Longtime key city official Kenneth Hunter has been reclassified to serve in the position of … Read more
The City of Rocky Mount is going to receive a $25,000 prize from the largest philanthropic o… Read more
A Scotland Neck man was sentenced last week to federal prison in connection with an incident… Read more
More than five years after Hurricane Matthew flooded much of the Town of Princeville, town o… Read more
Nash County commissioners will hold a meeting at 2 p.m. Wednesday that includes a public hea… Read more
A local man with a prior record — and with a driving while impaired case already pending aga… Read more
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The Tarboro football team will play its final game of the regular season two days earlier th… Read more
BAILEY — Before Northern Nash running back RJ Loring plowed through the Southern Nash defens… Read more
Week 10 of the high school football season is here and several conference titles have yet to… Read more
McKinley Battle thought she had an idea of how varsity sports would go before she entered hi… Read more
Scoring points seemed to come with ease for the Rocky Mount Academy football team through th… Read more
Northern Nash’s Chloe Harrington is once again at the top of the Big East Conference. Read more
I am sick of the left telling Americans to lower our expectations just because they want to … Read more
On May 11 state Reps. Dean Arp, John Szoka, Destin Hall and John Bell filed House Bill 951: “Study Emerging Energy Generation. “ It was 14 lines long. Read more
When people talk about great Americans, pioneers with integrity, leaders who achieved great things who were strong enough to admit failure, take responsibility for failure and worked tirelessly to turn it around, Gen. Colin Powell comes to mind. Powell was a man of humility, a man of strength. He exuded confidence. Americans trusted Secretary of State Colin Powell, my friend. Read more
Former President Barack Obama slammed the notion of ideological divisions last week while stumping for New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy ahead of next month’s gubernatorial elections. Read more
The U.S. Constitution is ablaze, America’s democracy burning to the ground. But Democrats aren’t hurrying to find a fire hose or even a water bucket. Can’t they see the flames? Read more
The smaller towns in the Twin Counties have local elections on Nov. 2 this year. Read more
When Danny Butler took over in 2019 as Edgecombe Community College’s coordinator of Fire and… Read more
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Caden Robinette, a dually-enrolled senior at North East Carolina Prep School and the N.C. Sc… Read more
For the past 51 years, the Rev. Thomas L. Walker and the Ebenezer Baptist Church have been p… Read more
Edgecombe Community College is adding Speed Measuring Instrument Training to its law enforce… Read more
University and community college students can get ahead or catch up on college courses over … Read more
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A woman who was fired after asking to bring an oxygen tank to work to help her breathe will get $25,000 in a federal settlement.
CHICAGO (AP) — In an Oct. 25 story about the remains of one of serial killer John Wayne Gacy’s victims being identified, The Associated Press, relying on information from the Cook County Sheriff’s Department, erroneously reported that the family of Francis Wayne Alexander lived in North Caro…
CHICAGO (AP) — In the fall of 1976, Carolyn Sanders received an exciting postcard from her brother.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The spread of COVID-19 has dropped substantially in recent weeks, according to data released Tuesday by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
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LONDON (AP) — U.S. authorities launched a new battle on Wednesday to make Julian Assange face American justice, telling British judges that if they agree to extradite the WikiLeaks founder on espionage charges, he could serve any U.S. prison sentence he receives in his native Australia.
NEW YORK (AP) — Christian author Rachel Held Evans left behind a legion of loyal readers when she died in May 2019, at the age of 37. Last June, a children’s book she’d been working on was published posthumously and soon topped the picture-book bestseller lists.
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks mishandled allegations that an assistant coach sexually assaulted a player during the team’s Stanley Cup run in 2010, according to an investigation commissioned by the franchise that cast a shadow over the NHL.
SEATTLE (AP) — After Bryan Kang’s son was born in July, the occupational therapist and his wife, a teacher, started looking for child care in the Los Angeles area. The couple called eight day care centers: Some didn't have spots for months; others stopped taking their calls and some never an…
