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.
The Pitt County Department of Social Services needs help to bring holiday cheer for as many as 200 foster children in its care.
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.
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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.
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Play was stopped when the basketball was wedged between the rim and backboard after a missed 3-pointer from Gardner-Webb. Ludgy Debaut to the rescue.
Kim McNeill is searching for more energy.
Holton Ahlers is coming back.
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.
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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:
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.
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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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HICKORY, N.C. (AP) — If Dick Hewitt isn’t at the end seat at the bar of his cafe, his regulars notice.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country musician Stonewall Jackson, who sang on the Grand Ole Opry for more than 50 years and had No. 1 hits with “Waterloo” and others, died Saturday after a long battle with vascular dementia. He was 89.
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.
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U.S. health officials said Sunday that while the omicron variant of the coronavirus is rapidly spreading throughout the country, early indications suggest it may be less dangerous than delta, which continues to drive a surge of hospitalizations.
A Detroit-area artist whose studio was where the parents of the Oxford High School student charged in a deadly shooting were found by police is cooperating with authorities and didn’t know the couple had stayed overnight, his attorney said Sunday.
NEW YORK (AP) — A new allegation of sexual harassment against Chris Cuomo emerged just days before CNN announced it was firing the anchor amid an investigation into work he did defending his brother from similar harassment allegations.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbol and celebrant of his dwindling generation of World War II veterans, has died. He was 98.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Norwegian Cruise Line ship with at least 10 passengers and crew members infected with COVID-19 docked Sunday in New Orleans, where health officials said they were trying to disembark people without worsening the spread of the coronavirus illness.
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Cincinnati has broken college football's glass ceiling.
VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — Anti-racism activists were beaten up Sunday as far-right former French TV pundit Eric Zemmour held his first presidential campaign rally near Paris, a few days after he formally declared his candidacy in a video that highlighted his anti-migrant and anti-Islam views.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Sunday that his administration will remove an enormous pedestal that until earlier this year held a statue o f Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond.
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