A Baltimore man is jailed under a $3 million secured bond in the Nash County Detention Cente… Read moreMan jailed under $3M bond after drug bust on U.S. 264
Bailey Police Chief Cathy Callahan was fired Tuesday night during a special meeting of the B… Read moreBailey town board fires police chief
DNA evidence has resulted in a Nash County man recently being arrested on rape and kidnappin… Read moreDNA evidence links Nash County man to 2007 rape case in Wilson
After COVID-19 supply chain issues resulted in a five-month construction delay, Snow Hill-ba… Read moreInfinityLink in final testing stage to launch operations in Tarboro
Rocky Mount Area Chamber of Commerce President and CEO David Farris told the Rocky Mount Rot… Read moreFarris touts potential of future Sunset interchange
A teacher at North Edgecombe High School is jailed under a $100,000 secured bond in the Edge… Read moreNorth Edgecombe High teacher arrested on child sex charges
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It proved to be a historic night for Dee Graham on Tuesday. Read moreGraham reaches 1,000 points in Lady Gryphons rout
A 12-0 run at the end of the second quarter gave Rocky Mount’s varsity boys some breathing r… Read moreBoys Basketball Roundup: Late second-quarter run fuels Rocky Mount boys
Nash Central (5-6 Big East 2A/3A Conference, 6-12 overall) moved into a tie for fourth place… Read moreGirls Basketball Roundup: Bulldogs move into tie for fourth in Big East
Deonna Adams and Nadia Simmons scored in double figures as North Carolina Wesleyan Universit… Read moreWesleyan women top Methodist; Lewis reaches 1,000-point milestone
Rocky Mount Academy held off late comebacks by Christ Covenant in both varsity basketball ga… Read morePrep Basketball: RMA holds off Christ Covenant for sweep
FRANKLINTON — Both Rocky Mount High School indoor (winter) track teams finished in second pl… Read moreIndoor track: Gryphons place 2nd in Big East championship meet; NN boys win
Are North Carolina policymakers thinking big enough about the future of post-secondary education and training? I’m not convinced they are. Read moreJohn Hood: Let’s really reform state universities
No decent citizen could fail to be appalled by the video, released Friday, showing Memphis police officers beating a 29-year-old Black man, Tyre Nichols, so badly on Jan. 7 that he died three days later. No feeling citizen could fail to be moved by the anguish of his mother, RowVaughn Wells, as she eloquently described her grief at losing a young man, himself the father of a 4-year-old, who cried out for “mom” as he absorbed the assault. And no concerned citizen can fail to be impressed by, and appreciative of, the way in which those who justifiably protested Nichols’s death heeded — with sporadic exceptions — Wells’s call for nonviolence. Read moreEditorial: Over-reliance on violent policing gets us nowhere
January was yet another warm month in North Carolina and across much of the rest of the nation. After a brief and sharp holiday week plunge, temperatures have consistently felt more like mid-March — or, at least, what mid-March used to feel like. Read moreRob Schofield: Hurricanes' Pride Night moment of hope in a dark winter
“We have no choice but to make hard decisions,” Oklahoma Rep. Kevin Hern recently said. He leads the Republican Study Committee, a group of more than 160 Republican lawmakers that recently called for making cuts in Social Security. Read moreFroma Harrop: Security on the cutting block? Why?
Even as Black History Month begins, the war on teaching Black history has opened a new front in Florida. That state’s governor, the shamelessly ambitious Ron DeSantis, has banned a proposed high school Advanced Placement (AP) course in African American studies. Read moreCynthia Tucker: Florida ban explained in one word: Racism
In U.S. history there may never have been a time when a sitting president of the United States grossly mishandled or did not properly secure classified documents until President Joe Biden. Read moreGary Franks: One difference in Biden's document handling
We live in a post-pandemic world, and job seekers have had to adapt to a new way of job sear… Read moreChristy Skojec Taylor: How to avoid costly mistakes in virtual interviews
Nash UNC Health Care has appointed three new members to its Board of Commissioners to fill s… Read moreNash UNC adds new board members
N.C. Wesleyan University has submitted the substantive change application for its new Master… Read moreN.C. Wesleyan launches new master’s degree program
We’ve witnessed an onslaught of cybersecurity threats and ransomware recently. Read moreJeremy Taylor:Tips to help protect your workforce from cyberattacks
Each year, our United Way facilitates the Governor’s Volunteer Service Awards for outstandin… Read moreGinny Mohrbutter: Time to honor our local volunteers
Flag Raising: The Joint Veterans Committee of Nash and Edgecombe Counties will hold a flag r… Read moreCommunity Calendar
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North Carolina’s newly seated Supreme Court has heard arguments on whether people convicted of felonies should be permitted to vote if they aren’t in prison but still are serving probation or parole or have yet to pay fines. The justices listened Thursday to their first high-profile case since the court flipped to Republican control in January. They didn’t immediately rule. The case stems from 2019 litigation that challenged a 1973 state law automatically restoring voting rights only after the “unconditional discharge of an inmate, of a probationer, or of a parolee.” Roughly 56,000 people could be affected by the outcome.
Critics of a North Carolina bill that advanced in the state Senate say it could jeopardize the mental health and physical safety of LGBTQ students who could be outed to their parents without consent. The bill would require schools to alert parents prior to a change in the name or pronouns used for their child. Several mental and behavioral health experts, parents and teachers told the Senate health care committee on Thursday that the bill would force teachers to violate the trust of their students and could create life-threatening situations for students without affirming home environments. The proposal now heads to the Senate rules committee.
Some North Carolina senators want tougher punishments for intentionally damaging utility equipment in light of the December attacks on two Duke Energy substations in Moore County that left 45,000 customers without power. The legislators filed a bill on Wednesday that would make it a high-grade felony to intentionally destroy or damage any “energy facility.” Current state law only makes it a misdemeanor to vandalize equipment that interrupts the transmission of electricity. A perpetrator also would face a $250,000 fine and potential lawsuits. Someone also fired at an electric cooperative's substation in Randolph County two weeks ago, causing damages but no outages. No arrests have been in either attack.
A bill advancing in North Carolina’s Senate would prohibit instruction about sexuality and gender identity in K-4 public school classes. The proposal approved Wednesday by the Senate education committee would require schools in most circumstances to alert parents prior to a change in the name or pronoun used for their child. The measure defies the recommendations of parents, educators and LGBTQ youths who testified against it. The bill now heads to the Senate health care committee. A version passed the state Senate last year but did not get a vote in the House.
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon has been charged in a warrant with a misdemeanor count of aggravated menacing, according to online court records posted Thursday.
Growing up in Coronado, California, former water polo pro Prince Asante was often the only Black face in the pool. Today, he's training young players in Ghana, a country where swimming pools are rare and the ocean is seen as dangerous. With roughly 80 players and seven teams, the Awutu Winton Water Polo Club could help bring more diversity to the Olympics' oldest team sport, which has wrestled with the issue for decades, much like aquatics in general. Egypt and South Africa are the only African countries that have played men’s water polo at the Olympics.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines said Thursday it was allowing U.S. forces to broaden their footprint in the Southeast Asian nation, the latest Biden administration move strengthening an arc of military alliances in the Indo-Pacific to better counter China, including in any future …
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia is removing the British monarchy from its bank notes.