Elizabeth City News

A Superior Court judge ruled last week that Elizabeth City City Councilman Michael Brooks must comply with his 2012 sentence for threatening a city employee.

It's a colorful event that happens every year around this time. Easter egg hunts, that is, and a good handful of churches and organizations are hosting the big springtime blitz.

Eddie M. Buffaloe, Jr. with the Elizabeth City Police Department said officers were dispatched to Cypress Street and North Road Street at 1:45 a.m. Callers had told police about nine to 12 shots were fired in the area.

Elizabeth City police are seeking suspects after someone fired up to 12 gunshots at a passing car on Cypress Street earlier today.

A charge of simple assault filed against Anita Dale Tillett, 58, of the 200 block of Wedgewood Drive, Moyock, on Jan. 25 was dismissed by prosecutors on Feb. 12, according to the Currituck Sheriff's Office.

A bicyclist who was struck by an Elizabeth City State student Wednesday night remains in the ICU unit at a Norfolk hospital after sustaining several serious injuries.

Capt. John Young with the Elizabeth City Police Department said the crash occurred around 7:30 p.m. in the area of Halstead Boulevard and Peartree Road.

Roughly 300 volunteers, 149 athletes and hundreds more braved chilly wind Wednesday morning for the annual five-county Special Olympics at Northeastern High School.

A Perquimans County man will serve less than a year in prison following his no-contest plea this week to reduced charges in a shooting incident three years ago that seriously injured an Elizabeth City man.

Elizabeth City officials on Wednesday defended their handling of a home sewage backup in 2012, following a city resident's criticism of City Manager Rich Olson Monday for initially telling her she had to clean the matter up herself.

The Bishop Earnest Sutton is a man many people know and respect. A retired prison administrator for the state of North Carolina, Sutton is also the pastor of Faithway Apostolic Church.

Elizabeth City taxpayers would see their property tax rate jump up by almost 15 cents and their monthly solid waste fee increase by $2 under the city manager's $68.8 million proposed budget for next year.

You can't find a psychiatrist in much of North Carolina. There isn't one in 28 of our 100 counties.

Arts of the Albemarle Photo Club is celebrating its 10th anniversary and it's also time for shooters to begin preparing submissions for the annual Photography Competition.

"Our heartbeat is musical," said Riley, a member of the Albemarle Chorale. "We all seek beauty and want to satisfy our souls."

You can't find a psychiatrist in much of North Carolina. There isn't one in 28 of our 100 counties.

Teams of Elizabeth City police officers and firefighters fanned out across the city on Friday, doing what they do best: Lending a hand to those in need.

Thousands of triangle college students will graduate this spring - but few of them debt free.

For the second weekend in a row, visitors will likely outnumber the 900 year-round village residents here, with Friday's noon opening of the weekend Oriental In-Water Boat Show.

An Elizabeth City pedestrian struck by a vehicle earlier this week while crossing North Road Street has been released from the hospital.