A man is charged with attacking his father this weekend in Rocky Mount, with the father also… Read more
A Wilson man with a prior record is accused of recently attacking a woman in Rocky Mount, Ed… Read more
Edgecombe County Public Schools selected SouthWest Edgecombe High School Princial Lauren Lam… Read more
Local Halloween happenings have already begun in the Twin Counties and much more community-b… Read more
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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
Despite Brian Foster no longer coaching the Southern Nash football team after retiring at th… Read more
The smaller towns in the Twin Counties have local elections on Nov. 2 this year. Read more
With winter fast approaching, Europe finds itself in an energy crisis — and reliant on the tender mercies of Russian strongman Vladimir Putin. It’s a self-induced disaster years in the making. Read more
North Carolina lawmakers are reportedly considering some form of Medicaid expansion as part of a final budget deal with Gov. Roy Cooper that would also bring tax cuts and other free-market policy gains on key issues. Read more
North Carolina lawmakers are reportedly considering some form of Medicaid expansion as part of a final budget deal with Gov. Roy Cooper that would also bring tax cuts and other free-market policy gains on key issues. Read more
People have been talking about the redistricting that must be done this year. Read more
Much as Colin Powell deserves a tribute as America’s first Black secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he was under-recognized as a bridge-builder and champion of political moderation. Powell, who died Monday, was a Republican who dared to challenge his own party’s orthodoxy and tried to avert its drift toward right-wing extremism. The fact that he was later joined in his call for moderation by one of the architects of that rightward lurch — former Vice President Dick Cheney — attests to Powell’s judgment and thoughtful foresight. 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
Janice Bryant Howroyd, founder and chief executive officer of the ActOne Group, has made a g… Read more
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Dozens of North Carolina residents said Monday that Republicans should shelve proposed congressional district maps that they said would likely give the GOP the most seats for the foreseeable future while needlessly fracturing the state's largest counties.
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FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. (AP) — The National Weather Service has confirmed a strong tornado that thrashed the southwestern Missouri city of Fredericktown as strong storms that swept the state and into Illinois overnight damaged buildings and knocked out power, but left no serious injuries.
CHICAGO (AP) — John Wayne Gacy was convicted of killing 33 young men and boys in the Chicago area in the 1970s. Authorities found most of his victims' remains in a crawl space under his suburban Chicago house or buried elsewhere on the property. In 2011, they exhumed the remains of eight vic…
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HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will tighten COVID-19 restrictions despite a lack of local outbreaks to better align with China’s policies and increase chances of quarantine-free travel between the territory and mainland, leader Carrie Lam said Tuesday.
AMSTERDAM (AP) — An Amsterdam appeals court ruled Tuesday that a trove of historical treasures from Crimea that have been stored for years at a Dutch museum must be given to Ukraine, saying they are “part of the cultural heritage of the Ukrainian state.”
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo, a major player in a 1979 coup who later became president in a landmark democratic election before ending his tumultuous political career in prison, died in hospital on Tuesday in the capital of Seoul. He was 88.
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Princess Mako quietly married a commoner without traditional wedding celebrations Tuesday and said their marriage — delayed three years and opposed by some — "was a necessary choice to live while cherishing our hearts.”
