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SCOTLAND COUNTY, N.C. (WBTW) — A former Scotland County baseball star has had his lower leg amputated after a boating accident. Parker Byrd committed to East Carolina University before he started high school. This school year was supposed to be his first year as a collegiate baseball player at ECU. Byrd moved into his dorm […]

WASHINGTON, N.C. (WNCT) — A case of rabies has been reported in Beaufort County. Beaufort County Animal Control posted to its Facebook page that the rabies case was found in Washington at a location on Terrapin Track Road. There was no indication whether the case involved a wild animal or a pet that had been […]

The Heide Trask Senior High School football team will have a game with Bear Grass High School on August 10, 2022, 15:00:00. Heide Trask Senior High SchoolBear Grass High School.

The Milford Little League 12U softball team is headed to Greenville, North Carolina, to compete in the Little League Softball World Series. A Connecticut team has never won, and it has been 15 years since the last team competed. Community members recently gathered at Brewster Field in Milford to celebrate...

ELIZABETH CITY – There were audible murmurs of ‘The GOAT!’ (Greatest of All Time) coming from his peers as he took the stage, but all he did was smile and shake his head from side-to-side in mock denial. As a surprise to some, but not to all,...

CHOCOWINITY— Long-time town clerk Joy McRoy has been fired and is under investigation for possible criminal charges, according to city officials who spoke with the Washington Daily News this week. McRoy’s employment was terminated Aug. 3, two days after she was put on unpaid administrative leave for “failure in...

The Pitt County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved an agreement that will make the county animal shelter the exclusive shelter of the City of Greenville. If the Greenville City Council is scheduled to approve the agreement when it meets later this month. Pitt County Animal Services Director Chad Singleton said it will go into effect on Sept. 1. “Both parties have a high interest in providing high-quality animal...

Tripp Smith was all set to live out his longstanding dream of playing college football at East Carolina when he received unfortunate news that would change his life. It was during a routine physical over the summer that it became apparent something wasn’t right. Smith’s resting heart rate was higher than normal and his blood pressure was very low. Bloodwork eventually revealed Smith was anemic, and he was sent to a gastroenterologist, where it was discovered his lymph nodes were swollen and his spleen was twice the normal size.

ECU Health is partnering with a Tennessee-based behavioral health care provider to open an approximately $65 million, 144-bed facility projected to start service in spring of 2025. ECU Health and Acadia Healthcare plan to build a state-of-the-art behavioral health hospital in Greenville’s medical district, less than a mile from ECU Health Medical Center. The facility is proposed to operate near the intersection of MacGregor Downs and Allen roads, a space currently owned by the campus. ...

Laurinburg, N.C. — Parker Byrd was set to be an incoming freshman on the East Carolina baseball team in the coming months. The Scotland High graduate figured to be entering into what would be a cherished part of his young life in a few weeks, starting classes at the same university he committed to before even playing in a high school game.

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - High temperatures have not stopped the fun in Greenville as the Little League Softball World Series kicked off Tuesday. However, the extreme heat has forced organizers of the tournament to make arrangements to keep everyone safe. Fans flooded Stallings Stadium at Elm Street Park in Greenville...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — The start of the high school football season is just around the corner. As teams wrap up their fall workouts and prepare to play under the Friday night lights, 9OYS is checking in with local coaches to learn more about what we can expect from Eastern North Carolina teams this year. […]

A man convicted of felony drug charges has been arrested and charged for selling weapons to a Pitt County pawn shop. The Pitt County Sheriff’s Office released a statement saying detectives began investigating in July and determined Alex Christopher Hart, 28, of Vanceboro, was a convicted felon and that he had sold two firearms to a pawn shop, one of which had been reported stolen in Vanceboro. Hart was arrested...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Mitzi Lee Byrd, the mother of ECU baseball commit Parker Byrd, continues to provide updates on the status of her son after he was injured in a tubing accident in late July. “Today was a good day for Parker,” Mitzi Lee Byrd said Sunday on social...

GREENVILLE, N.C. – The 27th Annual Meet the Pirates event, sponsored by Optimum, is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 20 at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium from 9:30 a.m. – noon. The event will once again be open to the public, family friendly and free for all in attendance. Entry into the stadium will be through Gate 2 on the […]

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) -Emergency officials are responding to a car fire in the parking lot of an Eastern Carolina high school. Lieutenant Eric Smith with Greenville Fire and Rescue said officials got the call that a car was on fire in the parking lot of J.H Rose high school around 8:45 a.m.

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Fans were not just trying to beat the heat Tuesday but rooting on their teams to beat their opponents. With 11 visiting teams in Greenville, plenty of visitors on hand at Stallings Stadium this week. Sometimes all it takes is a little thing to make people fall in love with Greenville.

A woman was transported to ECU Health last week after a shooting that could be related to two similar incident in Farmville, the Pitt County Sheriff's Office reported. An incident report from the Pitt County Sheriff's Office said a 31-year-old woman was wounded in when someone fired at her home about 1:48 a.m. on Friday at a residence on Hunters Lane west of Greenville. Another resident of the home notified...

East Carolina is inside of 30 days of kickoff, when the Pirates take on the NC State Wolfpack on Sept. 3 at 12 noon ET in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. To count down the days to kickoff, we will be utilizing the Pirates' football roster to help us, going in numerical order from the highest number on the roster to the lowest.

The 48th Little League Softball World Series heads to Greenville, NC where 12 teams compete in a modified double-elimination tournament, culminating with the Little League Softball World Series Championship. The ESPN family of networks, including ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN+, and the Longhorn Network, will be your home for all the action, which you can watch with a 5-Day Free Trial of DIRECTV STREAM.