A local man was recently ordered to serve a 20- to 25-year prison sentence after an agreemen… Read more
Rocky Mount police arrested four suspects in connection with a shooting last week in which t… Read more
Rocky Mount police are seeking the public’s help in investigating a shooting that took place… Read more
A Chipotle Mexican Grill is going to be opening in the future at the edge of the Sutters Cre… Read more
Edgecombe County Sheriff Clee Atkinson last week was preparing to leave a parking lot on Fai… Read more
Ricky Rapoza of Rocky Mount, a drummer and singer of Top 40, beach music and gospel songs, r… Read more
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Northern Nash’s Chloe Harrington is once again at the top of the Big East Conference. Read more
Despite Brian Foster no longer coaching the Southern Nash football team after retiring at th… Read more
Week 9 of the prep football season has arrived. Read more
The Tarboro River Bandits, winners of league championships in each of their first two years,… Read more
The Southern Nash boys’ soccer team is putting together an impressive season. Read more
The Rocky Mount High, Northern Nash and Southern Nash football teams are each 3-0 in Big Eas… Read more
When the North Carolina Supreme Court renders judgement, it should generally be the last word on the matter. That decision rendered by the state’s seven justices — regardless of how it might come down — should be above reproach or question of impartiality. Read more
“Help Wanted” signs are ubiquitous in the Southern port city of Mobile, Alabama, covering doors and windows of retail shops, restaurants, bars and even quickie shipping outposts. My favorite sandwich shop cut its hours, the manager says, because he can’t find enough help to man longer shifts. Read more
A few weeks ago, the Associated Press and a nonprofit journalism outfit called The Markup released a dataset and news stories purporting to prove the existence of pervasive discrimination against racial minorities by mortgage lenders. The McClatchy newspapers in North Carolina (The Charlotte Observer, The News & Observer in Raleigh, and the Herald-Sun in Durham) splashed the Markup/AP findings across their front pages and contributed additional reporting about the North Carolina-specific data. Read more
Chief spin fabricator Jen Psaki calls Joe Biden’s many lies “misspeaking” in her dismissive … Read more
It has become common in some circles to call the Jan. 6 Capitol riot an “armed insurrection.” That leads to a few questions: How many rioters were armed? And what weapons did they have? What were the arms in the “armed insurrection”? Read more
Elected officials lead us simply because of their positions — we have chosen them to do so. They lead by policy-making, they lead with the tone they set and the issues they choose to pursue. Read more
Sisters With A Vision is a ministry group of 24 area women from four different churches that… Read more
October is National Retirement Security Month. Read more
Valeria “Eddye” Myers doesn’t answer phone calls if she isn’t certain who is on the other en… Read more
Keep America Beautiful of Nash and Edgecombe Counties, the City of Rocky Mount environmental… Read more
N.C. Wesleyan College recently welcomed Jordan Stone as multimedia coordinator. Read more
Edgecombe County Public Schools was accepted into the League of Innovative Schools, a nation… Read more
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican legislative leaders sent another negotiating offer to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday as top government officials still attempt to enact a long-overdue two year budget.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that North Carolina’s flagship public university can continue to consider race as a factor in its undergraduate admissions, rebuffing a conservative group's argument that affirmative action disadvantages white and Asian students.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Two longtime Democratic congressmen with a combined six decades of experience announced Monday that they plan to retire at the end of their terms, another worrying sign for the party's uphill climb to keep control of the House in next year's midterm elections.
Some college towns plan to challenge the results of the 2020 census, claiming they were shortchanged because the pandemic forced students to leave campuses and complaining that the undercount could cost them federal money and prestige.
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Dawn Staley and South Carolina are back in a familiar spot: No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A gang that kidnapped 17 members of a U,S.-based missionary group is demanding $1 million ransom per person, although authorities are not clear whether that includes the five children being held, a top Haitian official told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge denied bond Tuesday for Alex Murdaugh, saying the attorney's considerable financial resources and mental instability appear for now to make it too risky to allow him to await trial outside of jail on charges he stole $3.4 million in insurance money meant for the…
Stocks rose broadly in afternoon trading on Wall Street Tuesday as corporate earnings reporting gets into full swing.
