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Nonprofit organizations serving women and girls in Pitt County can apply for grants from the Women for Women of Pitt County Endowment beginning Feb. 3.
The Greenville City Council is scheduled to meet online today to hear a dozen requests including one that would allow large data processing centers to operate in the city's jurisdiction.
The Pitt County Board of Commissioners will begin planning its 2022-23 fiscal year budget during a remote workshop this morning.
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 continue its deliberation on a parent's complaint that middle school literature includes sexually explicit content and profanity.
BYH to LEOs just trying to do their job. If an officer is murdered the perpetrator should receive the death penalty. A firing squad on national television would be appropriate. It may not serve as a deterrent, but it will absolutely eliminate any possibility of recidivism.
The following deeds of trust were recorded with the Pitt County Register of Deeds from Dec. 9-15:
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 discuss an offer to purchase the old Stokes School gym and cafeteria.
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The East Carolina baseball team has appeared in plenty of national preseason rankings this winter, and can be found perched in the Top 15 in four different polls, slotted anywhere from No. 8 to No. 15.
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.
BYH to LEOs just trying to do their job. If an officer is murdered the perpetrator should receive the death penalty. A firing squad on national television would be appropriate. It may not serve as a deterrent, but it will absolutely eliminate any possibility of recidivism.
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.
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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The conservative-dominated Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a challenge to the consideration of race in college admissions, adding affirmative action to major cases on abortion, guns, religion and COVID-19 already on the agenda.
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.
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OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — More than a dozen mutinous soldiers declared Monday on state television that a military junta had seized control of Burkina Faso after detaining the democratically elected president following a day of gunbattles in the capital of the West African country.
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — At least six people died in a crush outside a stadium hosting a game at Africa's top soccer tournament in Cameroon on Monday, a local government official said, realizing fears over the capacity of the country to stage the continent's biggest sports event.
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks finished a volatile day slightly higher on Monday after reversing a steep slide caused by uncertainty over inflation-fighting measures from the Federal Reserve and the possibility of conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, one of the most powerful figures in state government for two decades before his conviction on corruption charges, has died in federal custody. He was 77.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Prosecutors in the trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights accused the men Monday of standing by as fellow Officer Derek Chauvin “slowly killed George Floyd right in front of them.”
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The world’s biggest, most powerful space telescope arrived at its observation post 1 million miles from Earth on Monday, a month after it lifted off on a quest to behold the dawn of the universe.
ATLANTA (AP) — Judges have approved a request for a special grand jury by the Georgia prosecutor who's investigating whether former President Donald Trump and others broke the law by trying to pressure Georgia officials to throw out Joe Biden's presidential election victory.
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Pentagon said Monday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has put up to 8,500 troops on heightened alert, so they will be prepared to deploy if needed to reassure NATO allies in the face of ongoing Russian aggression on the border of Ukraine.
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