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Members of a club that uses metal detectors to help with historical surveys recently located a 1954 Farmville High School ring, tracked down its owner and returned it to her at the field near Falkland where she lost it years ago.
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The century-old tale “The Great Gatsby,” often ranked as the Great American Novel, is a longtime favorite among English teachers for its rich symbolism.
The Pitt County Arboretum is seeking a new visual identity through an updated logo that can be used in signage, digital and print media and other materials to market the facility.
Area high school football players will show off their skills this coming weekend at the ENC HBCU Combine & Showcase at Farmville Central High School, featuring a pair of Black College Hall of Fame members.
FARMVILLE — A group of Farmville teenagers are taking their youth group name Fortify and putting it into action by raising money to build water infrastructure in third-world countries.
Lenoir Community College and public school systems in Lenoir, Greene and Jones counties are collaborating with East Carolina University to help build the local teacher pipeline by offering free tuition to high school students.
SNOW HILL — The North Carolina Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service has presented the 2024 Governor’s Volunteer Service Award to five people from Greene County.
Summer camp at Lenoir Community College is back with a two-week career experience that gives young participants a chance to “Explore Lenoir” in June.
Two area farmers are among 55 to receive between $1,000-$8,000 from this year's awards by the NC AgVentures Farm Grant Program, the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service announced.
Sports Stories
Football prospects from the immediate area and beyond converged on Farmville Central High School on Friday and Saturday for the ENC HBCU Combine & Showcase.
With one game left to play in the regular season, the Greene Central baseball team is still untouchable.
The East Carolina baseball team made a jump in the national rankings to No. 7 earlier this week after going 4-0 last week.
William Knight has stepped away from his favorite place in front of the bench of the D.H. Conley girls’ basketball team.
The Ayden-Grifton baseball team snapped a three-game losing streak on Wednesday night in a 5-0 shutout of Nash Central in Rocky Mount.
Have you ever disliked something because you wanted to? Maybe it felt foreign, was something you enjoyed making fun of or maybe you also really enjoyed making fun of the people who liked it.
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) is confirming 13 new cases of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) from deer samples submitted since July 1, 2023.
Center backs rarely get to jump in on the offensive fun in a soccer match. So when a player with Aubrey Mayberry’s skill set and 6-foot frame was asked to join the scrum in the goal mouth in overtime of a match against a crosstown rival, she was ready.
The D.H. Conley girls’ soccer team not only kept winning last week in the buildup to a Tuesday night showdown with rival J.H. Rose, but the Vikings kept doing so in lopsided fashion.
The Greene Central baseball machine kept humming on Friday night as the Rams improved to a perfect 18-0 and 10-0 in the Eastern Plains Conference in a 10-0 shutout over West Craven.
Last weekend's celebration featured a lot of good watermelon eating fun.
The Farmville Dogwood Festival made its return April 21-24 with music, food and fun and lots of happy people.
Opinion Stories
Each April, Pitt Community College participates in a national campaign organized by the Association of Community College Trustees that asks Americans to consider how two-year public institutions of higher learning are positively impacting people’s lives and contributing to the development of…
Remember when Democrats supported a “Defund the Police” slogan? Or, when other groups marched against police with a rallying cry of “pigs in a blanket, fry ’em like bacon?”
Pointing out the ills of Congress — in both the House and Senate — would result in a very long list. Right off the cuff, we could talk about those who are too old to serve, why we don’t have term limits and how members of Congress use inside information to their own benefit.
I remember sitting in the doctor’s office in total shock with my 12-year-old daughter when I was told my child, who was holding her American Girl Doll, had to give me consent to view her medical records as we considered removal of her kidney. She looked uncomfortable and hugged her doll a li…
News deserts. Have you heard of them?
Thomas L. Knapp is director and senior news analyst at the William Lloyd Garrison Center for Libertarian Advocacy Journalism (thegarrisoncenter.org). He lives and works in north central Florida.
America has an illegal alien problem. It isn’t a new issue. It has been happening since the 1950s. The two major political parties — Democrat and Republican — have had the opportunity to do something about it. Neither has.
I have always been about fairness. That’s especially so in sports competition that involves young men and women.
It’s an election year, so every economic report is going to be filtered through the lens of political benefit. President Biden thus celebrated Jan. 5's Labor Department report that employers added a solid 216,000 jobs in December, but below the top line there are signs of a softening labor m…
Chris Christie has done himself a service, done his Republican Party a service and, most importantly, done his nation a service.
Features Stories
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Southern gardeners love plants with fragrance and color, a combination that few plants can match as well as honeysuckle.
WINTERVILLE — In honor of Earth Day, UScellular associates helped lead a campus beautification project at Boys & Girls Clubs of the Coastal Plain’s Jack Minges Club. This is one of many activities that UScellular associates around the country will be participating in to celebrate Nationa…
Earlier this month, the Pitt County Health Department celebrated National Public Health Week. The county Board of Commissioners also proclaimed April 1-7 as Public Health Week.
Today I want to speak to you about two serious matters you will somewhat find hard to receive.
Chances are that when you are walking down the busiest part of Main Street in any southern town, you will be greeted cheerfully, even by people you don’t know. If you’re an adult, others might call you “ma’am” or “sir.”
For no apparent reason, I feel a need to take a look back at the columns I have penned since the first in September 2017. I cannot put into words how much I have enjoyed my work with the editors of our local newspapers. It has been a privilege and an honor.
It’s been a year and seven months.
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