Otis Barnes may work primarily for the security department at Nash UNC Health Care, but he approaches his job more like a minister or psychologist.

As a member of the security team, Barnes can usually be found at the metal detector at the entrance to the emergency department or in the Women’s…

Six young women with local ties made their social debut on Friday at the 93rd annual North Carolina Debutante Ball sponsored by the Raleigh Terpsichorean Club.

The debutantes were:

Frances Jane Anderson of Tarboro is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cutchin Anderson. Her father served as her…

The last Sunday in August proved to be the perfect day for a nature walk in Rocky Mount’s Battle Park.

The Nash-Rocky Mount Junior Garden Club held its first field trip to the park with a walk led by Friends of Battle Park founder Tom Stutz.

Stutz taught the kids ways to recognize trees,…

SouthWest Edgecombe hasn’t had any trouble scoring points through the first two weeks of the football season.

The points-scoring machine that is the Cougars’ earned a 62-27 victory against South Central on Wednesday, in a non-conference game that was moved up from Friday due to the…

When Rocky Mount High boys’ soccer coach Andrew Nick addressed his team before the season began, he presented the group with two numbers — 59 and 26.

“My first day I said to the kids, ‘What’s 59?’ And they all looked at me and I told them that’s how many…

Southern Nash football coach Brian Foster traveled to Furman University on Saturday to support a pair of former players in the Paladins’ opening-week game against Charleston Southern.

The former Firebird teammates and second-year college players, Furman linebacker Dae’one Wilkins and…