Farmville News

Residential growth and a maneuver by town officials helped bring in more revenue for La Grange without passing a significant tax rate increase onto residents for the 2009-10 fiscal year, which begins Wednesday.

Authorities have information about a suspect in an early Tuesday afternoon shooting where a man was sprayed with bullets.

Pitt County launched an internal investigation after a deputy shot and killed a dog while looking into the mobile home park shooting near Farmville.

Kimberly Ruth Kane and Glenn Sherwood Stewart Jr., both of Farmville, N.C., were married March 21, 2009, at Tyson Chapel Church, Farmville.

A year ago, a Farmville woman set out to tell people here that human trafficking exists in the world.

Gov. Bev Perdue today announced that nearly $40.5 million will be awarded to 35 communities in 28 counties for public water supply projects from the first-round distribution of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

SHARPSBURG Sharpsburg commissioners tonight will continue the task of trying to close a $292,464 hole in the town's general fund for the 2009-10 FY budget.

Hey, read the rules! Rescue crews in Pitt County were busy Monday afternoon after a three car crash sent eight people to the hospital.

Published: Sunday, May 3, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, May 2, 2009 at 3:13 p.m. Andrea Jean Carroll of Riegelwood, N.C., and Sterling Bryan Pippin of Farmville, N.C., are engaged to be married.

A veteran lawman from Pitt County was sworn in Thursday as Vanceboro's new chief of police.

Officials in Dover and Cove City met in their town's respective boardrooms on Tuesday for updates on projects expected to sufficiently near completion in mid-July to start piping sewage.

Veterans groups are rallying behind U.S. Rep. Walter B. Jones' bill designed to help service members suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injuries.

A 17-year-old inmate was captured Sunday afternoon, about 16 hours after making himself the fourth prisoner this week to escape from a high-security detention facility in Edgecombe County.

In addition to the three inmates that escaped on Thursday night, an additional inmate managed to escaped on Saturday night.

A 17-year-old man who was the fourth inmate to escape from a high-security jail in North Carolina has been captured.

Saturday's chilly morning found me in the bus parking lot of Farmville Central High School before dawn's first light.

The Greene County Sheriff's Office has arrested a father and son on sex charges.

When the curtain rises Friday night on the Waller Auditorium stage, the spotlights will focus on Broadway at its best.

This edition of "Just Ask Mike" is kinda, sorta about an old-fashioned way to watch television that might be making a comeback in these difficult economic times.

Two teenagers escaped their burning home Friday afternoon in Pitt County. The fire ripped through the house in the Bell Arthur community.