Tuesday, December 10, 2013
WATERLOO, Iowa — Animal control officials in the Iowa city of Waterloo are seeking a new home for a baby alligator named Chompey.
- Man kills himself after girlfriend won’t stop shopping
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
A Chinese man jumped seven stories to his death after eyewitnesses said his girlfriend refused to stop shopping.
- Suspect who posted gun-toting selfies has interesting occupation
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
The man arrested after photos of him flashing guns and cash popped up on his Instagram feed didn’t help himself when officers filling out his arrest report asked for his occupation.
- Topless woman chases peeping tom through store
Monday, December 9, 2013
A topless woman running through a Kohl’s department store “definitely got the attention of other shoppers.
- Accident leads Georgian to skill of woodcarving
Sunday, December 8, 2013
JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. — Bill Johnson is a wood carver who has done well in competitions in recent years.
- Dunn couple charged with killing man from Craigslist
Saturday, December 7, 2013
SUNBURY, Pa. — A couple married for just three weeks lured a man to his death with a Craigslist ad because they wanted to kill someone together, police said.
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Rocky Mount police released several images pulled from surveillance video of a man suspected of burglarizing an ATM.Officers responded to an alarm activation around 2 a.m. on Nov. 3 at the ATM at Wells Fargo at 2910 Sunset Ave.
- Police seek suspect who broke into convenience store
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Authorities are investigating a Tuesday morning break-in at a local convenience store.
- Police charge man with firing shotgun while intoxicated
Monday, December 9, 2013
No one was wounded when an allegedly intoxicated man fired a shotgun into the air Friday night.
- Students charged in car theft
Monday, December 9, 2013
Two Nash Central High School students were arrested Friday after allegedly getting caught stealing a fellow student’s vehicle.
- Woman hospitalized after fight
Monday, December 9, 2013
Rocky Mount police are investigating a Friday night fight that sent a woman to the hospital.
- Purse snatcher nabbed after allegedly returning to crime scene
Saturday, December 7, 2013
Rocky Mount police apprehended a suspected purse thief Wednesday after he allegedly returned to the scene of the crime.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
The nonprofit organization A Chance in the Country recently received a $3,000 grant from the DeLeon Carter Foundation to provide riding lessons to children with disabilities.
- Students to participate in Christmas recital
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Local elementary school students will be on the stage of the Booker T. Theater on Thursday night for the John Battle Arts Christmas Recital.
- Santa for Seniors still accepting donations
Monday, December 9, 2013
Despite the deadline passing, Walgreens officials said those with gifts for the Santa for Seniors program can still drop off their donation.
- Nash County 4-H gives presentation to Ruritans
Saturday, December 7, 2013
At the end of last month, the Nash County 4-H Electric Club was invited to give a presentation to the Dortches Ruritan Club.
- Cherry honored by Family & Consumer Sciences
Saturday, December 7, 2013
Ruth Cherry of Edgecombe County was inducted into the North Carolina Family & Consumer Sciences Hall of Fame during the Extension and Community Association centennial celebration Oct. 27 at North Carolina State University’s Jane S. McKimmon Center in Raleigh.
- South Edgecombe celebrates Red Ribbon Week
Saturday, December 7, 2013
Students throughout the United States participated in Red Ribbon Week from Oct. 23 through Oct. 31.
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
WASHINGTON — Democrats have taken advantage of their weakening of filibusters and muscled through the Senate President Barack Obama’s pick to lead a housing regulation agency.
- Teaching intern accused of having child porn
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
MOORESVILLE — Authorities in Iredell County have accused a Mooresville man training for a student teaching job of having child pornography on his computer.
- State tax withholding should be on employee checklist
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
RALEIGH — North Carolina's new tax overhaul law means potentially millions of workers have to fill out updated forms to adjust the amount regularly withheld from their paychecks to pay taxes.
- DHHS staff defends troubled Medicaid software
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
RALEIGH— The technology chief at the state Department of Health and Services told legislators Tuesday the agency's new computer system for processing Medicaid claims is working well, despite a critical audit and complaints from medical professionals.
- Two more Republicans announce candidacies for Congress
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
RALEIGH — Two more Republicans say they’re running for Congress. One is seeking to succeed retiring GOP Rep.
- Follow-up N.C. audit finds NCTracks problems
Monday, December 9, 2013
RALEIGH — A new North Carolina Medicaid billing system continues to falls short on addressing defects months after coming online in the summer and on completing government-mandated changes on time, according to a state performance audit released Monday.
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
There are some forgettable games on the nonschedule in December as teams fine-tune themselves for conference play, but Tuesday’s contest for Nash Central will not be counted among those.
- Gryphons succumb at buzzer in OT
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
The final play turned out exactly the way Rocky Mount High coach Mike Gainey would have wanted.
- Wake Forest hires Clawson
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
WINSTON-SALEM – Dave Clawson seems like a natural fit for Wake Forest.
- Blacknall killed in sibling dispute
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Derek Blacknall was smiling and laughing the last time Ruffin McNeill saw him, and McNeill will likely cherish that memory a good deal more as time passes.
- Patriots overwhelmed early in league defeat
Monday, December 9, 2013
Still in his first months as Faith Christian’s boys’ basketball coach, Robert Brothers knew that his team would face its toughest challenge Monday night.
- Sanctions removed, Heels eye bowl win
Monday, December 9, 2013
CHAPEL HILL – After missing a bowl game because of NCAA sanctions last year, North Carolina’s seniors are closing their careers with a return to the postseason.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
DETROIT — Mary Barra has spent the past three years as General Motors’ product chief, making cars that drive better, last longer and look good in showrooms.
- Walmart, AIG to expand operations in North Carolina
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
MEBANE — The world's largest retail store chain and a financial company that got the biggest U.S. government bailout five years ago are opening new North Carolina operations that expect to employ nearly 700 workers.
- Local Dairy Queen goes out of business
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
The only Dairy Queen location in Rocky Mount has closed.
It’s the third local Dairy Queen owned by the Hamad family members to have recently closed.
- Household wealth reaches record high of $77 trillion
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
WASHINGTON — A surging stock market and a steady recovery in home prices drove Americans’ wealth to a record last summer.
- Restaurant celebrates 40th anniversary
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
When Tommy Cliett opened one of the nation’s earlier Western Sizzlin restaurants in 1973 in Rocky Mount, he picked a location on North Wesleyan Boulevard that was in the boonies.
- Local ties aid cemetery owners’ work
Monday, December 9, 2013
Most area cemeteries are owned by large corporations or cities or towns.
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
There’s nothing more satisfying than baking sweet treats for friends and family during the holidays.
- Gene therapy hits blood cancers hard
Monday, December 9, 2013
In one of the biggest advances against leukemia and other blood cancers in many years, doctors are reporting unprecedented success by using gene therapy to transform patients’ blood cells into soldiers that seek and destroy cancer.
- Outside workers brace for winter weather
Sunday, December 8, 2013
The weather might not seem bad now, but colder weather is on its way, bringing difficult working conditions with it.
- Victory Belles recall WWII era
Friday, December 6, 2013
NEW ORLEANS – Decked out in 1940s throwback tailored dresses and perfectly coiffed curls, the Victory Belles seem delightfully out of place in the age of hip-hop.
- N.C. Symphony to perform annual Holiday Pops concert at ECC
Sunday, December 8, 2013
The N.C. Symphony is coming to town.
- Pope shepherds aid to sick, poor
Thursday, December 5, 2013
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has ramped up the Vatican’s charity work, sending his chief alms-giver and a contingent of the Swiss Guard onto the streets of Rome at night to do what he usually can’t do: comfort the poor and the homeless.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Telegram editorial writers weigh in on local, state and national issues.
- Virtual school needs more accountability
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Online education, like so many other facets of the Internet, is an evolving resource that promises to extend better classes and teachers to a much broader range of students.
- Unemployment rates offer reason to cheer
Monday, December 9, 2013
As we’ve been told many times, newspapers are notorious for spending an awful lot of time reporting bad news.
- Clark is welcome addition to Wesleyan
Sunday, December 8, 2013
We hope Dr. Dewey Clark will continue to build on the traditions and the characteristics that have helped make N.C. Wesleyan College a great resource when he takes over as president of the college sometime next year.
- Mandela leaves shining example for all
Saturday, December 7, 2013
The world lost one of its most revered and inspiring leaders with the passing last week of Nelson Mandela.
- Public should press leaders on teacher pay
Friday, December 6, 2013
You’ve heard the outcry over teacher pay in North Carolina.
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