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Crews with Piedmont Natural Gas are currently working to fix a natural gas leak in Elizabeth City that happened near the intersection of North Road Street and Hughes Boulevard about 1 p.m.
A Pasquotank County man was killed Monday when his truck collided with a trailer being hauled by another truck, the N.C. Highway Patrol said.
The first day of filing for the March 8 primary election brought out a host of candidates for local office.
The mother of an 18-year-old man killed in Thursday’s shooting in Elizabeth City said she hopes people who know what happened to her son will come forward soon with information to help police make an arrest.
CAMDEN — Four Camden Middle School students are being investigated for plotting to use weapons to attack at least four other students at their school, the Camden sheriff said Monday.
An article about Albemarle Regional Health Services’ upcoming mass booster clinics in Sunday’s edition listed the wrong date for the clinic scheduled for Maple Park this week. The clinic will be Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., not Thursday at that time.
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Bob Stoops is coaching Oklahoma Football. That’s not really the subject of this column, but nobody is talking about it and I certainly think it’s worth mentioning.
EDENTON — The Lady Pirates breezed past the Lady Aces 47-26 in non-conference play at John A. Holmes High School Tuesday night.
EDENTON — The Edenton Aces thumped the Perquimans County High School Pirates 85-66 Tuesday in a fast-paced and physical basketball game at John A. Holmes High School.
Bob Stoops is coaching Oklahoma Football. That’s not really the subject of this column, but nobody is talking about it and I certainly think it’s worth mentioning.
In what their coach described as “a big win” for Mid-Atlantic Christian University’s women’s basketball program, the Lady Mustangs defeated the Marlins of Virginia Wesleyan University Monday evening at TowneBank Arena, winning by a final score of 56-47.
Wallace-Rose Hill High School ended Northeastern High School’s state title hopes Friday night, defeating the homestanding Eagles 57-22 in the fourth round of the NCHSAA Class 2A playoffs.
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“I’m going to be saving lives, and they’re going to be lying.” — Dr. Anthony Fauci
Dr. Mandy Cohen’s five-year tenure in North Carolina public service as state Secretary of Health and Human Services comes to an end.
Can I let you in on a not-so-little secret? The Democrats in Washington don’t really mean it. The Republicans don’t, either.
On Nov. 21, longtime safe streets advocate Steven Hardy-Braz of Farmville was struck by a car while riding his bicycle on a road in Belhaven. The distracted driver did not see Steven and drove directly into the back of Steven’s bicycle, seriously injuring him. Steven remains in recovery today.
Did you know that 63 percent of Americans aged 18-39 were not aware that 6 million Jews were killed during the Holocaust according to a recent study?
The 2020 Democratic presidential primary campaign was essentially a bidding war in which each candidate pledged to spend trillions of dollars beyond what is needed to run the country, ostensibly to rebuild the nation after the coronavirus pandemic. Candidate Joe Biden won the contest and has so far signed a $1.9 trillion “COVID relief” bill (that had little to do with COVID relief) and a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that goes beyond the traditional definition of “infrastructure.”
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I am asked with some frequency, this time of the year: ‘Is it wrong to put a Christmas tree in my home — doesn’t the Scripture teach that this practice is bad?’
Each year, the Chowan, Gates and Perquimans County Extension Master Gardeners award a $1,000 scholarship to an area student pursuing advanced studies in the areas of agriculture, horticulture and/or natural resources.
Lorri Glennon is known to her customers as the Fairy Godmother of Art.
Why do bad things happen to good people? That question is as old as recorded human history.
For several years, people have heard that sodas containing sugar are not a healthy choice for our families, and, as a result, have started buying fewer of those kind of drinks. However, as soda drinking declines, more families are buying sports and energy drinks, thinking they are healthier …
It is hard to believe the advent season is here. Perhaps you have noticed an influx of people putting up lights on their home, around trees, and in their yard. I love all the lights at Christmas because it reminds me of the second part of Jesus’ call to believers in Matthew chapter five. His…
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department said Monday it is ending its investigation into the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till, the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured and killed after witnesses said he whistled at a white woman in Mississippi.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The start of North Carolina candidate filing for U.S. House and legislative seats was blocked on Monday by an appeals court panel — only to be restored hours later when most Court of Appeals judges agreed they wanted to decide whether a longer filing delay was warranted.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina government officials have scheduled a Monday afternoon news conference to announce a major economic development project that likely will be construction of a Toyota electric vehicle battery factory that will employ 1,750 people.
HICKORY, N.C. (AP) — If Dick Hewitt isn’t at the end seat at the bar of his cafe, his regulars notice.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country musician Stonewall Jackson, who sang on the Grand Ole Opry for more than 50 years and had No. 1 hits with “Waterloo” and others, died Saturday after a long battle with vascular dementia. He was 89.
PILOT MOUNTAIN, N.C. (AP) — A wildfire at Pilot Mountain State Park has burned 1,100 acres (445 hectares) and was about 80% contained Thursday, according to the North Carolina Forest Service.
Federal prosecutors said Thursday that a North Carolina woman deserves a prison sentence for bringing her 14-year-old child into the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed on Thursday legislation that would bar officials from counting mail-in absentee ballots received after Election Day, even if their envelopes were postmarked on or before that date.
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Stocks are off to a solid start on Wall Street Tuesday as investors continue to wager that the new variant of the COVID-19 virus won’t pose a big threat to the economy. The S&P 500 rose 1.4% in the first few minutes of trading, adding to its gains from a day earlier. The tech-heavy Nasda…
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukrainian and Western officials are worried that a Russian military buildup near Ukraine could signal plans by Moscow to invade its ex-Soviet neighbor.
CHICAGO (AP) — Outside the courtroom where former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett is fighting charges accusing him of lying to Chicago police about being the victim of an anti-gay, racist attack, his publicist has introduced a roster of supporters to the assembled TV cameras.
BEIJING (AP) — China accused the United States of violating the Olympic spirit on Tuesday after the Biden administration announced a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Games over human rights concerns.
The Beijing Winter Olympics open in just under two months and are the target of a diplomatic boycott by the United States, with others likely to follow.
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Foreign Office abandoned many of the nation’s allies in Afghanistan and left them to the mercy of the Taliban during the fall of the capital, Kabul, because of a dysfunctional and arbitrary evacuation effort, a whistleblower alleged Tuesday.
KUJE, Nigeria (AP) — Yunusa Bawa rolled his motorcycle away from the health care clinic where he works in Kuje, southwest of Nigeria's capital of Abuja, and secured a black box of COVID-19 vaccine for the rough ride ahead.
HERAT, Afghanistan (AP) — Over the course of an hour on a recent night, the bus waiting in the Herat station filled with passengers. Mostly young men, they had no luggage, just the clothes on their backs, maybe a bag with some bread and water for the long road ahead of them.
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