A New York City man is out on a reduced bond after recently being arrested on illegal drug-r… Read moreNew York man busted on drug trafficking charges on I-95
After reporting 18 new cases of COVID-19 during the previous week, the Nash County Departmen… Read moreNew cases of COVID-19 rising again across area
One of the topics covered in Monday’s joint meeting of the Nash County Board of Commissioner… Read moreNash school, county boards discuss demerger process
A website is being created so Rocky Mount and Twin Counties residents can go online and view… Read moreFuture website to show local traffic, road information
A local man with an extensive prior record of break-ins, thefts and illegal drug-related off… Read moreMan charged in long string of vehicle break-ins
A celebration on Monday morning of the 60th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s… Read moreSign to commemorate King’s 1962 speech in city
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Northern Nash and Tarboro are one win away from playing for state championships. Read moreOne win away: Knights, Vikings reach East Regional finals
In the beginning, more than 38 years ago, there was Geoff, Harry, Martinsville, a church ret… Read moreThe origins of Hendrick’s first Cup Series win
PINETOPS — The season opener for the SouthWest Edgecombe varsity boys basketball team came d… Read moreDown to the wire: SWE boys hold off Hawks in opener
A slow start in the first quarter (trailing 29-6) doomed North Carolina Wesleyan University’… Read moreSlow start dooms Wesleyan women at N.C. Central
PINETOPS — A pair of big offensive runs in the second half led to a victory by the SouthWest… Read moreLady Cougars use offensive bursts to thwart North Lenoir
Five high school wrestling teams representing Nash and Edgecombe counties competed in the I-… Read moreLocal wrestlers compete in I-95 Duals
Thom Tillis has always seemed unsure of who he wants to be. Read moreEditorial: Moderate Tillis about to be tested
Is it really news that Karen Bass will become the first female mayor of Los Angeles? In an era where women have already run Chicago, Phoenix, Fort Worth, Charlotte, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, D.C., and Boston, the gender of the new Los Angeles mayor should not have dominated the headlines, as it did in numerous media. Read moreFroma Harrop: Please drop the 'first-elected' whatever
As so often happens, the national political press was virtually unanimous in getting the 2022 midterm elections all wrong. Indeed, it’s hard to recall a major political event since the Clinton administration, when I first paid serious attention, that the Washington news media has gotten largely right. Read moreGene Lyons: The Talking Heads get it wrong again
In the lead-up to the Jan. 6 riot, John Eastman gave President Trump legal advice that was terrible, and now he’s trying to argue it was merely awful. In a letter to these pages on Nov. 14, Eastman, a former law professor of some distinction, denies he argued that Vice President Mike Pence “could unilaterally reject electoral votes and simply declare President Trump re-elected.” Read moreEastman arguing advice wasn't as awful as it was
Just when you thought that politics — and those who participate in it — couldn’t sink any lower, along comes Kevin McCarthy, the man who wants to be the next Speaker of the House in Washington. Before all the midterm votes were counted and certified, McCarthy appeared on Fox news boasting, “We have fired Nancy Pelosi.” Read moreTom Campbell: Good advice for Kevin McCarthy to heed
Among the key headlines from the 2022 election were gains by Republicans among minority voters. Read moreStar Parker: Black youth turning to GOP for solutions
The holiday season often makes us think of particular things, like family, friends, good foo… Read moreHolidays a good time for giving to local charities
The Taylor and Crocker families recently provided funds to refurnish the Taylor-Crocker Hono… Read moreDonation boosts N.C. Wesleyan Honors Program
Edgecombe Community College recently announced its student ambassadors for 2022-23. Read moreECC announces new student ambassadors
As mobile workforces grow, your employees need to be able to access information anywhere, wh… Read moreWhat businesses should know about mobile device management
The former Eastman High School Class of 1970 celebrated its 52nd year class reunion on Sept … Read moreEastman High Class of 1970 celebrates 52nd reunion
The North Carolina Symphony, supported by the Simple Gifts Fund of the Anonymous Trust, rece… Read moreN.C. Symphony launches music residency in Edgecombe County
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — For more than 15 years, Scrappy has pawed his way into the hearts of firefighters and visitors.
A helicopter pilot and a meteorologist who worked for a North Carolina television station died following the crash of the station’s helicopter next to an interstate highway in the Charlotte area. WBTV broadcasters who had been reporting on the crash identified their colleagues on air Tuesday about three hours following the deadly incident. The men were identified as meteorologist Jason Myers and pilot Chip Tayag. The crash occurred along Interstate 77. Johnny Jennings, chief of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, said no vehicles were involved in the incident. The chief said preliminary witness accounts indicate that the pilot made some “diversionary” maneuvers and “probably saved some lives."
It's holiday time at the White House, and President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, are plunging into the season. Biden participated in the annual pardoning of a Thanksgiving turkey on Monday. The first lady accepted delivery of the official White House Christmas tree. And both Bidens visited North Carolina later in the day to share an early Thanksgiving meal with members of the military and their families at Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point. The burst of holiday activity follows the president's granddaughter's White House wedding and his 80th birthday over the weekend.
The man who was driving a truck that fatally hit a girl in a North Carolina holiday parade has been released on bond. The News & Record reports that Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman confirms that 20-year-old Landen Glass was released on a $4,000 bond. Glass is scheduled to return to court Jan. 26. Raleigh police say the driver of a white pickup truck towing a float in the Raleigh Christmas parade on Saturday morning lost control and hit the girl. She died from her injuries. Glass was charged with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle, careless and reckless driving and other offenses. A family member told WRAL-TV that Glass would not be making a statement.
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Far from Doha’s luxury hotels and sprawling new World Cup stadiums, scores of South Asian workers poured into a cricket ground in the city’s sandy outskirts to enjoy the tournament they helped create. Their treatment has been the controversial backstory of the 2022 World Cup, ever since Qatar won the bid to host the soccer championship. Headlines have been filled with reports of their low wages, inhospitable conditions and long hours, often in the scorching heat. But on Friday night as the Netherlands played Ecuador, the bleachers of the cricket stadium heaved with workers reveling on their one day off of the week.
Heavy rainfall triggered landslides early Saturday on the southern Italian island of Ischia that collapsed buildings and left as many as 12 missing. The mayor of Naples was quoted by the news agency ANSA as saying one body had been recovered on the island. He was speaking on the margins of a city event. There was earlier confusion over the death toll after Italian Vice Premier Matteo Salvini said in Milan that eight had been confirmed dead. The interior minister later said that no deaths had yet been confirmed, while 10-12 were missing. The minister, Matteo Piantedosi, told RAI state TV that “probably some of those people are under the mud.”
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has resigned as head of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party following local election losses suffered by her party. Tsai offered her resignation on Saturday evening, a tradition after a major loss, in a short speech in which she also thanked supporters. She said she will shoulder the responsibility as she had hand-picked candidates in Saturday’s elections. Voters in Taiwan overwhelmingly chose the opposition Nationalist party in several major races across the self-ruled island. Chiang Wan-an, the Nationalist party’s mayoral candidate, won the closely watched seat in capital Taipei. Lingering concerns about threats from rival China, which claims Taiwan as its territory, took a backseat to more local issues.
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a televised address has praised paramilitary volunteers tasked with quashing dissent. Meanwhile, a pro-reform Iranian news site said Saturday that 140 ophthalmologists have expressed concern over a rising number of people blinded after being shot by security forces with metal pellets. Khamenei met with the paramilitary Basij group and reiterated unsupported claims that the mass anti-government protests are a foreign plot devised by the U.S. to destabilize Iran. He said the protesters were mercenaries. Khamenei's comments came a day after Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi met with the Basij and praised their efforts to maintain security.
