Now that spring is here, students at G.W. Bulluck Elementary School are able to take better advantage of their new outdoor learning environment.

Students in Melissa Gay’s fourth-grade math class recently did their “classwork” outside.

Gay set up math problems at…

A Michigan man has been arrested and charged with kidnapping and rape in connection with an online catfishing scheme involving a 15-year-old girl.

Tarboro police Chief Jesse Webb said in a statement Tuesday that the investigation began on March 8 after officers responded to Vidant Edgecombe…

Meals on Wheels of Tarboro recently announced a gift from Patricia Daughtridge, wife of the late Glenn Daughtridge, to the charity in the establishment of the Glenn Daughtridge Endowment Fund for Meals on Wheels of Tarboro.

Glenn Daughtridge was a longtime resident of Tarboro. He was a graduate of…

Edgecombe Community College’s student honor society won 13 awards at the recent Phi Theta Kappa Carolinas Regional Convention.

Three students and Advisor Tamara Frank-Pourvady represented ECC’s chapter, Alpha Omega Nu, at the annual convention held March 9-11 in Myrtle Beach, SC. At…

WoodmenLife is sponsoring the “America Is…” Video Contest, which aims to get elementary school students excited about their country and show pride in their school and their community.

By sharing a 30- 60 second video on the topic “What America means to me,” students…

Roughly 200 Edgecombe County Public Schools students displayed their many and varied talents this week during the school district’s annual Artsplosion event. 

The school district hosted a Variety Fest on Monday, followed by a Choral Fest on Tuesday and Band Fest on Thursday. All of…

Just 18 seconds was all the Nash Central girls’ soccer team needed to grab a lead for good in a home Eastern Plains Conference game on Thursday against SouthWest Edgecombe.

The Bulldogs used a pair of early goals to jump ahead, then tacked on late score with less than three minutes remaining…

Nothing in the previous two meetings between the Tarboro and SouthWest Edgecombe baseball teams would have suggested that something like this was possible. Each team had won a game as part of a March 9 doubleheader.

And yet, in the third-place game of the Tarboro Baseball Easter Classic, SouthWest…

Tarboro baseball, hosting the Tarboro Easter Classic this week, beat its first opponent on Tuesday by a 12-2 score. The game was originally scheduled for Wednesday, but was moved up to a day earlier because of the threat of rain. The win came against North East Carolina Prep, and improved the…

Vidant Women’s Care-Tarboro recently received the Mother-Baby Award for Outpatient Healthcare Clinics from the North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition.

“We’re committed to the health and well-being of Eastern North Carolina, and that extends to our smallest patients, their mothers…

Farm moms are the backbones of successful farms.

They buzz with positive energy and keep an eye on a bevy of moving parts including their families, their communities and of course, their businesses.The Farm Mom of the Year program honors the significant contributions these women make on their…

Spring has sprung. The grass has riz. I wonder where the rockfishes is? Apologies to my 12th grade English teacher, Sally Chappell, for the bad grammar and improper syntax, but I needed to get your attention to let you know it is John Cherry Rockfish Rodeo on the Tar time.

Some folks look forward…