club of Greenville is accepting applications for its annual essay contest and oratorical contest.
I'm sitting here waiting for the snow and ice. And waiting for the free Covid test kits that will show whether or not the ice and snow is coming for me before Covid gets me. All this waiting is rather lame. You only go around once and I was attempting to grab all the gusto I could but then r…
The Pitt County Board of Education on Monday will continue its deliberation on a parent's complaint that middle school literature includes sexually explicit content and profanity.
An overnight winter storm lured people of all ages outside on Saturday, many in search of a snowy hill and something to slide on.
Greenville Utilities is partnering with a maker of automatic thermostats to conduct a pilot project to help homeowners conserve electric use.
My Favorite Foodie is a regular feature that celebrates the culinary skills of home cooks.
The Pitt County Board of Commissioners will begin planning its 2022-23 fiscal year budget during a remote workshop on Monday.
More than 500 cases of COVID-19 were reported on campus for Pitt County Schools this week, nearly twice the number as the previous record, set last week.
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The East Carolina men’s basketball team gave itself no chance in a non-competitive, 79-36, loss to No. 10 Houston on the road on Saturday.
The GRPD is planning a co-rec league for adult kickball to consist of 10 regular season games and a single-elimination postseason format. Doubleheaders will be played on Sunday afternoons at Boyd Lee Park.
The East Carolina baseball team made additions to its coaching staff ahead of the 2022 season, which begins on Feb. 18 with a three-game, weekend home series against Bryant.
FARMVILLE — The long-anticipated first girls’ basketball matchup of the season between Farmville Central and North Pitt did not disappoint Wednesday night as the host Jaguars came away with a 69-57 victory.
Amiya Joyner is a senior on the Farmville Central High School girls’ basketball team.
East Carolina didn’t have enough firepower to keep up with visiting Temple in a 56-41 American Athletic Conference loss on Wednesday at Minges Coliseum.
I'm sitting here waiting for the snow and ice. And waiting for the free Covid test kits that will show whether or not the ice and snow is coming for me before Covid gets me. All this waiting is rather lame. You only go around once and I was attempting to grab all the gusto I could but then r…
BYH to ECU and Athletics. It is ridiculous to see many walk around Minges sans masks while 10 feet away students and faculty wear masks in the middle of a global pandemic. ECU policy states masks should be worn inside ECU buildings. When did the basketball court become outdoors? It was appal…
We talk a lot about the rapidly accelerating destruction of our environment, climate change and global collapse. Many people are experiencing climate anxiety, grief, despair, and outrage, and it is increasingly more widespread. We have legitimate reasons to feel this way. Harmful mental, spi…
I write in response to Father Bob Hudak’s Jan. 8 letter requesting research into the “collateral damage” that occurs by inviting a data processing site such as Compute North into our community. My expertise is in the history of human trafficking, not in cryptocurrency. But a connection exist…
BYH. The Agnes Fullilove School building is a beautiful historical building that should be saved and preserved.
Bill Clinton used to say that all elections are about the future. It's true. Voters want to know what candidates will do in office — how they will fix problems — and if they can be trusted to handle the unexpected developments the future brings.
The vicious, ambitious black swallower fish is biting off more than it chews.
Dear Dr. June: Last year I fell in love. We met at a friend’s party and just connected. I was visiting her for a week’s vacation and ended up spending more time with him. When I left we stayed in touch and saw each other every weekend. I felt his love and he felt mine. This went on for eight months and he was talking about moving. I was so happy. Then one weekend he didn’t show up and said he ...
I was kicked off Facebook. You may be asking, what in the world did Calvin do to get kicked off social media? Here’s my story, with its twists and turns, and a lesson or two.
Q My 3-year-old is fearful of trying anything new, including things that other children his age love to do such as swinging on a swing, sliding down a slide and splashing in a pool. I feel like I should begin talking to him about what to do in case of a fire in our house and “stranger danger…
Are your new year’s resolutions already in tatters? Or maybe you are like me and didn’t even try to make them.
Our leather chair bears scars from the first year that our cat came to live with us. He has matured since then and no longer sharpens his claws on the furniture. But still, I sometimes feel the way that chair looks.
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NEW YORK (AP) — André Leon Talley, a towering and highly visible figure of the fashion world who made history as a rare Black editor in an overwhelmingly white industry, has died. He was 73.
At an event commemorating the birthday of slain civil rights leader and minister Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a local pastor challenged members of his audience to do their part to end division.
At an event commemorating the birthday of slain civil rights leader and minister Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a local pastor challenged members of his audience to do their part to end division.
Biltmore United Methodist Church of Asheville, North Carolina, is for sale.
GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — Gaston County pets in need of shelter against harsh wintertime weather can now get some help.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Two witnesses told police that a man shot by an off-duty North Carolina deputy jumped onto the hood of the deputy's truck, videos released Friday show.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina congressman said an effort by voters to block his candidacy by citing a constitutional amendment preventing insurrectionists from serving will fail and is part of a scheme to target “America First patriots” who backed former President Donald Trump.
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A judge on Thursday granted a request from the police chief of a North Carolina city to release body camera video recorded in the aftermath of the shooting death of a Black man by an off-duty sheriff's deputy.
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Four people were killed and one was wounded when multiple shooters opened fire at a house party near Los Angeles early Sunday, authorities said.
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Gunfire rang out late Sunday near the home of Burkina Faso's embattled President Roch Marc Christian Kabore, raising the specter that a military coup might still be under way after mutinous soldiers seized a military base earlier in the day.
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday rejected a British claim that the Kremlin is seeking to replace Ukraine’s government with a pro-Moscow administration, and that former Ukrainian lawmaker Yevheniy Murayev is a potential candidate.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Raymond Washburn, a blind man who was credited with helping rescue five people from the rubble of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building following the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, has died. He was 75.
NEW YORK (AP) — A city reeling from a recent spate of violence prepared to lay to rest a rookie police officer being hailed as an inspiration to his immigrant community, as investigators sought to make sense of a domestic dispute that left another officer “fighting for his life.”
OSLO, Norway (AP) — A Taliban delegation led by acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Sunday started three days of talks in Oslo with Western officials and Afghan civil society representatives amid a deteriorating humanitarian situation in Afghanistan.
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Don Wilson, co-founder and rhythm guitarist of the instrumental guitar band The Ventures, has died.
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — A fire erupted at a popular nightclub in the Cameroon capital of Yaounde, setting off explosions and killing at least 17 people, government officials said Sunday.
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