A Tarboro man is behind bars in Edgecombe County facing multiple weapons and other charges following a shooting and police chase that happened early Thursday morning.

Tarboro police responded to a report of shots fired into a building near the intersection of Main Street and Davis Drive just before…

As snow looms in the forecast, students and school officials in the Twin Counties can breathe a little easier knowing that the N.C. General Assembly has given them a break on missing some of school days lost due to Hurricane Matthew.

As part of the Disaster Recovery Act of 2016 approved in a…

Rocky Mount police are investigating a motor vehicle theft that happened early Wednesday morning.

Officers responded to a report of a motor vehicle theft at 4:07 a.m. at a house on the 700 block of Peachtree Street. the victim told police the vehicle’s owner was not home when the car, a 2002…

In its first year of operation, the Biotechnology and Medical Simulation Center at Edgecombe Community College attracted students and raised the standard of health care education throughout the region.

The college opened the state-of-the-art 45,000-square-foot facility on the Rocky Mount campus in…

Trey Lewis came away from his time at Edgecombe Community College with a strong tie to the school and an overwhelming sense of gratitude for what ECC offered him as a young student and others in the community.

“I always tell people, if ECC offered a doctorate, I’d still be there. I love…

Rocky Mount native Clifton Barnes recently won a national writing award.

A series of articles about former North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith won an Award of Excellence from the Washington, D.C., area-based Communications Concepts through its 2016 Awards for Publication Excellence…

Rocky Mount police are asking for the public’s help finding the person responsible for a break-in that happened late Tuesday night at a local home business.

Officers responded to a report of a residential breaking and entering at 11 p.m. at a house on the 300 block of Sanders St. They said…

A local man reported missing by the N.C. Center for Missing Persons was located Wednesday and reunited with his family.

Rocky Mount police Cpl. Mike Lewis said Alonza Bobbitt, Jr., 67, of Rocky Mount, was found early Wednesday morning at a local motel and returned home safely. Lewis said an e-mail…

Rocky Mount police are looking for two suspects wanted in connection with a robbery late Monday night.

Officers responded to a report of a robbery at 11:59 p.m. at a house on the 800 block of Tarboro Street. They said the victim told them two black men allegedly approached him and assaulted him…