East Carolina University’s Division of Research, Economic Development and Engagement has named Tuan Tran director of the Office of Undergraduate Research. Tran officially takes over the role this summer.
The following deeds of trust were recorded with the Pitt County Register of Deeds from March 31-April 6:
The following new corporations in Pitt and neighboring counties filed April 4-8 with the N.C. Secretary of State’s office:
The following deeds were recorded with the Pitt County Register of Deeds from March 10-16. Each $2 in revenue stamps is equal to $1,000 in valuation. (No fee required.)
The Uptown Greenville Umbrella Market is held from 5-8 p.m. Wednesdays at Five Points Plaza at the corner of Fifth and Evans streets. It features a farmers market-style array of goods and hand-crafted items, along with musical entertainment, food and beverages.
The Mid-Atlantic Reptile Expo is a sales and educational event geared toward reptile and amphibian enthusiasts at the Greenville Convention Center on May 7.
An area fire department is holding an open house at its new, expanded facility in Greenville today and wants the community to come to the celebration.
A smartphone app designed by high schoolers is now showing users the way to amenities at all 90 park and recreation facilities in Pitt County.
Even before a developer announced plans to build a 150-unit apartment complex along Dickinson Avenue, the need for housing was a hot topic for candidates in Tuesday’s Greenville City Council races.
Pitt Community College held spring commencement on Tuesday, celebrating the achievements of the Class of 2022 along with family, friends and supporters.
Local Events
The East Carolina baseball team’s relentless march through the American Athletic Conference continued on Sunday with a 6-2 win over South Florida.
Joey Berini doesn’t want to play any guessing games and he sure doesn’t like to wait.
Yet another strong year for the girls’ basketball team was the highlight of the girls’ winter sports season at South Central.
The last decade has seen several strong seasons on the hardwood for South Central’s boys’ basketball team, and this past winter was no different.
C.J. Mayhue has provided East Carolina with much-needed stability in the starting rotation, and the offense hasn’t stopped pounding the baseball.
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association released its brackets for the playoffs in all four classifications Friday.
With Father’s Day coming up, I just wanted to say BYH to the daddies who pay college tuition. If you paid a chunk of your net worth to have a college teach your kid how to think, you probably got a bargain. If the college taught your kid what to think, well, never mind.
New York Mayor Eric Adams is a rising power in the Democratic Party. A former police captain, Adams is the answer to the prayers of Democrats who have almost given up praying for a politics they can sell nationally.
We Americans have long grappled with a basic legal and philosophical problem: how to reconcile the fundamental right of individuals to live full and independent lives with the right of society to limit those freedoms in the interest of the general health and welfare.
Think about it this way: If Justice Samuel Alito gets his way and the Trumpist Supreme Court majority voids Roe v. Wade, many states will be forced to begin criminal investigations of women who suffer miscarriages. Don’t give me that crying act, sweetheart. In this state, abortion is murder.
One of the mysteries of the Hunter Biden matter is how the president’s son, with no obvious sources of income, manages to maintain a grand lifestyle. For the last year or so, he has been living in a $20,000-a-month rental house in Malibu, California. (The taxpayers are footing the bill for t…
The planet and its national and international institutions are not even close to facing the realities that confront us. Instead, we live in a fantasy la-la land, or what Greta Thunberg might call blah-blah land. No one is more insanely deluded than Vladimir Putin, who launched a horrific and…
Emery Davis summarized the character of his friend and adventure accomplice succinctly: “Charles Alford was never just about Charles Alford.”
Hey BooBoo, keep an eye on your picnic baskets. The N.C Wildlife Resources Commission has reported seeing a spike in black bear reports this spring.
An evil, ruthless tyrant invades a smaller country to slaughter citizens and extinguish their identity. The oppressing army is larger and better equipped. But the bravely led, incredibly courageous freedom fighters are defending their homeland, their families. The dictator’s soldiers fight f…
‘Rover Nights’
The Service League of Greenville has pledged a $2 million endowment to sustain programs and services within ECU Health Medical Center. This matches the organization’s gift to the Vidant Cancer Center capital campaign in 2015.
D.H. Conley High School students recently received honors at the DECA International Career Development Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.
State AP Stories
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump's winning streak in U.S. Senate primaries is on the line Tuesday as voters in five states cast their ballots in midterm elections.
WILSON, N.C. (AP) — Wilson County’s only commercial hemp grower says if medical marijuana becomes legal in North Carolina, he will be a good candidate to grow it with the knowledge he has gained.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — This year's retirements of two veteran Democratic congressmen in North Carolina have opened the way for robust primaries within their party as Democrats, Republicans or both hold contests Tuesday in all but one of the state's 14 U.S. House districts.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Four pairs of Republican incumbents face off Tuesday in the North Carolina General Assembly primaries, their confrontations the result of redistricting in rural areas that have lagged other parts of the state in population growth.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is taking the first steps to release $45 billion to ensure that every U.S. resident has access to high-speed internet by roughly 2028, inviting governors and other leaders on Friday to start the application process.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn's prominent role as the youngest pro-Donald Trump agitator in Congress can rub people on the right and the left the wrong way in his North Carolina district.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Erin Houchin braced for the worst when a mysterious group started buying television ads last month in her highly competitive southern Indiana congressional race.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Erin Houchin braced for the worst when a mysterious, well-financed group started buying television ads last month in her highly competitive southern Indiana congressional race.
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National & World AP Stories
LAGUNA WOODS, Calif. (AP) — A man opened fire during a lunch reception at a Southern California church, killing one person and wounding five senior citizens before a pastor hit the gunman on the head with a chair and parishioners hog-tied him with electrical cords.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Its military bogged down in a grinding conflict in eastern Ukraine, Russia lost diplomatic ground over the weekend as two more European nations moved closer to joining NATO.
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Monday, as investors eyed surging energy costs and prospects for interest rate hikes in the U.S.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The NCAA waited nearly a year to issue a warning that there are still rules to follow now that college athletes can earn money off their fame, sparking speculation that a crackdown could be coming for schools and boosters that break them.
BEIJING (AP) — Most of Shanghai has stopped the spread of the coronavirus in the community and fewer than 1 million people remain under strict lockdown, authorities said Monday, as the city moves toward reopening and economic data showed the gloomy impact of China's “zero-COVID" policy.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The white gunman accused of committing a racist massacre at a Buffalo supermarket made threating comments that brought police to his high school last spring, but he was never charged with a crime and had no further contact with law enforcement after his release from a ho…
Travis Scott and Morgan Wallen made controversial returns on the Billboard Music Awards stage on Sunday, while Mary J. Blige was honored for her musical excellence.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Aaron Salter was a beloved community member and security guard who knew the shoppers of Tops Friendly Market by name. When they came under attack from a gunman with a rifle, he sprang into action.
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