Keep America Beautiful of Nash and Edgecombe Counties continually strives to educate and encourage citizens and groups to assist with cleanup efforts in Rocky Mount and the surrounding area.

In recognition of those efforts, the agency recently held an awards ceremony for several local…

The Student Aid Office of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill has awarded the 2018 Alston-Pleasants Scholars Fund merit scholarship for UNC undergraduate studies to Seanna Richardson, a member of the graduating class at Kipp Gaston College Preparatory High School in Gaston.

The late…

Shannon Fogarty of Rocky Mount High School is one of five high school seniors selected as recipients of Methodist University's Wright Scholarship

The four-year, full-tuition Wright Scholarship, the most prestigious academic honor for incoming Methodist University students. 

"The pool of…

DURHAM — N.C. State and its top-notch offense had a few thunderous hits early in Thursday’s game against Virginia. Then Cavaliers pitcher Derek Casey settled in for what was a stellar outing.

The Wolfpack couldn’t find a way to score after the third inning in a 4-2 loss in an ACC…

ZEBULON — Even Mudcats manager Joe Ayrault, who prefers WHIP, strikeouts-to-walk ratio, and the good old eye-test when evaluating his pitchers, knows and appreciates an outlandish ERA number when he sees one.

The number 0.68 — Cam Roegner’s earned run average after Thursday…

DURHAM — Caleb Parry scored the go-ahead run on a seventh-inning squeeze and Pittsburgh upset top-seeded North Carolina 5-4 on Wednesday night in the Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament, sending the 12th-seeded Panthers into the semifinals.

Pittsburgh (29-25) beat Georgia Tech 2-1…