RALEIGH — Now nearly all of this weekend's inauguration ceremonies for Gov. Roy Cooper and Council of State members won't happen or have been jumbled due to approaching winter weather.

The Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies already had postponed Saturday's parade and moved the Saturday morning…

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…

Two Halifax County residents are behind bars in Nash County following a high-speed chase Tuesday across two counties.

Nashville Police Chief Thomas Bashore said officers responded to a report of suspicious activity at 1:39 p.m. at the State Employees Credit Union at 1201 Eastern Ave. He said when…