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…

Tensions have been high across the country lately after a black man was shot by a white 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-…

With little more than a month to go until Election Day, Twin Counties election officials are getting ready for the big show.

“We're putting the final touches on everything,” said Nash County Elections Director John Kearney.

His office is inundated with absentee ballot applications and…

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…

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation recently awarded Haliwa-Saponi Tribal School a $3,000 grant to support youth literacy.

This local grant is part of $4.5 million in youth literacy grants awarded to approximately 1,000 organizations across the 43 states that Dollar General serves. Given at the…

A mother and her child were reunited early Tuesday, ending a tense overnight search for a Rocky Mount toddler.

Rocky Mount resident Precious Hart reported her daughter, N'eveah Richardson, missing at 11:59 p.m. at a residence at 731 Nashville St. After officers responded to the call, Hart told them…

Rocky Mount police say 2-year-old Nevaeh Richardson has been found alive and safe.

Sharpsburg police and Nash County deputies on Tuesday found a 2004 Mitsubishi Endeavour that was reported stolen Monday night from outside a residence on Nashville Road. The vehicle was located at 10 a.m. Tuesday on…

Rocky Mount police are looking for a pair of men wanted for a theft Friday at a local jewelry store.

Officers responded Saturday to a report of a larceny that took place 1:18 p.m on Friday at Bailey’s Fine Jewelry at 117 South Winstead Ave. Employees told the responding officers…