A three-day event designed to help give college scholarship funds to local students is returning next month.

The Rotary Club for the third-year will present the Tackle the Tar mud run and fun day event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 19 at the Rocky Mount Sports Complex. Kristen Brabble, chairwoman of…

NASHVILLE — State lawmakers won't return to Raleigh until May, but some Twin Counties voters are already planning how to fight perceived threats to democracy including a possible voter identification referendum and judicial gerrymanding.

Voter ID is meant to disenfranchise black voters, said…

A local lawmaker will defend his residency in a hearing set for this afternoon in Smithfield.

N.C. Sen. Rick Horner, a Republican representing the 11th District, which includes Nash and Johnston counties, is running unopposed in the May primary. So far his biggest challenge is proving he lives in…

Girls from Tarboro and the surrounding area recently took the stage to show off their confidence and talents while raising awareness for Turner Syndrome during the Noble Miss Pageant.

Kendal Dupree was the winner of the Best Smile Award and the People’s Choice Queen at the event, which was…

Several advocacy groups are holding a Town Hall meeting tonight in Nashville to discuss voting issues.

Titled “Fair Courts / Fair Votes Town Hall,” the event is meant to spotlight supposed legislative attacks on the state's courts by the N.C. General Assembly, said Logan Smith, the…

Aurora Madison Henderson, daughter of Christopher Henderson and Dr. Jessica Henderson, has been awarded this year’s Ann MacPherson Weaver Memorial Scholarship at Rocky Mount Academy.

Currently an eighth-grader at Magellan Charter School in Raleigh, Henderson will attend RMA in the fall on 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…

Nash County deputies nabbed two suspects Tuesday after a chase that ended on the lawn of a rehabilitation center in Rocky Mount. 

Just before noon on Tuesday, deputies assigned to the Tar River Regional Drug Task Force were patrolling the Nashville Road area in Rocky Mount when they…

Nash County deputies arrested seven suspects Sunday night at a local hotel in connection with an alleged heroin trafficking operation.

Deputies responded about 7 p.m. Sunday to Room 119 of the Super Star Motel on the 3200 block of South Wesleyan Boulevard regarding reports of suspicious activity.…