Monday, January 25, 2021
The Rocky Mount Area Chamber of Commerce’s 2020 Distinguished Citizen Award winner is Valeri… Read more
Authorities are searching for a missing local woman who is believed to be suffering from dem… Read more
The Nash County Sheriff’s Office recently received a Compliance Memorandum from the North Ca… Read more
Sunday, January 24, 2021
The Nash County Board of Education voted at a special called meeting last week to approve a … Read more
A local man is behind bars after police arrested him in connection with a recent report of s… Read more
When they were children, Samuel Battle and Tarrick Pittman played hide-and-go-seek at Unity … Read more
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- Convenience store worker charged with embezzlement
- Traffic stop snares suspect wanted for attempted murder
- Nash pushes business recruitment efforts
- Mayor calls for state investigation of Suddenlink
- Woman dies after being injured in traffic wreck
- New COVID vaccination clinic opens in area
- Two suspects charged in separate robberies, thefts
- Man charged with firing shots into occupied house
- Nash schools to proceed with reopening
- Suspect charged in fatal hit-and-run
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Sunday, January 24, 2021
Jada Battle needed 76 more. Read more
Friday, January 22, 2021
The N.C. Wesleyan football team played its first game on campus in October of 2019. Read more
Thursday, January 21, 2021
The NHL has postponed games for the Carolina Hurricanes through “at least” Saturday after fi… Read more
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
The Rocky Mount High girls’ basketball team didn’t waste any time in showing that it is stil… Read more
Monday, January 18, 2021
The Rocky Mount High boys’ basketball team used a lopsided third quarter to erase a halftime… Read more
Saturday, January 16, 2021
Former N.C. Wesleyan men’s basketball player A.J. Frye found himself dominating the USA Sout… Read more
Sunday, January 24, 2021
One of the worst feelings in the world is seeing someone in need and not being able to help them. Read more
As Joe Biden takes office as the nation’s 46th president, one number should be deeply disturbing to anyone who cares about the health of democracy. That number is 32: the percentage of Americans who told an ABC/Washington Post poll that Biden “did not legitimately win” the November election. The doubters include 7 of 10 Republicans and 6 of 10 self-identified conservatives. Read more
President Donald Trump is finally gone — finished and washed up in politics in a single term. Read more
President Trump is now former President Trump. With Joe Biden now President Biden, Democrats control the White House, the House and the Senate. An ambitious agenda lies ahead for the new Democratic administration. And yet there are signs that some Democrats’ obsession with Donald Trump — the condition known as Trump Derangement Syndrome, or TDS — will remain as strong, or perhaps become stronger, now that Trump has left the White House. Read more
Four years ago, Americans heard from a new president about what he was against; what the nation needed to fear and reject. Read more
Saturday, January 23, 2021
A few weeks ago, Donald Trump almost got his coup with the riots he ignited on Jan. 6 of this year. Read more
Clinical experiences are an important component of education and training in nursing program… Read more
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us have been forced to work from home. Read more
The Historic Preservation Trades program at Edgecombe Community College will offer a broad s… Read more
The Golden LEAF Scholarship application for the 2021-22 academic year is now available at CFNC.org. Read more
As Nash Community College’s minority male success initiative director and a success coach, J… Read more
Nash Community College is among 95 finalists announced by the U.S. Department of Education f… Read more
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina officials are shifting the state's COVID-19 vaccination distribution strategy toward mass clinics in an effort to turn the corner on a slow rollout. But it's leading to frustration for some hospital systems that have had their anticipated vaccine allocatio…
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Hikers are being told by the agency that oversees the Appalachian Trail to postpone plans to cover the nearly 2,200-mile (3,540 kilometer) distance this year due to COVID-19.
FOREST, Miss. (AP) — A 2-year-old North Carolina girl has been found dead after she and her 7-year-old brother were abandoned in a pickup truck in a wooded area of central Mississippi, a sheriff said.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Duke Energy, North Carolina officials and a conservation group announced Monday an agreement on how the utility pays to get rid of coal ash stored in the state. The proposed settlement would shift an estimated $1.1 billion in expenses away from customers over the next de…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street ended a choppy day with mixed results Monday as the market struggled to find direction. Apple and other Big Tech stocks lurched higher, then lower, then back up again. Several of them report their latest quarterly results this week. The S&P 500 climbed 0.4%, e…
Coronavirus deaths and cases per day in the U.S. dropped markedly over the past couple of weeks but are still running at alarmingly high levels, and the effort to snuff out COVID-19 is becoming an ever more urgent race between the vaccine and the mutating virus.
Here’s what’s happening Monday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.:
NEW YORK (AP) — In 1963, Sidney Poitier made a film in Arizona, “Lilies of the Field.” The performance led to a huge milestone: He became the first Black winner of a lead-acting Oscar.
