Sunday, May 19, 2013
Imagine finding out that you’re related to one of the settlers who established one of the very first American colonies.
- Abby: GED hopefuls should get diploma before costs go up
Monday, May 20, 2013
Dear Abby: I have worked in the field of education for more than 40 years, with the last 25 years serving in adult education, helping students complete their high school equivalency diploma.
- Punk finds its place at Met
Sunday, May 19, 2013
NEW YORK — Punk and high fashion can now share the same stage, and a new Costume Institute exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, “Punk: Chaos to Culture,” celebrates that influence.
- Gardens create haven for senses
Sunday, May 19, 2013
The silky petals of a fragrant pink shrub rose; the crunchy texture of a gravel path; a nook where grass rustles and a stream runs.
- Eau-so-fragrant perfumes
Sunday, May 19, 2013
While sniffing out spring’s newest scents and comparing notes with colleagues, we were reminded of the power of fragrance to conjure the past or project an image.
- Meeting place May 19
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Meeting times, dates and places for area civic, social and community groups:
Monday, May 20, 2013
Mother Nature could only delay, not deny, The Oakwood School’s perfect softball season.
- Locals make national splash
Monday, May 20, 2013
A couple of Greenville swimmers recently made a national splash.
- Bae’s breakthrough
Monday, May 20, 2013
IRVING, Texas — Sang-Moon Bae watched anxiously after hitting his tee shot at the par-3 17th hole Sunday in the Byron Nelson Championship.
- Johnson wins amid controversy
Monday, May 20, 2013
CONCORD — It’s only fitting that Jimmie Johnson’s latest romp through the record books was shrouded in post-race controversy.
- Auburn overcomes trying season
Monday, May 20, 2013
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Auburn women’s golf team had to overcome far more than the normal highs and lows of the sport to make the NCAA championships.
- Pirates beat the clock, UCF
Sunday, May 19, 2013
With a single game separating a top-tier finish from a lower-half one in the final Conference USA baseball standings, East Carolina came up big in a rain-shortened, six-inning victory in its regular season finale.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
The Daily Reflector will feature political cartoons from in-house artist Dave Irwin on each Sunday's editorial page.
- Editorial: Participate in search
Monday, May 20, 2013
Bowing to concerns that the early start times of public forums meant to discuss the hiring of a new superintendent are suppressing turnout, the Pitt County Board of Education will hold its third and final input session at 6:30 tonight.
- Letter: Right-wing media fabricates story
Monday, May 20, 2013
A few weeks ago Mikey Weinstein of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation requested a meeting with Air Force officials and was granted his request.
- Letter: Series of scandals not going away
Monday, May 20, 2013
President Barack Obama and then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stood, heads bowed, as Libyan Ambassador Stevens and three Navy SEALS, all killed in Benghazi, were brought into Andrews Air Force Base as their families looked on.
- Fitzsimon: McCrory's bad May
Monday, May 20, 2013
It hasn’t received much attention with all the shenanigans in General Assembly lately, but May has not been a very good month for Gov. Pat McCrory.
- Editorial: County on right path
Sunday, May 19, 2013
The series of budget workshops held this week by the Pitt County Board of Commissioners stand in stark contrast to the situation members faced one year ago.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
As a boy, a favorite pastime was playing golf with marbles in our Center Street backyard in Hickory.
- Speller: College students return home
Monday, May 20, 2013
My husband and I picked up our daughter from college a little more than a week ago after she completed her freshman year.
- Rutledge: Those narcissistic kids
Saturday, May 18, 2013
The current Time cover story about the “millennial generation” is creating a lot of debate over whether today’s kids are more narcissistic than people of previous generations.
- Burns: Right to know trumps privacy
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
I was 16 when I got into my first wreck.
It was on Clayton Road not far from where I went to high school in St. Louis. I had been drinking.
- Storm: Kill the kill switch
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Anyone who has ever perused a police report knows that cellphone theft is a problem.
It’s not hard to understand why.
- Grizzard: Low pay, long hours — but motherhood is dream job
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Even before newspaper reporter was ranked as the worst job of 2013, I was beginning to have my doubts.
Monday, May 20, 2013
A double-wide trailer, dull gray with dirty brown streaks, has sat for years off of County Home Road next to the county’s animal shelter.
- Jury set in LaRoque trial
Monday, May 20, 2013
The trial for former N.C. state Rep. Stephen LaRoque will begin at 1:30 this afternoon with 12 jurors and three alternates selected just after noon today.
- Driving home safe road habits
Monday, May 20, 2013
Pitt County teens experienced the consequences of risky driving behavior in a controlled environment on Saturday during a StreetSafe training at South Central High School.
- Board ponders solar site request
Monday, May 20, 2013
The Pitt County Board of Commissioners tonight will consider a request to build a solar energy facility in an area northeast of Greenville.
- Room in home, hearts
Sunday, May 19, 2013
At first glance, James and Mary Sanders’ living room looks a little bit like an in-home day care center.
- Board to host last public forum
Sunday, May 19, 2013
The Pitt County Board of Education will hold its third and final public forum to hear from community members what they would like to see in a new superintendent.
Monday, May 20, 2013
A man who allegedly stole a motorcycle was involved in a wreck, suffered injuries, then ran away from the scene, according to Greenville Police Department reports.
- Update: Driver killed in wreck
Monday, May 20, 2013
A driver of a vehicle that was struck by a hydroplaning pickup truck died from her injuries Monday.
- Roommate dispute ends in charges
Monday, May 20, 2013
The roommate of an intoxicated woman who reportedly kicked in their apartment door had another person sell her laptop to pay for the damages, police said.
- Pitt County Superior Court
Monday, May 20, 2013
The following case was disposed of in Pitt County superior court the week beginning April 8.
- Crime:Man faces assault charges
Monday, May 20, 2013
A man accused of strangling his girlfriend and assaulting another woman on Saturday faces felony charges in the incident.
- Ayden shooting at a standstill
Sunday, May 19, 2013
A drive-by shooting investigation is at a standstill until the victim can be interviewed or witnesses come forward with information, according to Ayden’s police chief.
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