The Vidant Edgecombe Hospital Foundation recently donated $100,000 to 13 local nonprofit organizations and government agencies from Edgecombe, Nash and Martin Counties during a celebration at Vidant Edgecombe Hospital.

Local businesses were selected through the Vidant Edgecombe Hospital Community…

When Home Depot closed its Rocky Mount store in 2011, it was not initially on the Rev. James Gailliard’s or the Board of Directors’ radar to become the current home of The Impact Center/Word Tabernacle Church.

In 2014, the church began considering the property and eventually pursued the…

Thirteen Girl Scouts who live in the area and some of their mothers hugged and laughed and cried as they reminisced over pictures of their past together during a recent reunion in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Watkins.

They made a story book history in the 1970s. Children were different in the…

TARBORO — High school football returned on Thursday, but not for long.

Rocky Mount High and Tarboro, meeting for the first time since 2004, made it to the second quarter before heavy rains doused the Vikings home field while lightning danced in the sky overhead.

The Vikings led 6-0…

When Davontae Wiggins took over the quarterback job at Northern Nash midway through the 2016 season, the then-sophomore showed off a strong arm and a willingness to hang in the pocket to deliver throws all over the field.

The Knights, wanting to take advantage of a talented passer, became one of…

Zach Baker didn’t play a snap of football until his sophomore year at Southern Nash.

Baker, now a senior offensive tackle, said he has always been a big kid and people would urge him to play football. He liked the team component of the game so he agreed. Baker spent his first season on the JV…