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Elizabeth City State University has earned a top free speech rating from a nonprofit watchdog after revising several of its policies on free expression and repealing another.
Battle Betts said he had good news to report to Albemarle Regional Health Service’s governing body Tuesday.
Elizabeth City City Council unanimously voted Monday to add speed bumps at six locations on Church and Main streets.
City officials hope to hire a new city manager in February.
Elizabeth City police say the shooting of a man on Walker Avenue earlier this week has turned into a homicide investigation following the man’s death.
EDENTON — Two men were injured in a weekend shooting the Edenton police chief says wasn’t a random incident.
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The Albemarle School volleyball team advanced to the finals of the NCISAA State Playoffs with a 3-1 victory over No. 6 seed Cape Fear Christian Academy by the scores of 25-11, 22-25, 25-21, and 25-13. The match was contested before a large, enthusiastic crowd at the Colts home gymnasium in E…
CAMDEN — The Camden County High School volleyball team defeated Roanoke Rapids 25-18, 25-16, 28-26 in the second round of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Class 2A state playoff tournament Tuesday at Camden County High School.
Currituck County High School hosts the Monster Bash baseball game Wednesday at the Currituck County High School baseball field in Barco. Fans and kids are encouraged to wear Halloween costumes.
HERTFORD — The Perquimans Lady Pirates volleyball team beat the Eno River Academy Bobcats 3-0 in the second round of the NCHSAA 1A classification playoffs on Tuesday night. Set scores for the match were 25-11, 25-11, 25-12.
At just after 4 o’clock in the afternoon on September 29, 1954, the public address system at the Polo Grounds crackled with static.
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Followers of former President Donald Trump have found one conspiracy theory they don’t like: That some Republican members of Congress may have had deeper roles in plans and events that led to the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
When I was, like, 17, I didn’t eat for three solid days. Ten pounds had to go — immediately. The period of starvation crowded out every other thought in my head. Of course, I lost weight, though it was mostly water. Of course, I gained it back.
By any fair assessment, the United States has come a long way in the past 150 years in overcoming its original sins of slavery and institutionalized racism.
After weeks of not knowing why Montre Freeman was put on administrative leave with pay, the public now knows it was “without cause.” That information was given to us by The Daily Advance in a front page space on Oct. 1 that was smaller than a 5x5 notecard.
Former President Barack Obama slammed the notion of ideological divisions last week while stumping for New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy ahead of next month’s gubernatorial elections. “These are serious times, and we need serious people. We have too much to get done to be going backwards,” Obama said. “Here we are trying to recover from a global pandemic that has killed more than 700,000 Americans, put millions in harm’s way. We don’t have time to waste on phony culture wars or fake outrage that the right-wing media are peddling just to juice up your ratings.”
On May 11 state Reps. Dean Arp, John Szoka, Destin Hall and John Bell filed House Bill 951: “Study Emerging Energy Generation. “ It was 14 lines long.
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Editor’s note: The following is the seventh story in a multi-part series about the history of Elizabeth City State University’s football program. This story details that history during the 1980s.
Halloween is a tradition that has been passed on for generations. Over time traditions have changed and are still changing today. It is celebrated on Oct. 31 each year.
For 30 years, Reed Adams taught college students the theories he and fellow sociologists and criminologists have developed for why crimes occur and what motivates the people who commit them.
No one wants to think that their child is being bullied at school, but unfortunately it happens more than we would like to believe.
Time is running out for Elizabeth City State University history assistant professor Dr. Melissa Stuckey and the history students in two of her classes.
HERTFORD — After a two-year pause because of COVID-19 restrictions, Perquimans County’s youngest schoolchildren are finally back in the pool learning how to swim.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A woman who was fired after asking to bring an oxygen tank to work to help her breathe will get $25,000 in a federal settlement.
CHICAGO (AP) — In an Oct. 25 story about the remains of one of serial killer John Wayne Gacy’s victims being identified, The Associated Press, relying on information from the Cook County Sheriff’s Department, erroneously reported that the family of Francis Wayne Alexander lived in North Caro…
CHICAGO (AP) — In the fall of 1976, Carolyn Sanders received an exciting postcard from her brother.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Dozens of North Carolina residents said Monday that Republicans should shelve proposed congressional district maps that they said would likely give the GOP the most seats for the foreseeable future while needlessly fracturing the state's largest counties.
FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. (AP) — The National Weather Service has confirmed a strong tornado that thrashed the southwestern Missouri city of Fredericktown as strong storms that swept the state and into Illinois overnight damaged buildings and knocked out power, but left no serious injuries.
CHICAGO (AP) — John Wayne Gacy was convicted of killing 33 young men and boys in the Chicago area in the 1970s. Authorities found most of his victims' remains in a crawl space under his suburban Chicago house or buried elsewhere on the property. In 2011, they exhumed the remains of eight vic…
BLACKSTONE, Va. (AP) — Civil War history casts a long shadow in Virginia, the birthplace of Confederate generals, scene of their surrender, and now a crossroad of controversy over renaming military bases that honor rebel leaders.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A decade ago, North Carolina Republicans redrew their legislative districts to help their party in a way that a federal court ruled illegally deprived Black voters of their right to political representation. A state court later struck down Republican-drawn maps as based …
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CHICAGO (AP) — For three weeks in 2010, they did nothing. That's how long it took for the leadership of the Chicago Blackhawks to act on allegations that an assistant coach sexually assaulted a player.
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Light from a high afternoon sun slanted through the tall windows of the weathered wooden church, catching on the plank floorboards and illuminating the stained glass. Outside, the arid ground of the northern New Mexico foothills stretched for miles — a picturesque setti…
HOUSTON (AP) — Jose Siri launched himself headfirst into home plate, popped up with arms flexed and screamed with all his might.
Asian shares fell Thursday after a retreat on Wall Street as banks and health care companies pulled the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average back from their latest record highs.
Josh Cavallo recorded the statement that he'd been too concerned to talk about publicly for a very long time.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired NFL player Brett Favre has repaid $600,000 in state welfare money he accepted for speeches where he didn't appear, but the state attorney general could sue Favre if he doesn’t pay interest owed on the amount, the Mississippi auditor said Wednesday.
NEW DELHI (AP) — The solution to climate change is not setting net zero carbon emissions targets as dozens of nations have done, India's federal environment minister said.
BANGKOK (AP) — A resident of a high-rise condominium in Thailand cut the support rope for two painters, apparently angry she wasn't told they would be doing work, and left them hanging above the 26th floor until a couple rescued them, police said Wednesday.
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