Macclesfield News

The story is changing a bit when it comes to a man in the east who says he was bound, robbed and stabbed after a home invasion.

The retrial of Bobby Ray Bordeaux for first-degree murder got underway today in Edgecombe County Superior Court after the first trial in September resulted in a knotted jury.

Jury selection is slated to begin Monday in the trial of the Macclesfield man accused in the 2008 shooting death of Clifton Jackson.

She is learning new skills for a career in medical coding at Edgecombe Community College.

Three local volunteer fire departments received grants from the N.C. Department of Insurance this month.

The man accused of shooting Clifton Jackson in the back of the head was so drunk the night of the murder, he doesn't remember pulling the trigger, his defense attorney told jurors Monday.

The man accused of shooting two men, killing one of them, at a Macclesfield bar last year is scheduled for trial today in Edgecombe County, according to court records.

Undrai Crawford traveled from Macclesfield on Friday to shop in the Ross store in the Golden East Crossing mall.

Job losses and spending cuts are the highlights of North Carolina's pending budget, according to one state legislator.

Only two men filed for elections Friday and Monday for their respective Edgecombe municipal boards, a challenger in Conetoe and an incumbent in Macclesfield.

Only two more candidates filed Wednesday at the Edgecombe County Board of Elections for November's municipal elections, one incumbent and one challenger.

A handful of area residents signed up to run for municipal offices throughout Nash and Edgecombe counties Monday during the first day to file for fall elections.

Of the more than 30 municipal candidates up for reelection this year, six incumbents, and one challenger, officially declared their candidacies Monday.

Breanna Glosson does her best to hold back tears when she looks at photos of Tyler McMillan on her Toshiba laptop computer.

I do not care for President Obama's choice for the Supreme Court. Judge Sotomayer is probably the most overturned nominee ever to seek the high bench.

A Macclesfield father accused of tying his son to a tree for several hours last summer is expected in court Monday for a pre-trial hearing.

The Edgecombe County Board of Commissioners will likely set the 2009-10 county budget, and the new 86-cent property tax rate, at Monday's meeting in Tarboro.

Gwen Pitt of Macclesfield has been appointed by Gov. Beverly Perdue to serve on the Tobacco Trust Fund Commission.

Though the nation witnessed an historic election in 2008, there will be plenty of action in Edgecombe County come election time in November.