A Pitt County Sheriff’s Office investigation into a report of sex offenses against a minor resulted in the arrest of a Seven Springs man this week, the agency reported.
The husband of a woman found dead in her Greenville condominium was charged with murder after he was apprehended in Mississippi early Thursday morning.
The Embers featuring Craig Woolard are set to take the stage this evening as the free Concert on the Common Series resumes at the Greenville Toyota Amphitheater.
A passenger in a Wednesday afternoon wreck on Greenville Boulevard that sent five people to the hospital is in critical condition, according to police.
A man was shot several times and killed outside a gas station west of Greenville on Wednesday night leading an arrest and murder charge.
Pitt County Schools increased security and stressed the availability of mental health resources in the aftermath of Tuesday’s mass shooting in Texas and a scare at J.H. Rose High School.
A crash on Greenville Boulevard Wednesday afternoon flipped one vehicle, crushed another and saw multiple people transported to the hospital.
Eastern North Carolinians on Friday will have access to data that shows whether local marine recreation areas meet federal safety standards, and it will include three popular Pitt County locations that tested as having a lower concentration of fecal bacteria than a year ago.
As summer approaches, officials with North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services want residents to be aware of algal blooms, bacteria, drowning and other dangers that can turn a peaceful day on the water into tragedy.
Local activists on Saturday will gather in Greenville to celebrate African freedom and the day that marked much of the continent’s independence from European imperialism.
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D.H. Conley’s Mia Trueblood stepped to the plate with runners at first and second and two outs in a tie game in the bottom of the seventh Wednesday night in Game 1 of the 3A East Regional against Fuquay-Varina.
The East Carolina baseball team collected two major regular-season awards, while nine more players were all-conference selections, the American Athletic Conference announced.
Greenville’s Drew Greene has earned a spot in the Optimist International Golf Tournament to be held June 30-July 2 in Reno, Nev.
East Carolina shortstop Zach Agnos did some quick math when talking about teammate Bryson Worrell’s impactful sixth inning on Tuesday against South Florida.
A Greenville pair struck gold at the badminton competition at the Senior Games National Championships, which wrapped up recently in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Jacob McCann is a senior on the D.H. Conley lacrosse team and recently signed his National Letter of Intent to continue his academics and athletics at Lincoln Memorial University.
It seems as though everyone is suffering the effects of inflation. So what is the problem? What is the cause? We can blame Biden, blame Putin, blame the war, blame the supply chain, blame the pandemic, blame the Democrats, blame the Republicans. But money doesn’t disappear.
Democrats are fighting over the Biden Administration’s antidumping investigation of Chinese solar manufacturers, and it’s a revealing brawl. Progressives want cheap and abundant green energy that boosts U.S. manufacturing, but they’re discovering they can’t have it all.
As most voters have shown they understand, Gov. Roy Cooper has been one of the best governors in modern North Carolina history. He’s a skilled lawyer, pragmatic politician and a caring and committed progressive who believes in human rights and building a fairer and more equitable and sustain…
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BYH to the media for making Biden look heroic in getting relief for the baby formula shortage. The poor judgment of his administration is what caused the shortage in the first place. Just another fiasco of the month for Biden and the DNC. Bless your heart to anyone dumb enough to support a D…
As the world shifts its focus towards mourning the victims of senseless violence directed at racial and religious minorities, we should recognize that the Supreme Court actually has an opportunity to show the world where America really stands on racial diversity and race relations.
Happy Memorial weekend. Make it safe. Wear your mask, wash your hands frequently, keep your distance, consider taking a fast COVID test before you join a group of people and change your plans if you test positive — even if you have no symptoms. Get vaccinated and boosted, please.
Medical experts at ECU Heath are seeing an increase in the number of younger people suffering from strokes.
There are times when you simply need a light and healthy timeout.
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.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A decade ago, Pat McCrory was king in North Carolina's Republican Party. The former Charlotte mayor became the first GOP governor in two decades when he won in 2012 by 11 percentage points.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein left a Raleigh hospital on Wednesday after being treated earlier this week for what he called a “minor stroke.”
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina government's most powerful Republican elected official threw his weight fully behind Medicaid expansion Wednesday, raising the stakes for an issue lingering in state politics for a decade that could result in hundreds of thousands of low-income adults gett…
The families of four people — including three teens — who died in a February plane crash off the North Carolina coast are suing the companies that owned the plane and employed the pilot, who also died. The suit claims the pilot failed to properly fly the single-engine plane in weather condit…
The state health department wants consumers to check labels on certain Jif peanut butter products before they eat, or serve, peanut butter that might be infected with Salmonella.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein said Tuesday he is recovering from a "minor stroke" that prompted doctors to remove a small blood clot.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee is investigating allegations that Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn had a conflict of interest in a cryptocurrency he promoted and engaged in an improper relationship with a member of his staff, the panel said Monday.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Senate Republicans are strongly considering legislation that would expand Medicaid coverage to hundreds of thousands of additional low-income adults. Such legislation would mark a key step in an extraordinary turnabout by GOP members in the chamber set aga…
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UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Jacklyn Cazares hadn’t yet reached her 10th birthday, but she was already a tough-minded “firecracker” always looking to help people in need, her father said. Jacklyn and her second cousin, Annabelle Rodriguez, were especially tight with three other classmates at Robb El…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Moscow pressed the West on Thursday to lift sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine, seeking to shift the blame for a growing food crisis that has been worsened by Kyiv’s inability to ship millions of tons of grain and other agricultural products due to the conflict.
CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) — She walked up a red carpet and crossed a stage to accept her diploma wearing an eagle feather beaded onto her cap that her mother had gifted her.
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Monday morning at Robb Elementary School, a line of graduating high school seniors in maroon caps and gowns paid a visit to the children to offer smiles, high fives and encouragement that one day, if they studied hard enough, they could graduate too.
HOUSTON (AP) — The National Rifle Association begins its annual convention in Houston on Friday, and leaders of the powerful gun-rights lobbying group are gearing up to “reflect on” -- and deflect any blame for -- the deadly shooting earlier this week of 19 children and two teachers at an el…
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The gunman who massacred 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school was inside for more than an hour before he was killed in a shootout, law enforcement authorities said Thursday amid mounting public anger and scrutiny over their response to the rampage.
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks closed broadly higher on Wall Street Thursday as investors cheered a strong set of quarterly results from Macy’s and other retailers.
VILLA CLARA, Cuba (AP) — Some of the more than 840 Haitians who tried to reach the United States in a boat but ended up in Cuba said Thursday that they fled violence in their country and were charged thousands of dollars by smugglers who ushered them onto a dilapidated boat and later abandon…
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