Two frequent speakers during City Council regular meetings recently made clear the City of R… Read more
The Rocky Mount Police Department’s crime report for August contains a mix of good news and … Read more
TARBORO — The first Live, Work, Play Chamber Expo held Thursday on the Tarboro Town Common a… Read more
A statewide arts official on Saturday is going to participate via teleconferencing with a gr… Read more
Police Chief Robert Hassell was asked by City Councilman Andre Knight what he has been seein… Read more
Today is the last day for members of the Nash County Democratic Party who wish to be conside… Read more
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Southern Nash never could get comfortable. Read more
Week 5 of the high school football season is here and it brings a full slate of games. Read more
The Rocky Mount High football team will play its Week 5 game one day earlier than originally… Read more
The Nash Central volleyball team suffered its first loss of the season on Tuesday. Read more
PINETOPS — SouthWest Edgecombe trailed by a touchdown when it got the ball back just 20 seco… Read more
The high school football season enters Week 4, which contains plenty of road trips for local teams. Read more
After a conversation the other day at Lillie Mae’s Kitchen on Washington Street with Moe Del… Read more
Two leading House Republicans, Reps. Steve Scalise and James Comer, are asking the Food and Drug Administration for documents that might relate to GOP suspicions that President Joe Biden has politicized the process of administering vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
Be it recorded that on the 20th anniversary of 9/11, would-be president-for-life Donald Trump skipped the solemn memorial services held to honor 2,997 victims of al-Qaida terror attacks in favor of shilling for a pay-per-view boxing match. Read more
When President Biden announced vigorous new rules, designed to vastly increase the number of Americans inoculated against COVID-19, he warned the nation’s vaccine deniers: “We’ve been patient. But our patience is wearing thin. And your refusal has cost all of us.” Read more
I got the COVID-19 vaccine shortly after it became publicly available. I did so because I was persuaded that the benefits of vaccination far outweighed the risk. Read more
The influenza pandemic of 1918-’19 is the worst infectious-disease outbreak in American history. Read more
Girls entering grades K-12 are invited to join Girl Scouts to press play on exciting opportu… Read more
Fall is always a time of year for new beginnings — the start of a new school year and the ch… Read more
N.C. Wesleyan College’s e-sports club, the Bishop Gaming Association, recently developed a p… Read more
Nacole Everette, chair of the Health Information Technology program at Edgecombe Community C… Read more
A few years back, I included in one of my articles some suggested actions for you to take to… Read more
A longtime member of the Edgecombe County 4-H program is being rewarded for being an “agvoca… Read more
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina judges struck down the state’s latest photo voter identification law on Friday, agreeing with minority voters that Republicans rammed through rules tainted by racial bias as a way to remain in power.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A former Army doctor convicted for the infamous 1970 murders of his pregnant wife and two young daughters on a North Carolina base has ended his appeal of a lower court ruling that denied his requested release.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Within his first week back at school after a year and a half, 7-year-old Ben Medlin was exposed to a classmate with COVID-19, and he was sent home, along with 7,000 other students in the district, for 14 days of quarantine.
LEXINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A memorial service will be held Friday for Jim Snyder Jr., an attorney, author and conservative candidate for statewide office in North Carolina.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four space tourists safely ended their trailblazing trip to orbit Saturday with a splashdown in the Atlantic off the Florida coast.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Recent satellite images show North Korea is expanding a uranium enrichment plant at its main Yongbyon nuclear complex, a sign that it’s intent on boosting the production of bomb materials, experts say.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Mourners in California said prayers and their final goodbyes Saturday to three Marines killed in last month’s bombing in Afghanistan.
THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — Two lightning-sparked wildfires in California merged and made a run to the edge of a grove of ancient sequoias, momentarily driving away firefighters as they try to protect the world's tallest tree by wrapping its base in protective foil.
