Matthew Gailliard watched his mother battle cancer and survive.

It is his hope that a birthday celebration will give others the opportunity to do the same.

For the second straight year, Gailliard will celebrate his birthday outside of traditional norms via his nonprofit group, “Charity over…

The Nash Community College Global Scholars program recently sponsored a trip to Washington, D.C.

Students, faculty and community members visited the National African American History Museum, the national monuments and various Smithsonian museums during their visit.

“We were very excited to…

The Rocky Mount Rotary Club’s September highlights include an interesting and fact-filled talk on by City Manager and fellow Rotarian Rochelle Small-Toney.

She shared the city’s key demographics, providing an understanding of the local population and how that relates to addressing…

Antonio Johnson was prophetic in his words this week leading up to N.C. Wesleyan’s first football game to be played on the college’s campus.

“I think we’re going to do good this year,” Johnson said. “I think this is the year where we will put it together. This is…

SouthWest Edgecombe opened Eastern Plains Conference with a convincing win on Friday.

The Cougars defeated North Pitt, 44-13, and improved to 6-1 on the season.

It was the third consecutive win for SWE, which will host Nash Central next week.

North Edgecombe 52

Weldon 6

The Warriors (5-3, 3-0) are…

Rocky Mount High couldn’t have started Friday’s game against Franklinton any better.

The Gryphons defense forced four turnovers on the Rams’ first four drives of the game and turned those extra offensive chances into three quick touchdowns. RMH capitalized on the extra offensive…