TARBORO — Years of frustration over the lack of customer service — real or perceived — from … Read more
A developer earlier this week called for the City of Rocky Mount’s top day-to-day executive … Read more
A local insurance agent who long served on the state Transportation Board is now on the stat… Read more
The Nash County Sheriff’s Office went all out Wednesday to capture a wanted fugitive who had… Read more
The Edgecombe County Board of Commissioners approved a 10-year, comprehensive parks and recr… Read more
The delta variant of COVID is sweeping through the Twin Counties at a record pace and local … Read more
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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
The Nash Central volleyball team found itself in a new situation on Tuesday and Bulldogs coa… Read more
BAILEY — The football squirted out of the hands of Southern Nash running back Tralon Mitchel… Read more
As further evidence of the abject idiocy that the loony left has unleashed on our country, c… Read more
This is what “school choice” looks like. Read more
Zac Campbell paused suddenly and took a minute to gather himself, while colleagues shuffled toward him to touch his back in support. Read more
Let's be clear. No one has to get the vaccine. As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states: "The federal government does not mandate (require) vaccination for people." Read more
I’m old enough to remember when the Republican Party stood for limited government — when Ronald Reagan thundered “Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem.” Read more
It has been 18 months since the first COVID-19 lockdowns in March 2020. Have we flattened the damn curve yet? Recall that it was supposed to be just a few weeks of sacrifice before our lives could go back to normal. 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
The Nash Community College Foundation recently announced the establishment of the Mansfield-… Read more
Were you in the local area when N.C. Wesleyan College was established? If so, you may have w… Read more
An Edgecombe Community College instructor and staff member recently received special awards … Read more
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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.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Rep. Verla Insko, the longest-serving House Democrat currently in the chamber, announced on Wednesday she won't seek reelection next year.
Amazon wants to hire 125,000 delivery and warehouse workers and said Tuesday that it is paying new hires an average of $18 an hour in a tight job market as more people shop online.
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BERLIN (AP) — A 16-year-old boy was detained Thursday in connection with a possible plan for an Islamic extremist attack on a synagogue in the German city of Hagen, authorities said.
HAVANA — Cuba on Thursday began a COVID-19 vaccination campaign for children between the ages of 2 and 10, saying it was necessary to curb the spread of the delta variant.
Stocks recovered from a midday slump and were edging higher in late afternoon trading on Wall Street Thursday, keeping major indexes in the green for the week.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lawyer Alex Murdaugh surrendered Thursday to face insurance fraud and other charges after state police said he arranged to have himself shot in the head so that his son would get a $10 million life insurance payout. The shooter only grazed him.
