Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Bob’s Appliance Service has found a new permanent location on Sunset Avenue.
- Teen suspect arrested in Night Life bar slaying
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Law enforcement officers in Maryland arrested a Rocky Mount teenager Tuesday morning who is wanted in connection with a Sept. 30 homicide in Rocky Mount.
- One killed, one wounded in Monday night shootings
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Rocky Mount detectives are investigating a Monday night assault that left one man dead and injured another.
- Nashville budget plan maintains current tax rates
Monday, May 21, 2012
NASHVILLE – Town officials are recommending an $8.58 million budget for this coming fiscal year, which starts July 1.
- School board mulls transportation costs
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
NASHVILLE – Transportation officials with Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools presented school board members Monday with a plan that will make transportation operations in the district more efficient in the 2012-13 year.
- Tarboro’s Town Common comes to life
Monday, May 21, 2012
For some, the allure of Happening on the Common Saturday in downtown Tarboro was the carnival-like atmosphere, with kid’s rides and midway food.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Rocky Mount police said Tuesday they heard from a mom who hadn't been seen since May 1.
- Teen suspect arrested in Night Life bar slaying
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Law enforcement officers in Maryland arrested a Rocky Mount teenager Tuesday morning who is wanted in connection with a Sept. 30 homicide in Rocky Mount.
- One killed, one wounded in Monday night shootings
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Rocky Mount detectives are investigating a Monday night assault that left one man dead and injured another.
- Two wounded in shooting outside nightclub
Monday, May 21, 2012
A Princeville man was arrested within minutes of a Sunday morning shooting near Shaq’s After Dark nightclub.
- One suspect charged, two others sought in armed robbery
Monday, May 21, 2012
Police arrested one man and are looking for two others who are believed to be involved in the armed robbery of a Rocky Mount man at his home.
- Man charged with assaulting girlfriend with baseball bat
Monday, May 21, 2012
A woman was treated Sunday at Nash General Hospital after allegedly being assaulted by her boyfriend with a baseball bat.
Saturday, May 19, 2012
A three-minute phone conversation between Daniel Howerton, owner of Clearvue Window Cleaning Service, and myself on April 28 became the best day in the history of Westridge Grill.
- Northern Nash Percussion Ensemble takes second place
Saturday, May 19, 2012
The Northern Nash High School Percussion Ensemble performed March 31 at Broughton High School in Raleigh as part of the Atlantic Indoor Association Championships.
- NCC professor gives personal photo to museum
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Nash Community College English professor Dr. Mary Wayne Watson recently presented a copy of her iconic photograph from World War I to Carol Banks, director of the Edgecombe County Veterans’ Military Museum.
- American Cancer Society, churches fight cancer
Saturday, May 19, 2012
The American Cancer Society and a number of churches will join together to fight cancer with Sunday of Hope on June 3.
- Edgecombe-Nash Retired School Personnel learn about dues
Saturday, May 19, 2012
The Edgecombe-Nash Retired School Personnel met at 10:30 p.m. April 10 in the Warner Room at Braswell Memorial Library.
- Institutions honor scholars in Twin Counties
Saturday, May 19, 2012
The following students recently were recognized for academic achievement:Northern Nash High School student Khayla Joy Batts of Rocky Mount was awarded a $2,500 National Achievement Scholarship.
Monday, May 21, 2012
GREENSBORO – The jury deciding the fate of John Edwards in North Carolina has finished a second day of deliberations without reaching a verdict.
- Annexation bills clear N.C. Senate, head to House
Monday, May 21, 2012
RALEIGH — The N.C. Senate has given its final approval to bills altering recently approved laws on forced annexation that have been challenged in court.
- Perdue issues order to develop fracking rules
Monday, May 21, 2012
RALEIGH – Governor Bev Perdue sought Monday to set the table for how North Carolina would seek to permit shale gas exploration and production with an executive order directing a workgroup to make regulatory recommendations.
- Man with innocence case released from prison
Monday, May 21, 2012
RALEIGH – A North Carolina man whose innocence claim on a rape conviction will be heard later this year was released from prison Monday on parole after serving almost 24 years of his life sentence.
- Teacher suspended after yelling at Obama critic
Monday, May 21, 2012
SPENCER – A North Carolina high school teacher has been suspended following the release of a YouTube video in which she is heard yelling at a student in class and telling him it’s wrong to criticize President Barack Obama.
- KKK fliers promote cross burning in Reidsville
Monday, May 21, 2012
REIDSVILLE — Police in Reidsville are investigating some fliers that invite people to a cross-burning.
Saturday, May 19, 2012
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says the big trading loss at JPMorgan Chase shows the need to finally put in place banking rules he signed into law two years ago.
- Romney points to restored bridge as Obama failure
Saturday, May 19, 2012
HILLSBOROUGH, N.H. – Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney on Friday criticized a restored 19th century bridge as another “Bridge to Nowhere” and a fresh symbol of the waste he says is rampant in President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus plan.
- With cookies and conversations, Romney tries charm
Saturday, May 19, 2012
PALM BEACH, Fla. – Mitt Romney is on a charm offensive.
He took reporters’ questions after a campaign rally Thursday instead of keeping them at bay.
- AdWatch: Romney 'day one' vows are missing caveats
Saturday, May 19, 2012
WASHINGTON — A new ad running in Iowa, North Carolina, Virginia and Ohio called "Day One" talks about what Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will do on his first day in office if he wins the November election.
- McCrory wants campaign ad off the air
Friday, May 18, 2012
RALEIGH – Pat McCrory’s gubernatorial campaign demanded Friday that television stations stop running a commercial bankrolled by a Democratic governor’s group, arguing it made false claims about his activities linked to a Charlotte-based business.
- Romney’s April money suggests GOP rallying for him
Thursday, May 17, 2012
WASHINGTON – Mitt Romney and his Republican Party raised $40 million in April, an unexpectedly strong haul in the first month of the general campaign that illustrates enthusiasm within the GOP and threatens President Barack Obama’s overwhelming cash advantage.
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