Tuesday, February 19, 2019

International Festival to celebrate diversity

February 19, 2019

The city of Rocky Mount’s International Festival of Cultures will take place from noon to 4 p.m. March 2 in the Brown Auditorium on the campus of Nash Community College.

Hosted by the city’s Martin Luther King Jr. Commission, the festival showcases the variety of diverse communities…

Revamped shooting range aims to expand

February 18, 2019

A Rocky Mount indoor shooting range is under new ownership — with a new name — and the new owner has plans to include space so patrons can engage in ax throwing.

Leon Peele, 52, has put out a temporary sign showing what had been Shooter’s is now Eastern North Carolina Indoor…

O’Reilly’s store to open in Nashville

February 18, 2019

NASHVILLE — The O’Reilly Auto Parts chain is building a store on approximately four acres of land in the 600 block of East Washington Street just east of downtown — and crews are getting the site ready for construction.

Attempts to obtain comment from a representative of the…

Ex-fire chief fights City Hall

February 17, 2019

Whoever said you can't fight City Hall hasn't met retired Rocky Mount Fire Chief Keith Harris.

The 59-year-old Harris, with slicked hair, trimmed beard, signature sunglasses and cigar planted firmly in the corner of his mouth, looks much younger. These days he's feeling invigorated as well.

"I was…

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Night to Shine

Mother and Son Dance

First Fridays: February

Distinguished Young Women of North Carolina Program

King Commemorative March

Black Business Expo

Tarboro Unity Breakfast

Daddy Daughter Dance

Mill Chill

Hop Drop

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Rehab program gets man 'back in the game'

February 19, 2019

Every once in a while you come across someone truly extraordinary, and that is the case with James Williams.

Williams has been through some hard times in his life, but he has never given up hope on becoming his best self. His positive demeanor helped him get through many hospital stays, including…

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ECC students go on mission trip to Dominican Republic

February 18, 2019

What started out as a mission trip to help others turned into a learning experience of a lifetime for two Edgecombe Community College students.

Connor Massey and LeighAnn Champagne spent a week in November in the Dominican Republic as part of a trip set up by Suzi Shippen-Wagner, their Surgical…

Catholic school students vie in Future City Competition

February 16, 2019

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School for the first time sent three teams to the N.C. Regional Future City Competition on Jan. 27 at the McKimmon Center at N.C. State University.

About 200 middle school students from across the state presented their projects. N.C. State engineering…

Book reading to mark Black History Month

February 15, 2019

Lenette Britt, author of “Ma B’s Lesson on Black History,” will be the focus of two local events.

She will be at a book signing at noon on Sunday at Word Tabernacle Church and is scheduled to read at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at Braswell Memorial Library.

Britt said she grew up…

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Gryphons lose late lead in first round of Big East tournament

February 18, 2019

For Rocky Mount High basketball, it was a different game but the same story.

Entering Monday, the Gryphons (13-10, 3-8) had lost seven of their 10 conference games, with six of those being by six points or fewer, including one- and two-point losses to Big East opponent Wilson Hunt.

Looking to break…

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Evans, Knights advance to second round of Big East tournament

February 18, 2019

Hannah Evans has spent the past four years trying to prove that she belongs on a basketball court.

On Monday, it all came together for the Northern Nash sophomore. Evans scored a team-high 14 points to lead the fifth-seeded Knights (11-12, 6-5) to a 53-38 win over fourth-seeded Wilson Fike in the…

Bishops to host Averett in conference tourney Tuesday

February 18, 2019

The N.C. Wesleyan men’s basketball team (19-6, 12-5), which lost on the road to Methodist over the weekend but finished the regular season in first place in the USA-South East Division, will host Averett on Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. in the first round of the USA-South Conference tournament.…

Duke reclaims No. 1 in AP Top 25; Tennessee falls to fifth

February 18, 2019

NEW YORK — Duke has reclaimed the No. 1 spot in the AP Top 25 poll.

The Blue Devils earned 58 of 64 first-place votes in Monday’s poll to earn a third stint at the top this season. Duke climbed one spot to replace Tennessee, which had spent four weeks at No. 1 but fell to fifth after…

Colin Campbell: Parties must confront extreme members

February 19, 2019

There's one in every family: The embarrassing relative who spouts off conspiracy theories or racist opinions at Thanksgiving.

If that relative was in your circle of friends, you'd make sure they didn't get invited ever again.…

John Hood: Economic growth still drives worker pay

February 18, 2019

If the most important factor determining the welfare of workers is the growth rate of the economy, that has policy implications that free-market conservatives, among others, will welcome.

Real, long-term economic growth is…

Letter to the Editor: Border wall a cowardly move

February 18, 2019

History is replete with civilizations that had built walls of various kinds to keep out enemies they cannot defeat. And through time, much of the walls have been brought down. What has not fallen, like the Great Wall of…