The Nash County Board of Commissioners needs help from local lawmakers in finding state funding for transportation of mental health patients.

Commissioners made the request during Thursday night's annual Nash County Legislative Dinner. Each year, the board meets with the local legislative…

NASHVILLE — Nash County commissioners greeted members of the Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education cordially if somewhat skeptically Tuesday night as the two boards met to discuss the school district’s local budget request for the coming fiscal year.

“I hope that the budget…

Rocky Mount city staff recently received recognition for public power and communications.

The city picked up three awards for Excellence in Communications during the recent 11th annual N.C. City & County Communicators’ Excellence in Communications Awards.

The city also received the 2017 N.…

Lynwood Roberson has been named executive director of the Edgecombe Community College Foundation.

In his new position, Roberson will develop and direct ECC Foundation events and initiatives, spearhead fund-raising efforts and collaborate with alumni, business leaders, community members and other…

Girl Scouts-North Carolina Coastal Pines recently announced that Layla Carter of Fountain is Edgecombe County’s top seller for the 2018 Girl Scout Cookie Program.

Carter sold 708 boxes of Girl Scout cookies in the annual cookie program that ended in March. Madison Nicholas of Pinetops placed…

The LSV Scholarship Awards Banquet will be held at 4 p.m. June 9 at Pines Chapel Church Fellowship Hall at 502 East Hamlet St. in Pinetops,

The 2018 LSV scholarship recipients will be presented scholarships valued at $1,000 each, plus an evening of celebration for the third LSV Scholarship Award…

WINSOR — Questions linger in the two-year-old case of a beheaded jail escapee.

Kelvin Singleton, 26, was found decapitated in the rural community of Merry Hill on April 7, 2016. His story is just one of dozens of missing person cases, unidentified bodies and unsolved murders in Eastern North…

A 20-year-old woman was wounded by a knife on Wednesday during an altercation over a cigarette. 

The incident occurred about 8:16 a.m. Wednesday on the 1400 block of Hargrove Street. 

Cpl. Brad Summerlin of the Rocky Mount Police Department said a man and woman were arguing over a…

 A 40-year-old woman was robbed at knife point when she opened her place of business Tuesday morning.

Rocky Mount police Cpl. Brad Summerlin said the incident occurred about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday as the victim was opening the office of Holden Temporaries on the 3200 block of Zebulon Road. A…