The Farmville Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony recently to welcome Eilisain Jewelry as a new member.
Every sport has venues that transcend that sport, from Wrigley Field to Madison Square Garden, or Indianapolis Motor Speedway to the Los Angeles Coliseum.
An expert on the history and development of cultures in eastern North Carolina will speak at the Farmville Public Library today about the Tuscarora and other native peoples.
With the cost of everything rising faster and faster, it can be hard to build a reliable travel budget. Will gas prices rise or fall by the summer? And will…
Effective July 1, East Carolina University’s Division of Research, Economic Development, and Engagement (REDE) will move into the Division of Academic Affairs.
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Koinonia Christian Church hosted the annual event at the Greenville Convention Center.
Incumbent Greg Murphy needs to focus more on fentanyl and other issues in Congressional District 3 instead of on the U.S. border, according to his challenger, who just days prior to winning the Democratic Party nomination lost her brother to an overdose.
There was a time when school board meetings had a reputation for being mundane, sometimes tedious sessions that attracted fairly little attention and seldom drew a crowd. Members might congratulate a championship team, hear updates on the school nutrition program or approve spending on build…
The Greenville City Council will vote on two items involving the city’s red-light camera program and the money received from the school system and paid to the camera operator.
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From Justin Wilcoxen’s walkoff home run that wasn’t in the second game of the season to Saturday’s walkoff, 3-2, win over Houston in 10 innings, the East Carolina baseball team has rewritten its season.
With a pair of crosstown conference foes playing in front of a packed house at historic Guy Smith Stadium with a spot in the 3A East Regional on the line, a dramatic game could be expected.
Inside Ben Terwilliger lies a dormant beast that is let loose when the East Carolina baseball team is thinking about closing up shop for the night.
North Pitt Middle School (featuring players from Wellcome, Pactolus, Bethel and Stokes) triumphed over Chicod School in the Pitt County soccer championship match played on May 12.
Zach Agnos started the kindling and the rest of the East Carolina lineup fanned the flames into a roaring fire.
BYH, privilege is when you think something is not a problem just because you are not affected by it.
Receiving a good education is more than performing well in school. Students need to be given the skills to be able to adapt to any environment or life destination. There needs to be more emphasis on analyzing, deciphering and utilizing the information learned effectively.
5/16/2025 — I am so excited! Lord Zucker has issued the latest Meta app for my Genius Phone! It immerses me in a holographic community named “Siloville.” Soon I’ll be assigned to the virtual group that Meta decides is most suitable for me.
A NBYH to those fast food places that can’t cook food until it’s done or fix food without hair in it. Would you want to eat hairy food? Think about it. If you don’t like hair in food, other people don’t like it either!
President Biden likes to blame inflation on the COVID pandemic and the war in Ukraine — or, as he says, “Putin’s price hike.” But the fact is, Biden’s own actions, and those of his party, have also contributed significantly to the rise in the cost of living that is making it harder and harde…
Russian President Vladimir Putin is clearly out of his mind. Only a deranged and isolated leader stuck a 20th century time warp would launch an unprovoked and barbaric attack against a people he says are the same as his own — and say he is saving them from Nazis. The insanity of it all has f…
An expert on the history and development of cultures in eastern North Carolina will speak at the Farmville Public Library today about the Tuscarora and other native peoples.
Tab Benoit, respected Louisiana-based blues guitarist-vocalist and storyteller extraordinaire, will perform in Greenville on Wednesday as part of an ambitious spring-summer national tour.
Three men walk into a bar: a locksmith, a retired prison administrator and a city employee. It’s no joke. If Michael Wiggs, Joe Solano and Ron Harris walk into a bar, it’s pretty certain they’ll soon be playing instruments and the punchline will be “Freebird!”
The Bear Grass High School Class of 1952 held its 70th reunion on April 6, 2022 at The Hitching Post Restaurant in Williamston.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Several state legislators won't be returning to the North Carolina General Assembly next January after primary losses, while former lawmakers had mixed results in trying to get back to the House or Senate.
Printing mistakes will force local election officials in Pennsylvania and Oregon to redo thousands of mailed ballots, a laborious process that could delay results for some closely contested races in Tuesday's primaries.
RALElGH, N.C. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Ted Budd and former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley won their respective Senate primaries on Tuesday, setting up a fall election matchup that should again test former President Donald Trump's influence in North Carolina.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump’s choice for Pennsylvania governor won his primary Tuesday night and his Senate pick was locked in an exceedingly close contest as the former president worked to expand his hold on the Republican Party.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — First-term U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn lost his Republican primary race Tuesday to state Sen. Chuck Edwards, after the pro-Donald Trump firebrand's personal and political blunders translated into voter unhappiness.
Former President Donald Trump’s winning streak in U.S. Senate primaries is on the line today as voters in North Carolina and four other states cast their ballots in midterm elections.
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.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian court sentenced a 21-year-old Russian soldier to life in prison Monday for killing a civilian, sealing the first conviction for war crimes since Moscow's invasion three months ago.
LONDON (AP) — A leading adviser to the World Health Organization described the unprecedented outbreak of the rare disease monkeypox in developed countries as “a random event” that might be explained by risky sexual behavior at two recent mass events in Europe.
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for “maximum” sanctions against Russia during a virtual speech on the first day of the World Economic Forum gathering of corporate executives, government officials and other VIPs in Davos, Switzerland.
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is calling for “maximum" sanctions against Russia during a virtual speech at the World Economic Forum gathering.
World shares were mixed in cautious trading Monday after Wall Street dipped once again to the edge of a bear market.
TOKYO (AP) — The documentary film about the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics premiered on Monday, shown to reporters and other invited guests in the Japanese capital.
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — A series of complex challenges, including a lack of funding and political will as well as rising insecurity linked to extremist groups al-Qaida and the Islamic State in Burkina Faso, are obstructing progress on Africa's Great Green Wall, according to experts …
When Vladimir Putin announced the invasion of Ukraine, war seemed far away from Russian territory. Yet within days the conflict came home — not with cruise missiles and mortars but in the form of unprecedented and unexpectedly extensive volleys of sanctions by Western governments and economi…
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