People in Nash and Edgecombe County will put on their gloves and head out next Saturday to clean up their communities.

Rocky Mount and Tarboro residents will take part in the Big Sweep Challenge from 8 a.m. to noon. This year is the second year for the challenge.

Cornelia McGee coordinator for Keep…

A record number of high school students from Nash and Edgecombe counties attended the first Rocky Mount Youth Council meeting of the academic year on Wednesday as Rocky Mount Police Chief James Moore tried to allay concerns about the violence occurring in Charlotte and other parts of the country.…

Early voting plans for Edgecombe County have been set with six sites open for registration and ballot casting.

Two plans were submitted by the Edgecombe County Board of Elections to the N.C. State Board of Elections, a Republican plan and a Democratic plan. County election boards have three members…

Members of the Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education recently received a special honor at the N.C. School Boards Association District 3 meeting in Person County. 

During the meeting, the Nash-Rocky Mount  Board of Education was presented with a 2016 N.C. School Boards Association Gold…

The Down East Partnership for Children recently received a $25,000 grant from the PNC Foundation to support its Play to Learn Project, a program designed to use fun activities like puppet shows to help children learn.

The PNC Foundation provided the funding in support of Grow Up Great, its…

A New Jersey firefighter recently made a stop in Rocky Mount during a fundraising bicycle ride down the East Coast.

Jerry Lachance, 68, of Sandown, N.H., rode his bicycle last week into Rocky Mount Fire Station No. 7.

Lachance is bicycling from New Hampshire to Key West, Fla., to raise money for…

Police are asking for the public’s help to solve a larceny that was reported Thursday.

Officers responded to a larceny call at 7:03 p.m. at Rocky Mount High School on 1400 Bethlehem Road. When police made contact with the victim, she told them that an iPhone 6s and its case had been taken…

Rocky Mount police are investigating a residential burglary reported Thursday.

Police responded to a report of  breaking and entering at 6:30 p.m. at a residence on Ansley Street. When police made contact with the victim, the victim told them she was not at home at the time of the break-in.

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Four juveniles who broke out of the Edgecombe County Youth Detention Center on Wednesday night have been captured.

Joshua Good, Dakota Younger, Justin Menay and Juan Martinez were captured by Nash County deputies at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the Dollar General at 617 East Nash S. in Spring Hope.…