Saturday, April 19, 2014
YORK, Pa. — A Pennsylvania high school student is in hot water for asking Miss America to prom during a question and answer session at school.
- Pitt County man killed when pinned under tractor
Friday, April 18, 2014
GREENVILLE — Investigators in Pitt County say a man was killed when his tractor jumped into gear and pinned him under a tire.
- Toddler gets stuck inside claw machine
Thursday, April 17, 2014
LINCOLN, Neb. — Authorities say a toddler has been reunited with his mother after employees found him playing inside a claw crane machine at a Nebraska bowling alley.
- Armed robber was never told to report to prison
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
ST. LOUIS — After he was convicted of armed robbery in 2000, Cornealious Anderson was sentenced to 13 years behind bars and told to await instructions on when and where to report to prison.
- Male cop dresses as Amish woman to stop flasher
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
PITTSBURGH — A western Pennsylvania police officer says he spent much of December and January dressed as an Amish woman in hopes of scaring off a man suspected of exposing himself to Amish children.
- South Koreans crave Asia’s smelliest fish
Monday, April 14, 2014
MOKPO, South Korea — The aroma of one of South Korea’s most popular delicacies is regularly compared to rotting garbage and filthy bathrooms.
Friday, April 18, 2014
Tarboro High School students Mia Carlyle and Ley Futrell recently competed at the Regional Science Olympiad in Kinston, bringing home first place medals in Entomology.
- Master gardener speaks to retiree group
Friday, April 18, 2014
The March meeting of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association was held at Gardner’s Restaurant on N. Wesleyan Boulevard.
- N.C. Wesleyan professor presents research in Paris
Thursday, April 17, 2014
When writing researchers gathered in February at the Writing Research Across Borders Conference in Paris, Dr.
- Golf tourney to raise funds for YMCA
Thursday, April 17, 2014
The Harrison Family YMCA will sponsor a fundraising golf tournament May 16 at Belmont Lake Golf Club.Shotgun start time will be 9 a.m.
- N.C. Wesleyan student receives special education scholarship
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Amanda Paige Pritchett, a senior education major at N.C. Wesleyan College, has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Taunja Cox Scholarship.
- Railroad museum to sponsor fundraising banquet, auction
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
The Rocky Mount Railroad Museum will sponsor its second annual banquet and auction April 26 at Hunter Hill Cafe.
Friday, April 18, 2014
Authorities are searching for three teens suspected of robbing a man Wednesday night.
- DOT driver charged in wreck that killed off-duty officer
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Authorities charged a Macclesfield man Thursday in the death of a Tarboro police officer.
- Man charged with assaulting woman
Thursday, April 17, 2014
A local youth advocate was not injured Wednesday night when a man who lives near her workplace attacked her.
- Man charged with arson following apartment fire
Thursday, April 17, 2014
A Rocky Mount man is suspected of setting his apartment building on fire Wednesday.George Cole, 60, was charged with first-degree arson.
- Police capture robbery suspect
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Authorities apprehended one of two suspects wanted in connection with an April 9 armed robbery.
- Stolen shoes lead to arrest of store owner on multiple charges
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
A local business owner who is a convicted felon on federal probation recently was arrested for gun- and drug-related charges.
Saturday, April 19, 2014
RALEIGH — Kay Hagan’s self-identification as a middle-of-the-road U.S. senator who fights for the middle class, among other groups, and responds effectively to constituent requests may sound trite coming from any politician’s mouth seeking re-election.
- Former airport manager gets prison delay
Saturday, April 19, 2014
HICKORY — The former manager of a regional airport near Morganton has been given more time to report to prison for charges including embezzlement.
- Gov. McCrory won’t attend Moogfest in Asheville
Saturday, April 19, 2014
ASHEVILLE — Gov. Pat McCrory won’t attend the electronic music festival Moogfest next week in Asheville as originally planned.
- Asheville council seeks less graffiti in city
Saturday, April 19, 2014
ASHEVILLE — The Asheville City Council will consider a plan to help rid the city of graffiti, including requirements that property owners remove it and asking legislators to approve higher penalties for vandals.
- Red drum spring fishing season canceled
Saturday, April 19, 2014
SWANSBORO — North Carolina officials have canceled the spring red drum fishing season because so many of the species were caught during the fall.
- Food stamp backlog still costs N.C. governments
Friday, April 18, 2014
RALEIGH — Meeting deadlines set by federal regulators to eliminate North Carolina’s backlog of food stamp applications still came with a cost to state and local governments.
Saturday, April 19, 2014
When it comes to a marathon, 45 minutes can go by in the blink of an eye. One bad mile or a fluke injury can set a runner back.That small amount of time can make the biggest difference.
- Boys’ soccer tourney accepting applications
Saturday, April 19, 2014
The Ham & Yam Festival will hold a seven-on-seven soccer tournament for boys May 3 in Smithfield.
- Florida coach Donovan to speak at N.C. Wesleyan athletics gala
Saturday, April 19, 2014
The North Carolina Wesleyan Department of Athletics is busy preparing for its 2014 Athletics Gala to be held on Thursday, May 8 in the Dunn Center for the Performing Arts.
- Rocky Mount High's Gainey wins prestigious NCHSAA award
Friday, April 18, 2014
Rocky Mount High athletics director Mike Gainey has enough credentials as a boys’ basketball coach to last a lifetime.
- Duke's Hood officially leaving for NBA Draft
Friday, April 18, 2014
One day after Jabari Parker formally announced his decision to declare for the NBA Draft, teammate Rodney Hood announced he also will forego his remaining time at Duke.
- Southern Nash takes two from SouthWest Edgecombe
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Southern Nash didn’t scrounge up too many hits Thursday against SouthWest Edgecombe, but it made each and every one count.
Saturday, April 19, 2014
RALEIGH — North Carolina showed the country’s second-largest increase in employment in March, when 19,400 jobs were added and the jobless rate fell to 6.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday.
- Walmart enters money transfer business
Friday, April 18, 2014
NEW YORK — Walmart is delving deeper into financial services at its stores and shaking up the money transfer business.
- New food plant to open in Nash County
Friday, April 18, 2014
A new business called Carolina Innovative Food Ingredients plans to locate in Nash County, specializing in producing high-quality food grade dehydrated and juiced fruit and vegetable products.
- Bank to open new branch in Nashville
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
A community bank headquartered in Rocky Mount is opening a full-service branch in Nashville on May 1.
- Business owner adds two new stores
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Rocky Mount native Sharif Elsayed is adding to the list of local businesses that he owns.
- Retail sales surge in March
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
WASHINGTON — U.S. retail sales in March rose by the largest amount in 18 months, led by strong gains in sales of autos, furniture and a number of other products.
Friday, April 18, 2014
EVANSTON, Ill. –
They’re called leggings – popular fashion items that are tight-fitting pants to some, and glorified tights to others.
- From the ashes, Jewish community rises again
Thursday, April 17, 2014
The epicenter of the Holocaust, the city where Hitler ordered the deaths of 6 million Jews, seems an unlikely candidate for the world’s fastest growing Jewish community.
- Smokehouse seasons meals with music
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
There are a lot of similarities between making food and making music, The Prime Smokehouse owner Ed Wiley III said.
- Band will have Dunn Center swinging
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Music from the silver screen and the Great White Way offers the theme for tonight’s performance by the Tar River Swing Band at the Dunn Center at N.C. Wesleyan College.
- Deen hits taste, calorie balance
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
ATLANTA – Bobby Deen grew up on rich, yummy Southern comfort food.It was all good until about 13 years ago when Deen turned 30.
- Efforts ease access to anti-overdose drug
Monday, April 14, 2014
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Slowly and trembling, she inserted the needle into a sponge and continued rescue breathing on the plastic mannequin.
This could be her son.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Telegram editorial writers weigh in on local, state and national issues.
- Feds correct to diffuse rancher standoff
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Officials with the federal Bureau of Land Management acted prudently last weekend when they backed down from a confrontation with a Nevada rancher and his armed supporters.
- Leave community college reserve intact
Thursday, April 17, 2014
When accountants start looking for ways to cut costs, many a wary department head follows the axiom of “use it or lose it.”That typically means, if a department doesn’t spend the money it has been allotted in its budget for a given year, someone will look for ways to cut the leftovers from the next year’s budget.
- Give event center proposal a full airing
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
After months of study, discussion and analysis, a proposal for a downtown Rocky Mount event center will at last take center stage for public comment early next week.
- Dropout rates improve in Twin Counties
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Dropout rates at area schools fell last year – welcome news for students, parents and educators.
- Kansas shootings have sad ties to N.C.
Monday, April 14, 2014
As horrible and tragic as the weekend shootings outside two Jewish centers in Kansas City proved to be, a suspect charged in connection with the murders left a different brand of misery in North Carolina three decades ago.
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