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Wide receiver Chase Sowell nearing return for ECU's offense
It remains to be seen if he will be able to suit up in the team's game at Old Dominion on Saturday inside SB Ballard Stadium, but East Carolina wide receiver Chase Sowell - the team's leading returning pass-catcher from a year ago - is certainly on track to return sooner than later for the Pirates.
East Carolina Volleyball set to host 2024 Pirate Invitational
GREENVILLE, N.C. — East Carolina takes to the friendly confines of Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum for the first time in 2024 this weekend, welcoming North Carolina A&T, Texas A&M-Commerce and Western Carolina to Greenville for the Pirate Invitational. The three-day event is slated to run Thursday through Saturday and features six total matches in […]
ECU coaching up QB Jake Garcia to slide after first start: 'It's been an ongoing conversation'
It didn't take long for East Carolina's coaching staff to have the "we need you to slide" talk following the hits Jake Garcia took scrambling and running around in his first start as a Pirate quarterback, but there's just one problem. "I guess he's never played baseball before, so he...
'An incredible sound': Series to showcase organ, orchestra
GREENVILLE — A concert series built around a renowned pipe organ will begin its season with a grand-scale performance that includes dozens of musicians. Fisk on Fourth will showcase the works of four French composers at its opening concert Saturday at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in downtown Greenville. The program, featuring Concerto for Organ by Francis Poulenc and Symphony No. 3 by Camille Saint-Saëns, will bring together organist David Baskeyfield with members of the New Carolina Sinfonia. The professional orchestra features members who are natives...
Pirates smash Norfolk State for season-opening win
This is not the same East Carolina team from a year ago. That was clear midway through the first quarter. Many of the offseason changes and adjustments were unveiled on Saturday as the Pirates rolled to a season-opening, 42-3, win over Norfolk State. The up-tempo, no-huddle offense moved with a flurry and the defense smothered the Spartans’ rushing attack in a resounding win inside Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. ...
Crime Roundup: Man charged with attempted murder in mother's assault
A Greenville man was arrested Monday morning after police said he choked and beat his mother at their Rollins Drive home. An incident report from the Greenville Police Department said officers responded about 7:03 a.m. to a domestic disturbance at 200 Rollins Drive, near Greenville's Convention District and the intersection of Memorial Drive with Greenville Boulevard. On the scene officers discovered that a resident of the home, Robert Zachery Thomas,...
Kinston Police investigating three different shooting at apartment complex
KINSTON, N.C. (WNCT) — In Kinston residents are on edge after three separate shootings at the same location. Fourth suspect arrest in Kinston residential shooting The shooting left one person dead and two others injured. All three shootings took place at Mitchell Wooten Apartments on Adkin Street, which is only a few miles away from […]
Park in Kinston designed for those with disabilities breaks ground for Phase 1
KINSTON, N.C. (WNCT) — Dreams and dedication have finally come to life after a decade of planning. Harmony Park in Kinston has just broken ground on Phase 1, a special park designed for residents with disabilities, that represents an unwavering commitment of the Kinston community. There will be a place for residents of all abilities […]
AREA ROUNDUP: Cycs strike back at Christ Covenant for region win
WINTERVILLE — A week after suffering a 2-1 home loss to Christ Covenant, the Community Christian varsity boys soccer team got it back Tuesday, Sept. 3, with a 4-1 conquest of the Spartans on their home field. Sophomore Hector Guzman scored a pair of goals and doled out an assist as the Cyclones evened their records at 2-2 overall and […] The post AREA ROUNDUP: Cycs strike back at Christ Covenant for region win first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
Prep Spotlight: Former Falcon helps U.S. team win gold again
With former South Central and UNC star Amber Clark once again at the forefront, the U.S. Women’s Flag Football National Team took home the gold medal at the 2024 IFAF Flag Football World Championships on Friday. The U.S. Men’s Flag team also captured gold at the event for an American sweep. Clark, a Greenville native who took her athletic talents from South Central to Chapel Hill, where she excelled on...
First Friday ArtWalk events returns downtown this week
The First Friday ArtWalk is back this week and will feature more than 20 stops including a peek inside Jarvis Church, vendors and live music outside the science museum and downtown trolley rides. Coordinated by Emerge Gallery & Art Center in partnership with Visit Greenville, NC and the City of Greenville, its the first ArtWalk of the 2024-25 season, which runs September-June. Downtown galleries, museums, restaurants, breweries and music venues...
$9.2M grant will help address south Greenville flooding
FEMA is allocating $9.2 million to the City of Greenville for drainage improvements for the Fork Swamp watershed in the area of Paramore Park and Fire Tower Road. The money will support upgrades to culverts and floodplain benching to protect Fire Tower Road and neighboring homes against flooding, Director of Engineering Lisa Kirby said in a memorandum to City Council last month. Floodplain benching is the excavation and grading of...
Two months until Election Day, Republicans, Democrats make play for North Carolina
Standing in the middle of Downtown Cary Park, Mona Singh is holding onto handouts in support of Democratic candidates."We have a lot of races," said Singh, who serves as Vice Precinct Chair for the Wake County Democratic Party, as well as the Director of Outreach for TheySeeBlueNC, a South Asian grassroots organization.Democrats have pointed to increased enthusiasm over the past several weeks, as they make a play to flip North Carolina for the first time since 2008."I usually get involved in some sort of a campaign, (though) never to the extent I have this cycle," Repass explained.Repass was one of...
Most North Carolina residents express confidence in integrity and accuracy of 2024 election in new poll
A new poll finds most North Carolina voters are confident their vote will be accurately counted this year and in the integrity of the state’s election, but the poll also reveals partisan divides on those issues.
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