An inmate escaped Wednesday from the Nash County Detention Center but was soon captured by l… Read more
Local governments will be required to comply with President Joe Biden’s vaccination or weekl… Read more
Gov. Roy Cooper announced this week that Hubbell Power Systems is adding to its plant operat… Read more
A recent City Council work session included nearly an hour of discussion about calling for t… Read more
The Rocky Mount City Council held a special called meeting of the Committee of the Whole on … Read more
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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
Despite Brian Foster no longer coaching the Southern Nash football team after retiring at th… Read more
Week 9 of the prep football season has arrived. Read more
The Tarboro River Bandits, winners of league championships in each of their first two years,… Read more
My God, why don’t Manchin and Sinema just switch parties already? Read more
America has a lot of free stuff. Get to the United States and you will be able to have nearly everything taken care of by the U.S. government. That seems to be the prevailing wisdom held by many migrants who make the journey from Central America through Mexico to our southern border, and eventually, with our lax immigration policies, into America. Read more
One could say that there was a “pre” and “post” Gen. Colin Powell for the American right. It’s this ideological evolution of many on the right that should ultimately be remembered as the four-star general’s enduring legacy, sparked in that historical moment in 2003 for which Powell repeatedly spent the last several years expressing regret, right up until his death this week at age 84. Read more
St. Louis leaders aren’t the only ones reassessing the wisdom of downsizing the city police department to mollify a loud but not necessarily representative group of far-left activists. Rising violent crime is plaguing cities across the country, and a growing number of Democratic mayors have realized that defunding the police is the opposite of what’s needed to retake control of the streets. Read more
When the North Carolina Supreme Court renders judgement, it should generally be the last word on the matter. That decision rendered by the state’s seven justices — regardless of how it might come down — should be above reproach or question of impartiality. Read more
“Help Wanted” signs are ubiquitous in the Southern port city of Mobile, Alabama, covering doors and windows of retail shops, restaurants, bars and even quickie shipping outposts. My favorite sandwich shop cut its hours, the manager says, because he can’t find enough help to man longer shifts. Read more
Greg McLeod, president of Edgecombe Community College, is among the North Carolina community… Read more
Sisters With A Vision is a ministry group of 24 area women from four different churches that… Read more
October is National Retirement Security Month. Read more
Valeria “Eddye” Myers doesn’t answer phone calls if she isn’t certain who is on the other en… Read more
Keep America Beautiful of Nash and Edgecombe Counties, the City of Rocky Mount environmental… Read more
N.C. Wesleyan College recently welcomed Jordan Stone as multimedia coordinator. Read more
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican legislative leaders sent another negotiating offer to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday as top government officials still attempt to enact a long-overdue two year budget.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that North Carolina’s flagship public university can continue to consider race as a factor in its undergraduate admissions, rebuffing a conservative group's argument that affirmative action disadvantages white and Asian students.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Two longtime Democratic congressmen with a combined six decades of experience announced Monday that they plan to retire at the end of their terms, another worrying sign for the party's uphill climb to keep control of the House in next year's midterm elections.
Some college towns plan to challenge the results of the 2020 census, claiming they were shortchanged because the pandemic forced students to leave campuses and complaining that the undercount could cost them federal money and prestige.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The NFL and lawyers for thousands of retired NFL players have reached an agreement to end race-based adjustments in dementia testing in the $1 billion settlement of concussion claims, according to a proposed deal filed Wednesday in federal court.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu of Canada was named early Thursday as the winner of the 40,000-euro ($45,000) first prize in the 18th Frederic Chopin international piano competition, a prestigious event that launches pianists’ world careers.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles neighborhood just outside the nation's busiest port complex has become a perpetual traffic jam, with trucks hauling cargo containers backed up day and night as workers try to break through an unprecedented backlog of ships waiting to unload.
Health problems tied to climate change are all getting worse, according to two reports published Wednesday.
