A 39-year-old inmate died Wednesday night after being assaulted by two other inmates in the … Read moreEdgecombe inmate dies after assault
The Nash County Board of Commissioners on Monday will be asked to award a construction bid f… Read moreNash board to award contract for new shell building
Garland Jones on Thursday morning was quick to give his thoughts about the new City of Rocky… Read moreNew downtown development office officially opens for business
A woman and a man were found fatally shot early Thursday morning in a vehicle at Barnhill Co… Read morePolice probe two fatal shootings at Barnhill Contracting location
Registration runs through Dec. 11 for Operation Coat Drive, a Christmas Community Outreach m… Read moreHoldiay coat drive seeks donations
A fugitive is in custody after the police department’s Special Operations Division assisted … Read moreAuthorities nab fugitive sought in shooting, homicide
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One matchup features a pair of 14-0 teams who will battle it out in a heavyweight clash of t… Read morePrep Football: Knights, Vikings host Eastern Regionals
Northern Nash’s wrestling team earned wins in both of its matches in a tri-meet against Nash… Read moreNorthern Nash wrestlers win twice in trip-meet
Southern Nash High School’s wrestling team earned wins in both matches in a tri-meet at home… Read moreFirebird wrestlers sweep tai-meet at home
Wilson Fike’s edge in the second and fourth quarters helped the Demons hand SouthWest Edgeco… Read moreBasketball: Cougars swept by Fike
LEGGETT — Northern Nash’s new style has already paid dividends on the basketball court. Read moreNew style benefits Northern Nash girls in win over Warriors
North East Carolina Prep’s wrestling team had no problems in sweeping a quad meet at home on… Read moreNECP wrestlers sweep home quad meet
I love being in the presence of smart, articulate and visionary folks, even on a rainy, unseasonably cool mid-November evening. A large crowd gathered at Wait Chapel on the campus of Wake Forest University for their acclaimed Face-to-Face lecture series. The featured speaker was noted author and NY Times foreign affairs columnist Tom Friedman. Read moreTom Campbell: Friedman's talking points make you think
Unlike other federal judges, the justices on the Supreme Court are subject to no code of conduct. It is time for the court, led by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., to set ethics standards for itself that are transparent, consistent and actually work. At stake is no less than its legitimacy, which has been battered by growing public doubts that it truly operates as an apolitical arbiter of the law. Read moreEditorial: Supreme Court must regain trust with ethics
Republicans are rightly wondering what to expect from the upcoming House of Representatives controlled by their party. Read moreStar Parker: McCarthy a GOP leader for complex times
It is absolutely the height of hypocrisy for Biden and his crowd of inveterate leftists to r… Read moreLetter: Border issues pose bigger threat than gun violence
It’s an age-old, chicken-and-egg discussion: Is it extant societal forces of exclusion, hatred and reaction that give rise to authoritarian politicians who in turn foment division, prejudice, and violence? Ir does it work the other way around? Read moreRob Schofield: Anti-LGBTQ+ violence and politicians linked
What do I care about more? Do I care about my iPhone, my iPad, my MacBook and the two Mac desktops — or do I care more about the feed on my Twitter app? Oh, and I forgot to mention my Apple Watch. Read moreFroma Harrop: Apple is real — Twitter, not really
Students in Nash Community College’s Physical Therapist Assistant Club are giving back to th… Read moreNCC student club contributes to community
Edgecombe Community College and East Carolina University have joined forces to provide ECC n… Read moreECC, ECU launch new nursing program
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N.C. Wesleyan University and Pfizer recently formed a partnership that will provide hands-on… Read moreN.C. Wesleyan students to intern at Pfizer
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Police in Raleigh, North Carolina, have released body camera video from a shootout with a 15-year-old boy suspected of fatally shooting five people and wounding two more. Police spent several hours searching for the armed suspect after the rampage seven weeks ago. The teen was ultimately found in a shed behind a residential property. The newly released video images show officers surrounding the structure. Multiple shots ring out from the building, and officers return fire. The video also shows Raleigh Police Officer Casey Clark being shot in the right knee and then dragged to safety behind another building.
Since the recovery of sunken treasure began decades ago from an 1857 shipwreck off the coast of South Carolina, tens of millions of dollars worth of gold has been sold. But scientists, historians and collectors say that the real fortunes will begin to hit the auction block on Saturday in Reno. For the first time, hundreds of Gold Rush-era artifacts entombed in the S.S. Central America, known as the “Ship of Gold,” will go on public sale. A few of the items from the pre-Civil War steamship, which sank in a hurricane on its way from Panama to New York City, could fetch as much as $1 million.
North Carolina government is appealing a judge’s order that demands by certain dates many more community services for people with intellectual and development disabilities who otherwise live at institutions. Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley announced the formal challenge on Wednesday. He says his agency has grave concerns about some directives issued four weeks ago by Judge Allen Baddour. One in particular says new admissions to new admissions for people with such disabilities in state-run development centers, privately intermediate care facilities and certain adult care homes must end by January 2028. Kinsley says the decision could shutter small facilities and leave clients without accommodations.
Incoming and returning Republicans to the North Carolina Senate have chosen a key lawmaker on tax, voting and energy issues to become majority leader for the next two years. The Senate Republican Caucus on Monday elected Sen. Paul Newton of Cabarrus County to the post. Newton succeeds Sen. Kathy Harrington, who didn't seek reelection this fall to her Gaston County seat. The caucus also agreed to nominate Phil Berger to a seventh term as president pro tempore when the session convenes in January. He has held the job since 2011. Senate Democrats meeting separately Monday reelected Sen. Dan Blue of Wake County as minority leader.
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Australia’s players speak in glowing, almost reverential terms about Lionel Messi.
Ukraine has banned the activities of religious organizations “affiliated with centers of influence” in Russia and says it will examine the links between the Ukrainian and Russian Orthodox churches. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree authorizing sanctions against representatives of religious organizations associated with Russia. Zelenskyy’s decree additionally provided for examining the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, which as a result of a schism has been one of two Orthodox bodies in Ukraine since 2019. Ukrainian officials suspect the church is promoting pro-Russia views and that some priests may be actively collaborating with Moscow. The Kremlin has accused Ukrainian authorities of “waging a war on the Russian Orthodox Church.”
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s president might lose his job, and his reputation as a corruption fighter, as he faces possible impeachment over claims that he tried to cover up the theft of millions of dollars stashed inside a couch on his farm.
HOUSTON (AP) — Infowars host Alex Jones filed for personal bankruptcy protection in Texas on Friday as he faces nearly $1.5 billion in court judgments over conspiracy theories he spread about the Sandy Hook school massacre.
