Snow Hill News

Pitt County Superior Court Judge W. Russell "Rusty" Duke Jr. heard arguments Tuesday in a request to drop television station WCTI-Ch. 12 from a civil lawsuit brought by a 21-year-old and involving meteorologist Skip Waters.

The Snow Hill Board of Commissioners recently authorized the request for the town to be included in East Carolina University's Municipal Management and Innovation initiative.

Animal shelter damaged An employee of the Wayne County Animal Adoption Center found bullet holes in the building on Monday morning when he reported to work, Goldsboro police reports show.

Stantonsburg woman wins lottery Annette Boyd of Stantonsburg won $41,719 in the Carolina Cash 5 drawing Saturday.

Bobby Taylor unseated incumbent Sam Johnson to win the mayoral seat for the Town of Hookerton by a 30-vote margin Tuesday night in Greene County.

There wasn't a big crowd at the Sweet Potato Festival in Snow Hill Saturday. The weather didn't cooperate.

As they traveled to Snow Hill for the Greene Central Band Contest on Oct. 24, all the Northern Nash Marching Knights had the same thought: that the rain hold off so they could finally march their entire show in competition.

There will be plenty of tater-slinging, tossing, bowling and tasting in Snow Hill during the second annual North Carolina Sweet Potato Festival.

On Tuesday, La Grange residents will vote on a referendum that could permit the sale of mixed beverages in the town.

Those running for elected office in Snow Hill rank the town's finances and economic development as top priorities.

After Hurricane Floyd swept through the area in 1999, Greene County residents were left searching for way to deal with the devastating effects of flooding left in the storm's wake.

Students at one high school are in mourning Monday after one of their classmates was killed this weekend in an ATV accident.

The Snow Hill Board of Commissioners approved a budget amendment Monday that will shift $27,900 within the town's general fund balance to the community development department.

During this week's Greene County Board of Commissioners meeting, the board approved a measure that will increase the county's pet adoption fee from $20 to $25. The county's health director Linda Sewall said the extra $5 will cover the cost of a basic shot and de-worming, which will be administered by an animal control officer before the animal is ...

A team teeing off in the Stop Hunger Now Golf Tournament at Cutter Creek Golf Club on Thursday will put food in the mouths of 1,000 people.

Anyone who wants to vote in local municipal elections during November but hasn't registered yet, must get their paperwork in today.

Candidates set for forum A forum Sunday will allow Wilson voters to meet many of the candidates in this fall's City Council races.

Thirty-two pit bulls living in squalid conditions - and suspected of being used for dog fighting on a wooded lot - were removed Wednesday and taken to Wake County, where state veterinarians will treat them for their injuries.

The following driving while impaired arrests were reported by the State Highway Patrol: Carlos Sonny Rodriquez, 32, 767 Clark Drive, Kinston, Sept.

Poetry comes to Greene County on Sunday in the person of Glenis Redmon, a workshop leader with the Kennedy Center's Partnership in Education Program in Washington, D.C., and a top 10 finalist in the National Poetry Slam.