Homework help, arts, crafts and more await students at the city of Rocky Mount’s after-school care program, which begins today.

The program for kindergarten through eighth-grade students also offers learning with science, technology, engineering and math, said Tameka Kenan-Norman, the city's…

An event started a few years ago by N.C. Wesleyan College geared to introduce the college’s residential freshmen and new transfer students to the community is back to be a prelude as the start of school begins this week.

The sixth annual Rock the Mount will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.…

Despite being located in the local area for 15 years, Quality Home Staffing is looking to rebuild its presence in the area.

The home care agency at 2639 Sunset Ave. in Suite A specializes in providing licensed home aide services primarily to seniors and people who are disabled. Beverly Mineo, CEO…

The general term, “edema,” describes the swelling caused by the retention of fluids in the body’s tissues.

There is, however, a specific condition known as lymphedema, which occurs when the body’s lymphatic system is unable to perform one of its basic functions – the…

Vidant Edgecombe Hospital in Tarboro recently welcomed John Resch as the new director of Patient Care Services.

Resch comes from Pleasant Grove, Utah, where he was serving as director of Emergency Departments at Utah Valley Hospital and Orem Community Hospital. He has over 22 years of health care…

Nashville Parks and Recreation & Cultural Resources Department’s summer movie series continues Saturday with a shell of an event.

The department will present the second installment in Nickelodeon Movies’ “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” series along with a martial…

A Martin County woman is accused of embezzling from the Conetoe Family Life Center.

Charmayne Q. Simpson, 24, of Jamesville, has been charged by the Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office with embezzlement, identity theft, forgery, obtaining property by false pretense and two dozen counts of uttering a…

Rocky Mount police are looking for suspects in a pair of home break-ins that happened over a two-day span.

Police responded to the first home break-in at 10:26 p.m. Monday at a house on the 900 block of West Haven Boulevard. They said the homeowner was not home when the break-in occurred.

According…

A vehicle break-in early this week resulted in the theft of items worth more than $1,000.

Police responded to a report of a motor vehicle break-in at 1:11 p.m.Tuesday at a house on the 800 block of Drexel Road. They said the victim told them the vehicle — a 2012 Chevrolet Traverse…