The N.C. Museum of History will hold its 22nd Annual African American Cultural Celebration t… Read moreEdgecombe farmers included in African American celebration
A woman was found unresponsive in a vehicle in the Little Raleigh area early Friday morning,… Read morePolice investigate suspicious death in Little Raleigh
A Spring Hope methamphetamine dealer caught up in a sheriff’s office dragnet in 2020 has bee… Read moreDrug trafficker gets nearly eight-year federal prison sentence
LEGGETT — A new program at North Edgecombe High School is teaching students the value of tri… Read moreNorth Edgecombe students have fun with engineering
A Nash County man was arrested on a charge of felony child abuse after an investigation foun… Read moreFather arrested after infant son swallowed drugs
N.C. Wesleyan University’s president told the Nash County Board of Commissioners this week t… Read moreWesleyan chief tells Nash board numbers are up
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The North Carolina Wesleyan University men’s basketball team won its fourth straight game by… Read moreWesleyan men win fourth straight; women fall to Greensboro
The Northern Nash varsity boys basketball team has moved up to No. 2 in RPI (Ratings Percent… Read moreUnbeaten Knights up to No. 2 in latest RPI rankings
All of the local high school girls basketball teams except one were victorious in games play… Read moreGirls Basketball Roundup: Six of seven local teams victorious
The North Edgecombe High School varsity boys basketball team hit the 100-point plateau in it… Read moreBoys Basketball Roundup: North Edgecombe hits century mark in TRC rout
The varsity basketball teams from Rocky Mount High School earned a sweep over Bunn in confer… Read morePrep Basketball Roundup: Gryphons sweep; Eagle boys win
FRANKLINTON — Nash Central and Northern Nash tied for third place in the team standings duri… Read moreBig East Wrestling: Bulldogs, Knights tie for third in league championship meet
As the old adage puts it: Be careful what you wish for. Read moreSteven Roberts: DeSantis: 'He's Trump without the craziness'
Ideas that start on the progressive fringes have a way of becoming government policy these days, as President Biden’s $400 billion student loan cancellation shows. Lo, Democrats in Congress are now pressing the president to impose rent control nationwide. Read moreEditorial: Rent control will only make housing crisis worse
Our senior senator, Thom Tillis, has a target on his back. Angry, disillusioned partisans are calling him a traitor, a betrayer. Curiously enough, those name callers aren’t Democrats, as might be expected, but Republicans — members of his own party! Read moreTom Campbell: Tillis on the right track: bipartisanship
As tensions about raising the nation’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling build, the headline that should be flashing in front of every American is that our country is not working. Read moreStar Parker: National debt shows nation that's lost Its way
There are many factors that go into building and sustaining a strong and healthy democracy: free, clean and transparently funded elections; inclusive suffrage; freedom of speech and association; an independent news media; predictable and reliable law enforcement; and an absence of widespread corruption. Read moreRob Schofield: N.C. Supreme Court: Watchdog or GOP lapdog?
Gun violence is so regular an occurrence in the United States that no incident, however tragic, comes as a surprise. But events in recent days deserve special attention all the same, as they underscore a core truth about responding to gun violence: changing just one or two rules would not be enough. Read moreEditorial: Gun violence requires complex solutions
Nash UNC Health Care has appointed three new members to its Board of Commissioners to fill s… Read moreNash UNC adds new board members
N.C. Wesleyan University has submitted the substantive change application for its new Master… Read moreN.C. Wesleyan launches new master’s degree program
We’ve witnessed an onslaught of cybersecurity threats and ransomware recently. Read moreJeremy Taylor:Tips to help protect your workforce from cyberattacks
Each year, our United Way facilitates the Governor’s Volunteer Service Awards for outstandin… Read moreGinny Mohrbutter: Time to honor our local volunteers
Flag Raising: The Joint Veterans Committee of Nash and Edgecombe Counties will hold a flag r… Read moreCommunity Calendar
The Edgecombe Community College Division of College and Career Readiness is providing specia… Read moreECC division works with regional group
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The families of five passengers killed in a plane crash off the North Carolina coast have settled wrongful death lawsuits for $15 million. Their attorneys told the court the companies that owned the plane and employed the pilot paid the money. The suits claimed the pilot failed to properly fly the single-engine plane in weather conditions with limited visibility. All eight people aboard died off the Outer Banks. The passengers included four teenagers and two adults, returning from a hunting trip. The founder of the company that owned the plane was killed, and his family wasn't involved in the lawsuits.
A man who caused evacuations and an hourslong standoff with police on Capitol Hill when he claimed he had a bomb in his pickup truck outside the Library of Congress has pleaded guilty to a charge of threatening to use an explosive. Floyd Ray Roseberry, of Grover, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to the felony charge in Washington federal court. He faces up to 10 years behind bars and is scheduled to be sentenced in June. An email seeking comment was sent to his attorney on Friday. Roseberry drove a black pickup truck onto the sidewalk outside the Library of Congress in August 2021 and began shouting to people in the street that he had a bomb.
North Carolina Democrats have introduced legislation to codify abortion protections into state law as Republicans are discussing early prospects for further restrictions. Their legislation, filed Wednesday in both chambers, would prohibit the state from imposing barriers that might restrict a patient’s ability to choose whether to terminate a pregnancy before fetal viability, which typically falls between 24 and 28 weeks of pregnancy. Current state law bans nearly all abortions after 20 weeks, with narrow exceptions for urgent medical emergencies that do not include rape or incest. House Speaker Tim Moore told reporters he didn’t expect the Democrats’ bill to get considered.
Supporters of abortion rights have filed separate lawsuits challenging abortion pill restrictions in North Carolina and West Virginia. The lawsuits were filed Wednesday. They are the opening salvo in what’s expected to a be a protracted legal battle over access to the medications. The lawsuits argue that state limits on the drugs run afoul of the federal authority of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The agency has approved the abortion pill as a safe and effective method for ending pregnancy. More than half of U.S. abortions are now done with pills rather than surgery.
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Authorities in Memphis have released video showing Black motorist Tyre Nichols being beaten by police officers who held him down and repeatedly struck him with fists, batons and boots. The footage released Friday also shows the Black officers pummeling the 29-year-old and leaving him propped against a squad car as they fist-bumped and celebrated their actions. Five officers have been charged with murder in the assault that the Nichols family’s legal team likened to the infamous 1991 police beating of Los Angeles motorist Rodney King. The chilling images of another Black man dying at the hands of police provoked tough questions about the nation’s policing culture.
After being held in detention in Texas for months during his legal fight to remain in the U.S., Afghan soldier Abdul Wasi Safi is now a free man as he works to secure asylum in America. Wasi Safi fled Afghanistan following the withdrawal of U.S. forces in August 2021, fearing reprisals from the Taliban. He was arrested in September near Eagle Pass, Texas, after crossing the Mexico border. He was freed earlier this week. On Friday, he told reporters in Houston that he looks forward to one day being able to live the American dream.
IMSA is bringing North American sports car racing into the hybrid era starting with Saturday's Rolex 24 at Daytona. The twice-round-the-clock endurance race will be the first to use new hybrid engines in the top class. It makes IMSA the first North American racing series to use hybrid technology. The change lured new manufacturers to the class as automakers craved the pairing of a motorsports program that is in step with its road car program. Most automakers are shifting toward electric technology. But with the change comes concerns on durability for new cars with new engines in the longest and most prestigious race of the year.
Memphis Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins watched a televised interview on Friday of Tyre Nichols’ mother speaking about the loss of her son, and lost control of his emotions.