TARBORO — The Stanford University Research Organization will use data from Edgecombe County Public Schools to study kindergarten preparedness and the effect of natural disasters on students.

The information will be part of study conducted by Seth Saeugling and Vichi Jagannathan, both former…

Nature lovers can get guided tours at Battle Park every first Saturday of the month until the end of the year.

The Rocky Mount Parks and Recreation Department is offering nature walks at Battle Park from 10 a.m. to noon led by Naturalist Tom Stutz. The walks will highlight identification and uses…

Many areas in the United States have the type of mosquitoes that can spread Zika Virus.

That is why the Edgecombe County Health Department has made it its goal to supply citizens with knowledge and equipment to better protect themselves and their loved ones against Zika Virus. The department was…

Nash Community College ​has been awarded the Platinum Partnership Award by Correction Enterprises for providing complimentary space and outstanding cooperation for an on-campus optical center.

Correction Enterprises has operated an optical production facility manned by inmates at Nash Correctional…

Carl and Michelle Strickland, owners of an Everlasting Memory Monument Co. in Rocky Mount, recently hosted a luncheon to show appreciation to all fire, rescue and EMS employees, with over 80 from the Nash County-Rocky Mount area attending.

An Everlasting Memory combined with other local companies…

Two seniors at North East Carolina Prep School have been nominated for the Morehead-Cain Scholarship to attend the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in the fall.

Caroline Barrett and Bryce Coggin have been nominated for the prestigious four-year scholarship.

Barrett is the daughter James…

A traffic stop Tuesday in Nash County ended with a Florida man being arrested on drug charges.

Deputies conducted a traffic stop at 8:13 a.m. on the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 near mile marker 137. A search of the vehicle, a 2017 Nissan, uncovered 269 grams of cocaine with a street value of…

A shooting in Rocky Mount Tuesday morning sent a local teenager to the hospital.

Rocky Mount police responded to a report of shots fired just after 7 a.m. at a house on the 1300 block of Sycamore Street. They said when they arrived, they found a 17-year-old teen suffering from gunshot wounds.

The…

A Rocky Mount teenager has been arrested in connection with a Sept. 12 shooting on Cokey Road.

Rocky Mount police on Tuesday arrested Chrisaun Whitaker, 16, of Rocky Mount in connection with the shooting. They said an investigation into the case led them to identify Whitaker as a chief suspect.…