A third assistant manager position, a new department and more have been removed from Rocky Mount's proposed fiscal year 2018-19 budget.

Still in place is a 2.5-cent property tax rate increase to pay down debt on the Rocky Mount Event Center.

The City Council voted Wednesday on a reduction of…

Jaqueline Morado recently served as a page in the state Senate.

Morado is the daughter of Gerardo and Diana Morado of Elm City and attends Saint Thomas More Academy.

She was sponsored by state Sen. Toby Fitch, D-Wilson, and appointed by Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger, R-Rockingham.

High…

Gov. Roy Cooper recently appointed Sheila P. Martin, executive director of the Dunn Center for the Performing Arts, to serve as a member of the License to Give Trust Fund Commission.

Established in 2004, the 15-member License to Give Trust Fund Commission awards grants to nonprofit groups to be…

The W. A. Pattillo High School National Alumni Association exists to advance W.A. Pattillo High School Inc. among the general alumni population and serves as an advocate for the Alumni Association. 

The W.A. Pattillo High School National Alumni Association Inc.…

NCC Study Abroad Coordinator Katie Hoffer, faculty and staff chaperones including NCC President Dr. Bill Carver and 12 students from Nash Community College departed May 15 for a study abroad trip to Peru.

The trip gave students an opportunity to experience Peru’s beautiful diversity from…

The Rocky Mount Parks and Recreation Department in partnership with Braswell Memorial Library is hosting Popsicles and Stories in the Park.

The free event is set for 10 a.m. on every other Tuesday at various parks around the city.

“We really wanted to engage and encourage youth to…

Authorities are still figuring out who to charge in a Wednesday evening shootout.

Two men were arguing on Otis Lane when they both drew handguns and shot each other.

Naquin Robinson, 20, was transported to Nash UNC Health Care with non-life-threatening injuries.

Raheem Taylor, 21, was transported…

A Rocky Mount man is recovering from a knife attack early Thursday and police are looking for the assailant, according to authorities.

Donnie Debro, 44, has outstanding warrants for assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury.

Robert Lee Battle, 35, was treated at a local hospital then…

TARBORO — A safecracking heist at a local Pizza Inn restaurant turned out to be an inside job.

Shane Preston Allen Keel, Maquez Edge and Jaquez Edge, all 18 and from Tarboro, were charged by the Tarboro Police Department with felony counts of breaking and entering, larceny and safecracking.…