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The Nashville Town Council unanimously voted at its Tuesday night meeting not to renew its c… Read more
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Part of a recent City Council work session included hearing that having a southeastern conne… Read more
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Rocky Mount Little League is the host of the North Carolina District 4 Little League Basebal… Read more
The name Bill Brodrick probably wasn’t terribly familiar to many NASCAR fans from 1969 throu… Read more
Lennie Rosenbluth passed away last week. If you don’t know who that is, you’re not alone, bu… Read more
The No. 8-ranked North Carolina Wesleyan University men’s tennis program received three of t… Read more
Everywhere I go these days, someone will stop me and ask about my sports team allegiances. Read more
The Tarboro River Bandits (10-2, 4-1) split a doubleheader with long-time rival Wake Forest … Read more
J. Michael Luttig is an orthodox conservative and loyal Republican, appointed to the federal bench by President Bush 41 and often mentioned as a possible Supreme Court nominee. So when he appeared before the Congressional committee investigating the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021, his words of warning carried extra weight. Read more
Who presents the greatest threat to the U.S. today? Read more
The debate over gun restrictions bothers me for two seemingly contradictory reasons. Read more
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday made a decision of rare importance, concerning not a pandemic illness but the country’s leading cause of preventable death: smoking. It is crucial the White House stick up for what would be the FDA’s most assertive antismoking policy ever — one that will inevitably meet severe resistance. Read more
As far as I’m concerned, Joe Biden is a national hero: the savior of our democracy, and as decent a man as has ever occupied the Oval Office. They ought to put up his statue on courthouse squares across America. Read more
Remember when rapid automation was going to render large swaths of the workforce unemployed? Politicians and other professional worrywarts warned that robots would displace production workers, that self-driving vehicles and drones would displace truckers and delivery personnel, and the algorithms and kiosks would displace service and managerial employees. Read more
Summer is in full swing at Braswell Memorial Library. Read more
N.C. Wesleyan University recently welcomed its new Provost, Joseph “Joe” Lane. Read more
This year’s recipient of the Carlton D. Stevenson Annual Charity Golf Scholarship is T’Jay Andrews. Read more
Motorists who travel westbound on West Wilson Street in front of the Tarboro campus of Edgec… Read more
For many years, Americans provided for their retirement needs through three sources: employe… Read more
Serving others is the common theme that brought more than 20 faith community partners out th… Read more
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Churches across the U.S. are tackling the big question of how to address homelessness in their communities with a small solution: tiny homes.
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — After debuting last summer, the dinosaurs at Sweet Valley Ranch are ready to wake from their slumbers.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court gave Republican legislative leaders in North Carolina a win Thursday in a fight over the state's latest photo identification voting law.
HOPEWELL, Va. (AP) — All four inmates who escaped a minimum-security prison satellite camp in Virginia over the weekend are now back in custody, the U.S. Marshals Service and Federal Bureau of Prisons announced Wednesday.
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LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization said the escalating monkeypox outbreak in more than 50 countries should be closely monitored but does not warrant being declared a global health emergency.
CHICAGO (AP) — A 5-month-old girl was shot to death while in the rear of a car in a neighborhood on Chicago's South Side.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Ukraine's largest LGBTQ rights event, KyivPride, went ahead Saturday, although not on its native streets or as a celebration.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces are seeking to swallow-up the last remaining Ukrainian stronghold in the eastern Luhansk region, the governor said Saturday, while pressing their momentum following the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the charred ruins of Sievierodonetsk.
