A Rocky Mount man was arrested Thursday in connection with an indictment a federal grand jur… Read more
A Nash County man with a prior record is free on bond after the county sheriff's office char… Read more
Three men are behind bars on high bonds on felony charges in connection with brutalizing a m… Read more
Three candidates in the past two days announced their intentions to launch election campaigns. Read more
Candidate filing for the 2022 elections will begin next week. Read more
North Carolina’s No. 2 elected statewide official Thursday evening urged a large gathering a… Read more
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- Local drug dealer sentenced to federal prison
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The Tarboro High School football team is returning to the state championship game for the fi… Read more
There will not be a shot clock for high school basketball in North Carolina for the foreseea… Read more
Tarboro High School’s football team has won three state championships in the past four seaso… Read more
The Rocky Mount boys used a big scoring edge in jumps to claim first place in the Franklinto… Read more
The N.C. Wesleyan College women’s basketball team showed their muscle in defeating East Divi… Read more
Cold shooting, turnovers and no answer for Deontay Joseph proved to be the downfall of the N… Read more
The 2020 Democratic presidential primary campaign was essentially a bidding war in which each candidate pledged to spend trillions of dollars beyond what is needed to run the country, ostensibly to rebuild the nation after the coronavirus pandemic. Read more
In 1986, The New York Times announced it would begin using the honorific “Ms.” Read more
Well, the liberals have achieved another milestone, and a quite monumental one, I might add. Read more
Two tiresome realities about being president of the United States: First, everybody blames you for things over which you have little or no control, such as the worldwide price of oil and international shipping schedules. Should there be too few electronic geegaws on store shelves to pacify American teenagers this Christmas, it will be Joe Biden’s fault. Read more
Cruel as this may sound, I’m having a hard time cringing at the internet trolls now going after noisy right-wingers who propagandized against the coronavirus vaccine and then succumbed to the deadly disease. Read more
When then-Congressman Jim Martin ran for governor in 1984, he sought to combine Reagan-era thinking about free markets with the practical approach to government he’d learned two decades earlier as commission chairman of North Carolina’s most-populous county, Mecklenburg. Read more
Every hometown has its heroes and over the years, Rocky Mount has produced dozens — especial… Read more
Edgecombe Community College was recently named a semifinalist for the prestigious 2023 Aspen… Read more
The Nash County Public Schools social worker team recently organized and sponsored a distric… Read more
Nolan Bailey, 16, said he chose to enroll in the Career and College Promise program at Nash … Read more
The Turning Point Workforce Development Board has approved local implementation of a health … Read more
N.C. Wesleyan College recently welcomed Joselyn Blount to its Office of Adult Studies team. Read more
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State AP Stories
HICKORY, N.C. (AP) — If Dick Hewitt isn’t at the end seat at the bar of his cafe, his regulars notice.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country musician Stonewall Jackson, who sang on the Grand Ole Opry for more than 50 years and had No. 1 hits with “Waterloo” and others, died Saturday after a long battle with vascular dementia. He was 89.
PILOT MOUNTAIN, N.C. (AP) — A wildfire at Pilot Mountain State Park has burned 1,100 acres (445 hectares) and was about 80% contained Thursday, according to the North Carolina Forest Service.
Federal prosecutors said Thursday that a North Carolina woman deserves a prison sentence for bringing her 14-year-old child into the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot.
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LESBOS, Greece (AP) — Pope Francis returned Sunday to Lesbos, the Greek island at the heart of a massive wave of migration into Europe to comfort its asylum-seekers, after pointedly criticizing European governments for their current handling of migrants during a visit to two hard-hit countries.
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel's Justice Ministry said Sunday that two police officers were brought in for questioning following the shooting death of a Palestinian who had stabbed an Israeli man in east Jerusalem.
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — They practiced in secret and struggled to get to an international tournament in Europe. Now, members of the Afghan national boxing team are seeking refuge in the West, hoping to continue both their careers and their lives without danger or fear.
LUMAJANG, Indonesia (AP) — The death toll following the eruption of the highest volcano on Indonesia’s most densely populated island of Java has risen to 13, with seven people still missing, officials said Sunday as smoldering debris and thick mud hampered search efforts.
