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PCC alumni group seeks special award nominees
WINTERVILLE — The PCC Alumni Association is accepting nominations from the community for awards it will present to outstanding graduates prior to the beginning of the 2024-25 academic year. The organization is seeking nominations for distinguished alumni, outstanding alumni, young alumni, employee alumni and honorary alumni. Winners will be recognized during convocation Aug. 13. “The purpose of our Alumni Awards is to shine a spotlight on the outstanding work being...
Preservation NC tour highlights historic Farmville
FARMVILLE — More than 200 people took to Main Street and historic downtown Farmville last week to join Preservation North Carolina to celebrate preservation efforts including the renovation of Turnage Department Store. The nonprofit that supports safeguarding historic structures across the state hosted its Farmville Preservation Celebration on May 4 with a tour that began at the building that now houses the East Energy Renewables office and the Lady Turnage Lofts. ...
Women for Women of Pitt County Endowment awards $103,000 in grants
The Women for Women of Pitt County Endowment has awarded $103,000 in grants to programs that improve the lives of women and girls locally. “Local nonprofits are the backbone of our communities, just as women and girls are the heart of the family,” said Devinder Culver, Women for Women of Pitt County Endowment committee member. “The impacts of the gifts from the Endowment are immeasurable as they are truly investments in building healthy, safe communities. ...
High school roundup: Falcons teams keep rolling; Rams win thriller
The momentum and positive vibes lingered for South Central’s softball team. But thanks to a big first inning, the late drama didn’t have to stick around. The Falcons jumped on Dixon for five runs in the first inning and never looked back in a 10-5 victory in an NCHSAA Class 3A fourth-round matchup on Friday in front of a raucous crowd at South Central. The Falcons (19-5) will face No....
Chase suspect facing multiple felony charges including assault with a deadly weapon
Ten charges ranging from felony assault with a deadly weapon to misdemeanor driving while impaired were filed against a Greenville man who led law enforcement on a high-speed chase before a state trooper shot him last weekend. Kenneth Charles Kinard, 35, 905 Allen Road, also is facing multiple arrest warrants from the Commonwealth of Virginia for probation violation, grand larceny and drug possession. The local charges filed against Kindard stem...
Farmville commissioners mull budget, fund requests
FARMVILLE — Farmville Board of Commissioners heard requests from non-governmental community organizations and discussed the upcoming town budget for fiscal year 2024-25 at their May 6 meeting. Representatives from the Farmville Community Arts Council, Farmville Community Garden and H.B. Sugg and Sam D. Bundy schools addressed the board with their requests. The Arts Council requested $6,000 from the town for interior upgrades in the lobby and theater areas. ...
Seems the NFL just takes what it wants
Is it just me or is the NFL the Deebo of American sports? Before you call me crazy or dismiss me entirely, allow me to elaborate. Debo is the very muscular character from Friday played by the late Tommy Lister Jr. Throughout the majority of the film, Deebo rides around the neighborhood on a bicycle he claimed as his own (aka stole) looking for other things to claim. Even if...
Weatherman, Boliek win statewide GOP runoffs; Knott wins congressional race
RALEIGH — A statewide primary runoff that drew under 132,000 voters Tuesday selected Republican candidates for lieutenant governor and state auditor and a congressional hopeful. Hal Weatherman, the former chief of staff to then-Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, defeated Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O’Neill in the lieutenant governor’s primary. Weatherman received 95,465 votes statewide to O’Neill’s 32,825 with 99 percent of precincts reporting, according to the State Board of Elections. ...
New principals coming to Grifton, Early College High School
An Edgecombe County principal has been chosen to lead Pitt County Schools Early College High School and new leaders will take over at Grifton School and Pitt County Schools Virtual Academy in July. Leshaun Jenkins, principal of Patillo Middle School in Tarboro, will become principal of the Early College High School beginning in July, Deputy Superintendent Steve Lassiter announced May 14. He will succeed Bill Frazier, who has served as...
Winterville Chamber celebrates new businesses
The Winterville Chamber of Commerce celebrated the opening of three new businesses in town with ribbon-cutting events in April. The chamber provided the following updates about the businesses. Carolina Family Pool & Patio was celebrated on April 6. They are an outdoor living, primarily pool and spa business expanding from Goldsboro located at 2323 Elaines Way in Winterville. Chamber director Rebecca Caveness, Chairman Alton Wadford and President Glenda White among others helped co-owner Zach Darden his staff and family mark the occasion. Visit carolinafamilypool.com/. ...
LCC celebrates 200 graduates
Nearly 200 graduates walked across the stage at Lenoir Community College to receive degrees, diplomas and certificates and celebrate next steps at the college’s 62nd annual commencement in the student center. The May 9 ceremony gathered friends and family to reflect on accomplishments and to be thankful for those who offered support along the way, said LCC President Rusty Hunt. “You have persevered and have emerged from our program of...
Street named in honor of Shad Festival supporters
GRIFTON — Community members honored a pair of Shad Festival stalwarts recently when they named a roadway beside the Grifton Depot for Tommy and Jean Sugg. More than 50 people showed up for the surprise during the Shad Festival Committee volunteer luncheon at the depot on April 18. Committee members, volunteers and town employees attended. Committee Vice President Tyra Sparrow said the Suggs are the heartbeat of the festival and...
Lowes Foods prepares for May 16 opening
WINTERVILLE — Drivers had one question on their minds when they made their way off Fire Tower Road or Beacon Drive into the newly constructed Winterville Commons shopping center. “When are you going to open?” shouted the drivers at a store employee sitting behind a table, under a tent in front of the new supermarket. “May 16,” the young man said before walking to the vehicles, offering customer rewards cards. ...
Mitchell Oakley: Defending property, way down in Texas
I’ve never been to Texas, so it is hard for me to write intelligently about the state, its landscape, and the issues at its southern border, which also is the United States’ border. I know it is a huge state with large farms where farmers grow such crops as sorghum, wheat, hay, corn, rice and cotton while ranches raise a variety of cattle from the Texas longhorn to the beautiful black Angus with the Charolais and Hertford mixed in. ...
Happenings: Events, activities and community announcements
Email announcements at least two weeks in advance to community@reflector.com for publication in The Standard and The Daily Reflector. Memorial Day The Greene County Memorial Day Ceremony to honor America’s Military men and women who lost their lives in service to their country is planned for 11 a.m. Monday, May 27, on the front lawn of the Greene County Courthouse, 301 N. Greene St. Contact Jasper Jones at jejon50@aol.com. ...
Vape detectors to be installed at Pitt County middle schools: Officials say legal settlement also will fund detectors in high schools (copy)
Vape detectors will be installed at every middle school throughout Pitt County Schools as early as next school year following a vote by the Board of Education this week. School board members unanimously agreed to spend $104,000 to place 93 detection devices in school restrooms and common areas. Executive Director of Operations Aaron Errickson said the detectors, which the school district also expects to install later in high schools, will...
May 11 Birthdays and Anniversaries
BIRTHDAYS May 11: Kimberly Craft, Sallie Eason, Mark Haley, Laura May, Nellie Outland May 12: Margaret Brown, Chet Norville, Gary Robinson, John C. Stephen, Karen Peaden, Jessica Wetherington, Brenda Harris, Joyce Jones, Douglas Joyner May 13: Darlene Andrews, Morgan Lambert ...
Zoning vote allows Ayden church to expand services
AYDEN — A local church is looking to add a funeral home, a recreation center and an adult day care now that the Ayden Board of Commissioners rezoned its property to allow for expansion. New Deliverance Church on March 11 asked the town Board of Commissioners to change the zoning for 17 acres at 4346 S, Edge Road, from residential and residential/agricultural to rural residential. Bishop Glen Williams said the...
Celia Stone: Emulate the way of peace Jesus modeled
What exactly does the phrase “no justice, no peace” mean? A most generous interpretation would say that, unless we consciously advocate for everyone to be treated as fairly as possible, God will not grant us the peace he so generously offers. The most negative perception of the phrase would consider it a threat that, unless the powers that be bend to our definition of justice, their lives will be made painfully unpeaceful. ...
J.M. Biggs: God's church threatened by sin
Some may wonder why I preach a lot about sin. There are three reasons. First of all, no one else is really preaching about it. Two, being an apostle, my job is to build churches (people). And three, people need to come out of their sin and learn how to live their salvation. Listen, everyone — this thing is getting very serious and we are running out of time. A...
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