The Nash County Board of Commissioners will consider purchasing Castalia's water system, among other items, at Monday's regularly-scheduled monthly meeting.

If approved, the county would buy the entire system including pipes, valves, hydrants, meters, back flow devises, tanks, three wells, supplies,…

The public is invited to the Rocky Mount Mills for an all-day event on Saturday.

Sweet Taters Brewpub is hosting its inaugural “Beer Harvest” event from 2 to 11 p.m. David Joyner, owner of Joyner Media and Strategies Inc., said the event will be similar to beer festivals in Raleigh.…

Tensions have been high across the country since a black man was shot by a black police officer in Charlotte, but members of the local law enforcement community say what has been shown about those events is not the whole story.

Keith Scott was shot by an officer with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg…

The Micajah Pettaway Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution invites students in grades 5-8 to participate in the American History Essay Contest.

The topic for the 2016-2017 essay contest is the National Park Service.The title of the essay is “Celebrating a Century:…

Shelton Williams of Nashville is the first player to win a top $250,000 prize playing the new $250,000 Platinum Payout scratch-off game.

He claimed his prize Monday at lottery headquarters in Raleigh. After required state and federal tax withholdings, he took home $173,126.

He bought the $5 ticket…

Rocky Mount High School student Jada Tamera Peterson recently served as a page in the N.C. Senate.

She is the daughter of Beverly Bobbitt of Rocky Mount. Peterson was sponsored by N.C. Sen. Angela Bryant and appointed by the Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger, R-Rockingham.…

A report of a suspicious vehicle Tuesday led to a Rocky Mount man being arrested on drug and parole violation charges.

Rocky Mount police responded to the report at 7:46 p.m. at the intersection of Thorpe and Airport roads. When officers arrived on scene, they found a man, identified as…

A Rocky Mount man made his first court appearance on Tuesday for larceny charges after being accused of trying to shoplift Monday from a local store.

Officers responded to a report of a theft in progress at 1:15 p.m. at Target on Sutters Creek Boulevard. When police arrived, they found…

A Rocky Mount man was shot at his home Sunday, and two other local men have been charged in connection with the attack, according to police reports.

Rocky Mount police said they answered a call about an aggravated assault at 9:42 a.m. at a residence on the 500 block of Tyan Street. When police…