A man is behind bars under a $1.5 million secured bond after an investigation started by the… Read more
Two Nash County commissioners, Democrat Gwen Wilkins and Republican Wayne Outlaw, on Tuesday… Read more
Crime in Rocky Mount increased slightly more than 10 percent last month compared to April 20… Read more
The last of three Edgecombe County-sponsored meetings to discuss the possibility of bringing… Read more
A proposed budget of $44,669,627 will be discussed when members of the Tarboro Town Council … Read more
The Downtown Tarboro Live! music series gets underway at 6 p.m. Thursday with an eastern Nor… Read more
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The Rocky Mount Academy boys tennis team keeps rolling in its pursuit of back-to-back state … Read more
Nash and Edgecombe counties produced a team champion, a relay champion and 14 individual cha… Read more
The East top seed NC Wesleyan University baseball team fell 10-7 in the second game of their… Read more
Southern Nash and Northern Nash were able to complete their girls’ soccer matches in the fir… Read more
The undefeated Rocky Mount Academy girls soccer team is one win away from playing for a stat… Read more
The undefeated run is complete for the South Edgecombe Middle School baseball team. Read more
Tray-Seas Soul Food is the only restaurant located in Princeville. Read more
In the wake of 18-year-old Payton Gendron allegedly opening fire on people in the parking lot of a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., on Sunday, May 15, a 180-page manifesto has emerged, suggesting that Gendron “belongs to a global fraternity fused by the internet and fixated on the idea that white people are being intentionally replaced,” according to the Washington Post. Read more
Suppose you own an investment portfolio that contains valuable, goods-producing assets, some of which are too costly to buy, or may not even exist in the marketplace. The United States Forest Service [USFS] manages many taxpayer-owned natural assets. Among the best-performing is the Pisgah-Nantahala Forest, the most visited national forest in the nation — seven million people annually. Read more
Long before a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion revealed that by summer Roe v. Wade will likely be overturned, only pregnant people bore the burden of pregnancy — not just physically, but also financially. “Impregnators” have always had the choice to walk away. Sure, they could be on the hook for child support after birth, but what if they could be held responsible for their actions before — from the moment of conception — just as the pregnant person is? Read more
How are we going to use the results of the May 17 primary to measure Donald Trump’s influence over the North Carolina Republican Party? Read more
By 1840, when John Motley Morehead took office as governor of North Carolina, the illiteracy rate for white North Carolinians was 26%. Based on national studies, we can infer that the illiteracy rate for enslaved Black residents could not have been lower than 95%. Read more
The state of North Carolina is considering a proposal that would require a two-year associat… Read more
Making financial decisions takes time, attention and energy at any age. In the case of elder… Read more
The Rocky Mount Debu-ette Club would like to announce the 2022 seniors. Read more
“Have you played Wordle yet?” is a question I hear daily at my house. My husband is talking … Read more
Jammie Wacenske of Wendell has been named Nash Community College’s 2022 Outstanding Alumna. Read more
N.C. Wesleyan University held its Spring Commencement on May 7 at the Rocky Mount Event Cent… Read more
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Several state legislators won't be returning to the North Carolina General Assembly next January after primary losses, while former lawmakers had mixed results in trying to get back to the House or Senate.
Printing mistakes will force local election officials in Pennsylvania and Oregon to redo thousands of mailed ballots, a laborious process that could delay results for some closely contested races in Tuesday's primaries.
RALElGH, N.C. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Ted Budd and former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley won their respective Senate primaries on Tuesday, setting up a fall election matchup that should again test former President Donald Trump's influence in North Carolina.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump’s choice for Pennsylvania governor won his primary Tuesday night and his Senate pick was locked in an exceedingly close contest as the former president worked to expand his hold on the Republican Party.
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The U.S. Soccer Federation reached milestone agreements to pay its men's and women's teams equally, making the American national governing body the first in the sport to promise both sexes matching money.
TOKYO (AP) — Shares dropped sharply in Asia on Thursday after a broad retreat on Wall Street triggered by dismal results from major retailer Target that renewed worries over the impact of high inflation.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Nearly 1,000 last-ditch Ukrainian fighters who had held out inside Mariupol's pulverized steel plant have surrendered, Russia said Wednesday, as the battle that turned the city into a worldwide symbol of defiance and suffering drew toward a close.
NEW YORK (AP) — Massachusetts on Wednesday reported a rare case of monkeypox in a man who recently traveled to Canada, and health officials are looking into whether it is connected to small outbreaks in Europe.
