Rocky Mount Mayor running for Congress
Rocky Mount Mayor Sandy Roberson has filed paperwork to run for the newly redrawn U.S. House Distric...
Parolee charged with having 16 guns
MIDDLESEX — A felon who isn't supposed to have any forearms has been caught with 16 guns, according ...
Barnes to Cooper: Sign SB 473
The sponsor of a state bill boosting penalties for corruption in North Carolina urges the governor t...
Rocky Mount-related state transparency bill passes House
A state Senate bill to increase government transparency and boost penalties for corruption in North Caro...
Volunteers clean Oak Dale Cemetery
November 29, 2021
Christmas cheer comes early to southern Nash
After taking a year off due to the pandemic, Christmas events are set early this year for the southe...
Arrests made in Thanksgiving Day homicide
ROCKY MOUNT — Two men have been charged in a shooting death that occurred late on Thanksgiving Day. ...
Attempted murder, crash suspect released from hospital
ROCKY MOUNT — A city man wanted on an attempted murder charge who crashed his car into a tractor-tra...
N.E.W. Salvation Army urges donations for Red Kettle Challenge
The N.E.W. Salvation Army of Nash, Edgecombe and Wilson counties is continuing an annual event that ...
Publix supermarket coming to Rolesville
ROLESVILLE — A Publix supermarket will be the center of the 78-acre Wallbrook mixed-use development ...
Speed to run for Nash County's NC Senate seat
LOUISBURG — Franklin County Commissioner Mark Speed has announced his candidacy for state Senate rep...
Gailliard to run for Congress
ROCKY MOUNT — State Rep. James Gailliard is set to announce his candidacy for U.S. Congress. Gaillai...
Spring Hope receives $3.7M for water, sewer
The state budget includes $3.7 million for Spring Hope's water and sewer infrastructure. The money i...
State budget includes sewer repair money for Bailey, Middlesex
Bailey and Middlesex residents received some good news with the state budget’s passage last week — m...
Deputies: Attempted murder suspect crashes car on I-95
ROCKY MOUNT — A city man wanted on an attempted murder charge crashed into and flipped a tractor-tra...
Spring Hope Garden Club seeks stolen cart
SPRING HOPE — In perhaps a case of no good deed going unpunished, someone walked off with the Garden...
Developer sentenced in real estate Ponzi scheme
A Sanford real estate developer who claimed to own properties in southern Nash County and surroundin...
Governor lauds new CSX rail depot
ROCKY MOUNT – Gov. Roy Cooper said Thursday the new Carolina Connector intermodal transportation fac...
Butterfield: 'Time for me to retire'
Wilson’s “man in Washington” is coming home. Rep. G.K. Butterfield will retire from Congress instead...
71-year-old Bailey man accused of selling cocaine
NASHVILLE — The Nash County Sheriff's Office continued its war on drugs this week with the arrest of...
Armed heroin trafficker sentenced to 15 years in prison
ROCKY MOUNT — A city man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and five years of supervised relea...
Rocky Mount Mayor running for Congress
Parolee charged with having 16 guns
Barnes to Cooper: Sign SB 473
New Year’s pickle drop returning to Mount Olive
Rocky Mount-related state transparency bill passes House
County-line stabbing never solved
Volunteers clean Oak Dale Cemetery
Spring Hope gets $3.7M for water, sewer
Christmas cheer comes early to southern Nash
Easley sworn in as Eastern District’s US attorney
Attempted murder, crash suspect released from hospital
Arrests made in Thanksgiving Day homicide
New toolkit helps consumers avoid scams while holiday shopping
N.E.W. Salvation Army urges donations for Red Kettle Challenge
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Joseph Morton Mallison
Hickory — Joseph Morton Mallison, 85, of Hickory, passed away Saturday, October 9, 2021 at Carolinas...
Rose Marie Coppedge Skinner
Nashville — Rose Marie died on Sunday, 17 October 2021 at the age of 70. She was born 7 October 1951...
Shannon Rochelle Leonard
Spring Hope — Shannon Rochelle LeonardJune 15, 1973 - October 9, 2021 Spring Hope....Shannon R...
Steven “Steve” O’Dell Coggin
Rocky Mount — Stephen "Steve" O'dell Coggins, age 68, passed away on Monday, September 13, 2021. Bor...
Franklin County Arrests: Nov. 23-29
Wake County Arrests: Nov. 23-29
Wake Forest, Bunn tree lightings planned Friday
Senior couple ties the knot: Families toast 83-year-old newlyweds
Charity helps veterans with dental care
'Plaid Friday' serenades Wake Forest shoppers
Runners work up an appetite in Wake Forest
Wilson, state under burning ban
Federal grant to help design, engineer greenway
Wilson Arts to receive $150,000 NEA grant
Judge won’t order restart on legislative redistricting
Cohen stepping down as NC health secretary
Authorities: Student kills 3, wounds 6 at Michigan school
Police seek woman missing from group home
Fund local journalism to help communities
A portion of the Local Journalism Sustainability Act was included in the recent Build Back Better bi...
Warming trend starts Tuesday
After a cold morning low in the 20s, a bright sun and a wind switch to the southwest Tuesday will be...
Escaping our mental estuaries
This is the time of the year when traditional holiday images start dominating our attention — turkey...
Make a list of your reasons to thank God
The Peachtree Baptist Church congregation gathered in a beautifully decorated church to worship and ...
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Ocean torso’s identity remains unknown
After DNA test, murder victim still unknown
Book of the Dead
Woman’s death ‘should not be without a name’
Parents arrested in case of baby dumped in trash can decades ago
Man’s body found barefoot on mountain trail
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Vick a Shrine Bowler for a game that won’t be played
Jackson Vick is thankful for being recognized as a Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas player — albeit one ...
Firebirds’ Nunez named to all-state soccer team
Making an all-state team of any kind is a extraordinary achievement, but for Southern Nash senior Ra...
Big season could await Firebirds while Ladybirds put it back together
While the presence of vaunted sophomore Jordan Vick on the roster bodes for a high-profile season fo...
Our Opinion: Adding NCHSAA oversight is a wise compromise
The sausage-making isn’t always pretty, but sometimes, committee review and bipartisan debate transf...
Our Opinion: It’s not too late to bring records into the sunlight
As North Carolina lawmakers continue hammering out a state budget, they can make the most of their e...
Our Opinion: Tackle tobacco with education, not regulation
A federally funded group of academics wants to snuff out tobacco use, but not by developing products...
Our Opinion: Booze blunders hasten ‘last call’ for ABC system
North Carolina’s obsolete alcohol sales bureaucracy was dealt tandem blows this month as its chairma...
Our Opinion: Why is Lucama’s mayor alienating a state lawmaker?
More than two dozen North Carolina cities and towns pay lobbyists to advocate for their interests in...
Our Opinion: Constitution Day celebrates principles that define America
It’s invoked in immigration debates, campus speaker controversies, gun law logjams, copyright clashe...
