Allegra Rocky Mount recently ranked on the Top 100 Quick and Small Commercial Printers list … Read more
the Harrison Family YMCA will begin offering its Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring program on Oct. 5. Read more
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Two frequent speakers during City Council regular meetings recently made clear the City of R… Read more
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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
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After three COVID tests and hours of mask-wearing, I’m home from my trip to Eastern Europe. Read more
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N.C. Wesleyan College’s e-sports club, the Bishop Gaming Association, recently developed a p… Read more
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CONOVER, N.C. (AP) — Jason Lail was healthy before he got COVID-19. He loved to hunt and fish. He played with his children. He had no medical conditions.
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.
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine boxing icon and senator Manny Pacquiao says he will run for president in the 2022 elections.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Female employees in the Kabul city government have been told to stay home, with work only allowed for those who cannot be replaced by men, the interim mayor of Afghanistan's capital said Sunday, detailing the latest restrictions on women by the new Taliban rulers.
KABUL, Afghanistan — The interim mayor of Afghanistan’s capital says many female city employees have been ordered to stay home by the country’s new Taliban rulers.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — France would have known Australia had “deep and grave concerns” that a submarine fleet the French were building would not meet Australian needs, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Sunday after the contract's cancellation set off a diplomatic crisis.
