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Letter: Court reform no joke
After reading Donald Bryson’s op-ed “Court Reforms Would Set Dangerous Precedent” (Daily Reflector, Aug. 8), I couldn’t determine whether Bryson wrote the op-ed as a joke or whether he is the joke. Bryson identifies damage he foresees President Biden’s proposed reforms to the Supreme Court would do: Imposing term limits would politicize the court; expanding the court (not proposed by Biden but discussed) would erode public trust in the court; and the imposition of a binding code of conduct could lead to abuse. If Bryson...
Aug. 21 Community News
Email announcements at least a week in advance to community@reflector.com. Jesus Christ Superstar Magnolia Arts Center will present “Jesus Christ Superstar” at 7:30 p.m. today-Saturday at the State Theatre, 110 W. Fifth St. Additional matinee performances are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The rock opera features music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. Tickets are $20 for general admission, $15 for seniors, students and members...
Alexander H. Jones: Anti-democratic policies limit NC elections
Like in every election year, the North Carolina current political scene is frothy with excitement. The statewide races are high-stakes and tightly contested, with an immensely consequential governor’s race complemented by competitive contests for attorney general, lieutenant governor and superintendent of public instruction. Vice President Kamala Harris has a serious chance of winning North Carolina — a victory that President Joe Biden craved but lost in the course of a tumultuous campaign. It’s all heady and facilitates a quickening pulse. But the dramatic campaigns capturing...
John Hood: NC revolutionary council was first ‘congress’
Before the United States had a Congress, North Carolina had a Congress — and this week marks its 250th birthday Now, just to be clear, North Carolina had representative government long before 1774. Its bicameral colonial legislature consisted of an upper chamber, a royal council appointed by the Crown, and a lower chamber, the elected House of Commons. By the early 1770s, however, the Commons — which levied taxes and...
Star Parker: Trends show a nation that is in decline
Over the years 1934-1961, British historian Arnold Toynbee published his 12-volume “A Study of History.” Toynbee studied the rise and fall of 23 civilizations. His conclusion was that great civilizations die not from external causes but from internal causes. They commit suicide. We don’t have to be great historians to know that civilizations have come and gone. Forever is not a given fact of life. ...
Pro-Palestinian protesters clash with police near Chicago's Israeli consulate on second night of DNC
CHICAGO (AP) — Multiple pro-Palestinian demonstrators were arrested Tuesday after clashing with police during a protest that began outside the Israeli consulate and spilled out onto the surrounding streets on the second night of the Democratic National Convention. The intense confrontations with officers began minutes into the demonstration, after some protesters – many dressed in black, their faces covered – charged at a line of police that had blocked the group from marching. They eventually moved past the officers, but were penned in several times...
Prep Spotlight: Vikings, Jaguars volleyball remain unbeaten
D.H. Conley volleyball claimed another 3-0 shutout win on Tuesday night, the Vikings’ third sweep in their first four matches. Conley claimed the first set comfortably, 25-12, then won a closer second, 25-18, before legging out a marathon 28-26 third frame to clinch the shutout. Britni Silver crushed 24 kills to go with four digs, two blocks and five aces to lead D.H. Conley, while Riley McGalliard amassed 36 assists...
Pro-Palestinian protesters clash with police near Chicago's Israeli consulate on second night of DNC
CHICAGO (AP) — Multiple pro-Palestinian demonstrators were arrested Tuesday after clashing with police during a protest that began outside the Israeli consulate and spilled out onto the surrounding streets on the second night of the Democratic National Convention. The intense confrontations with officers began minutes into the demonstration, after some protesters – many dressed in black, their faces covered – charged at a line of police that had blocked the group from marching. They eventually moved past the officers, but were penned in several times...
Obamas close DNC's second night with rousing Harris endorsement, pointed warnings about Trump
CHICAGO (AP) — Warning of a difficult fight ahead, former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama on Tuesday called on the nation to embrace Kamala Harris in urgent messages to the Democratic National Convention that were at times both hopeful and ominous. “America, hope is making a comeback,” the former first lady declared. She then tore into Republican Donald Trump, a sharp shift from the 2016 convention speech in which she told her party, “When they go low, we go high.” ...
Trump campaigns to 'make America safe again' as Democratic convention zeroes in on his felony record
HOWELL, Mich. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump pledged Tuesday to “Make America Safe Again" while campaigning in Michigan as the Democrats who gathered in Chicago to nominate Kamala Harris branded him a career criminal. As part of a battleground campaign swing designed to counter the Democratic National Convention, Trump stood alongside sheriff’s deputies in the city of Howell and labeled Harris, a former San Francisco district attorney and California attorney general, as the “ringleader” of a “Marxist attack on law enforcement” across the country. ...
High school football: Local EPC teams set to chase SWE for league title
While all four of the Reflector’s Eastern Plains 2A Conference schools have some work to do to contend in what has been a tough football league for a long time, they also have plenty of reason for the typical optimism shown prior to the start of the season. At the EPC coaches’ meeting held at Parker’s Barbecue on Aug. 6, SouthWest Edgecombe was picked atop the media poll just ahead of West Craven. North Pitt was selected to finish third, followed by Farmville Central, Greene...
Crime Roundup: Greenville man charged with sexual assault, kidnapping
A Greenville man was charged with multiple sex offenses on Saturday, court documents said. Greenville police charged Raven Dellasega Cherry, 40, of 100 David Drive, with felony first-degree kidnapping, first-degree force sex offense and first-degree forcible rape. He was also charged with misdemeanor sexual battery. A report from the Greenville Police Department said that he was arrested at the department headquarters on Greene Street. Warrants said that he restrained a...
Greene County crews battle fires at barn, Maury home
Fires in Greene County wreaked severe damage recently and caused minor injuries as crews worked to douse them. At least two major structure fires were reported in the county since Aug. 14, when about 8:53 p.m. crews from seven local departments were called to a commercial hay barn on N.C. 58 North. The Bull Head Fire Department out of Stantonsburg responded initially. Crews from the Snow Hill Rural Fire Department...
Pitt moves to dismiss Confederate monument lawsuit
A judge is expected to make a decision this week on Pitt County’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the Board of Commissioners’ unanimous decision to donate the county’s Confederate monument to a memorial park in Davidson County. The board during its April 15 meeting voted as part of its consent agenda that the monument would be donated to Valor Memorial Park in Denton. Nick Ellis, an attorney at Poyner Spruill in Rocky Mount who represents Pitt County, said that the park is open to...
Pitt County officials take no action on gunfire complaints
Pitt County commissioners are reviewing a 3-year-old proposal for managing the recreational use of firearms but gave staff no direction for addressing tensions in a neighborhood in northern Pitt County. Instead, several commissioners directed residents of Holly Pine subdivision, located off Fleming School Road, north of Greenville, to contact state Rep. Gloristine Brown and state Sen. Kandie Smith about exploring possible state legislation regulating recreational gun use. About 10 residents...
Magnolia Arts performs rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar at State Theatre
Simon the Zealot makes himself comfortable on a makeshift bench, center stage, while Jesus stretches, bending at the waist to touch his toes. Dressed in shorts and T-shirts for rehearsal beneath modern stage lighting and ceiling fans in The State Theatre, the actors scarcely reveal that the production starting Wednesday in downtown Greenville is based in Roman-occupied Jerusalem. Unless you remember to expect the unexpected in “Jesus Christ Superstar.” “Do...
ECU roundup: Women's soccer tops 'Pack; Perry returns
Entering Sunday, the oldest member of the East Carolina women’s soccer team was not born yet the last time the Pirates downed N.C. State in Raleigh. That streak is over. ECU opened its season on Sunday with a 1-0 victory over the Wolfpack. Abby Sowa’s first-half goal propelled ECU past State at Dail Field in Raleigh, and Maeve English made three clutch saves in goal as the Pirates held strong...
Biden gets a rousing ovation from Democrats as he gives Harris an enthusiastic endorsement
CHICAGO — President Joe Biden delivered his valedictory address to the Democratic National Convention on Monday night, saying, “I gave my best to you” and basking in a long ovation that reflected the energy released by his decision to cede the stage to Vice President Kamala Harris. Biden, 81, received a hero’s welcome weeks after many in his party were pressuring him to drop his bid for reelection. One month after an unprecedented mid-campaign switch, the opening night of the convention in Chicago was designed...
Winterville teen attends Congress of Future Medical Leaders
Cody Nobles of Winterville, a junior at Arendell Parrott Academy, was a delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders held in June on the University of Massachusetts Lowell Campus. Hosted by the National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists, the congress is an honors-only program for high school students who want to become physicians or go into medical research fields. Students are selected for the program based on academic achievement, leadership potential and determination to serve in the field of medicine. Cody joined students from across the country who heard Nobel Laureates and National Medal of Science recipients discuss leading medical research, received educational advice from medical school deans and learned about advances in medical technology.
Aug. 20 abby: Strangers add to disabled woman's pain
DEAR ABBY: I am a 40-something woman who has recently become disabled. I use a wheelchair. Some days, my body works; other days, it doesn’t. But walking any distance causes me to have seizures. I look fairly healthy to anyone who isn’t close to me, but I’m not. About a year into my disability, my husband and I had to move in with my dad so he could help care for me. Dad does all the shopping and errands, and my husband works full time....
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