Rocky Mount city officials will not allow Barcalounger to get out of its $10,423-a-month lease with the city even though the motion chair company is closing down its production headquarters at 1450 Atlantic Ave.

Connie Bunn has been promoted to director of Southeastern Operations for Superior Staffing Innovations, a professional staffing agency with offices in the Carolinas and Midwest regions serving the manufacturing, pharmaceutical and administrative sectors.