A Rocky Mount native is urging city residents to help him try to make communities around town more aesthetically pleasing.

Jabaris “JKelly” Walker, 27, started a forum last year called “Project Diamond in the Rough,” that featured him hosting an anti-violence event…

More than 100 school board members, business leaders and community stakeholders gathered Friday to celebrate the Week of the Young Child and learn more about the work of the Down East Partnership for Children. 

Jim Goodmon, chairman of the board of Capitol Broadcasting Co., was the keynote…

A three-day event designed to help give college scholarship funds to local students is returning next month.

The Rotary Club for the third-year will present the Tackle the Tar mud run and fun day event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 19 at the Rocky Mount Sports Complex. Kristen Brabble, chairwoman of…

Brooke Simpson of “The Voice” fame will be appearing at the annual Haliwa-Saponi Powwow this weekend in Hollister.

Simpson will perform at 5 p.m. Saturday.

This will be the 53rd annual spring Haliwa-Saponi Powwow, an event held each year to celebrate the tribe’s recognition by the…

Girls from Tarboro and the surrounding area recently took the stage to show off their confidence and talents while raising awareness for Turner Syndrome during the Noble Miss Pageant.

Kendal Dupree was the winner of the Best Smile Award and the People’s Choice Queen at the event, which was…

Several advocacy groups are holding a Town Hall meeting tonight in Nashville to discuss voting issues.

Titled “Fair Courts / Fair Votes Town Hall,” the event is meant to spotlight supposed legislative attacks on the state's courts by the N.C. General Assembly, said Logan Smith, the…

 A 40-year-old woman was robbed at knife point when she opened her place of business Tuesday morning.

Rocky Mount police Cpl. Brad Summerlin said the incident occurred about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday as the victim was opening the office of Holden Temporaries on the 3200 block of Zebulon Road. A…

Nash County deputies nabbed two suspects Tuesday after a chase that ended on the lawn of a rehabilitation center in Rocky Mount. 

Just before noon on Tuesday, deputies assigned to the Tar River Regional Drug Task Force were patrolling the Nashville Road area in Rocky Mount when they…

Nash County deputies arrested seven suspects Sunday night at a local hotel in connection with an alleged heroin trafficking operation.

Deputies responded about 7 p.m. Sunday to Room 119 of the Super Star Motel on the 3200 block of South Wesleyan Boulevard regarding reports of suspicious activity.…