COVID-19 cases and how they grow in one area and decline in another continue to mystify auth… Read more
A local man with a prior record at the state level has been ordered to spend five years and … Read more
Carolinas Gateway Partnership President and CEO Norris Tolson recently told a Rocky Mount Ar… Read more
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s highest court on Wednesday pushed back the March election primari… Read more
TARBORO — Edgecombe County was called on the carpet Monday night by the State Treasurer’s Office. Read more
A 1950s-style restaurant open since 1999 just off the busy U.S. 64 interchange for Winstead … Read more
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- Boddie-Noell to close Highway Diner
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- Local drug dealer sentenced to federal prison
- Man found shot in Southeast Rocky Mount
- State warns Edgecombe County about late audits
- Three candidates launch campaigns for state, federal offices
- Buck Leonard Golf Classic draws familiar faces
- Feds charge local man with selling firearms to convicted felons
- Candidates begin filing for 2020 elections
- Fraternity chapter celebrates 75th anniversary
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BAILEY — The Southern Nash varsity boys basketball team is off to a good start in the Big Ea… Read more
Cayden Barnhardt paced four Faith Christian players in double figures as the Patriots rolled… Read more
BAILEY — An 11-5 run in the final 6:38 enabled the Nash Central varsity girls basketball tea… Read more
It’s bowl time! Read more
Rocky Mount’s boys and Northern Nash’s girls took the team honors during an indoor track mee… Read more
Rocky Mount Academy’s varsity boys basketball team outscored Parrott Academy 20-11 in the fo… Read more
North Carolina’s state legislators are a pretty busy bunch, but they don’t get paid a whole lot. Very few working people can actually afford to run for office — and as a result, their interests are often left out of the policymaking process. Read more
It’s a bedrock principle of American law that average people can vindicate their legal and constitutional rights in courts of law and have those courts compel or prevent acts of other branches of government. Read more
After the 2012 massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, then-Rep. Mike Rogers, a Michigan Republican, evaded calls for banning weapons of war. But he had other ideas. The “more realistic discussion,” Rogers said, is “how do we target people with mental illness who use firearms?” Read more
It’s the kind of spectacle that people will talk about for decades: They saw the mountain on fire. Read more
The global geopolitical axis is shifting gradually to finally come to terms with the princip… Read more
Despite having three vaccines ready and available, President Joe Biden has had more COVID-related deaths than his predecessor whose performance on COVID was deemed poor by the media. Today we see reality clearly. The only difference is in the media coverage. The proof is in the numbers. Read more
Bruce Panneton, who began his career in higher education as a community college instructor, … Read more
Tarboro’s holiday season activities get underway Thursday. Read more
Ethan Harrell, 14, recently earned the rank of Eagle Scout through a leadership of service p… Read more
Back in 2019, no one could have guessed what was in store. Read more
The Alpha Omicron Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. recently celebrated 75 years of s… Read more
Every hometown has its heroes and over the years, Rocky Mount has produced dozens — especial… Read more
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s highest court on Wednesday pushed back the March election primaries for legislative, congressional and judicial seats to give state courts time to review lawsuits claiming the Republican-controlled legislature illegally gerrymandered some districts.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former North Carolina U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers announced Wednesday that she will seek a congressional comeback.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department said Monday it is ending its investigation into the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till, the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured and killed after witnesses said he whistled at a white woman in Mississippi.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The start of North Carolina candidate filing for U.S. House and legislative seats was blocked on Monday by an appeals court panel — only to be restored hours later when most Court of Appeals judges agreed they wanted to decide whether a longer filing delay was warranted.
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BEIJING (AP) — Global stocks were mostly higher Thursday as investors waited for U.S. inflation data that might influence the Federal Reserve’s decision on when to roll back economic stimulus.
MORSHYN, Ukraine (AP) — A small spa town in western Ukraine is standing out in a European country where only 29% of the people have received COVID-19 vaccine shots, and locals credit their community spirit for fending off the worst of the pandemic.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand's government believes it has come up with a unique plan to end tobacco smoking — a lifetime ban for those aged 14 or younger.
Vaccine makers are racing to update their COVID-19 shots against the newest coronavirus threat even before it’s clear a change is needed, just in case.
