Middlesex News

An array of items are scheduled for discussion Monday during Nash and Edgecombe counties Board of Commissioners meetings.

A 19-year-old Wilson man entered into a plea deal with prosecutors Wednesday to drastically reduce the prison time he was facing for numerous criminal charges.

The Zebulon, N.C., Police Department has issued an Amber Alert for a 1-year-old girl who may be with a man who's heading to Mexico.

NASH COUNTY The Nash County Republican Party Executive Committee has recommended Kevin Lewis to continue serving as the Republican member of the three-member Nash County Board of Elections.

Reactions to the smoking ban approved this week by the N.C. General Assembly ranged today from outrage to enthusiastic celebration.

A strong band of thunderstorms swept across North Carolina and through the Twin Counties on Tuesday, triggering a series of tornado warnings and heavy damage in Southern Nash and Wilson counties.

A strong band of thunderstorms swept across North Carolina on Tuesday, triggering a series of tornado warnings amid reports of possible twisters in several counties from Wake eastward.

It took about 15 seconds for the black cloud that appeared behind Luis Luengas and Evangelina Guzman's mobile home to pass.

Officials said today that at least one home was severely damaged and several others were hit after tornadoes cut a northeastern path through southern Nash County last night, knocking down power lines and trees, and scattering debris.

STANTONSBURG Stantonsburg United Methodist Church was chosen as the April Yard of the Month by the Stantonsburg Kiwanis Club.

FREMONT Come out to Fremont this weekend for an old-fashioned game of "base ball.". The Charles B. Aycock Historic Site this Sunday will host a Civil War-era game of base ball, the original version of the popular American pastime.

Barbara Menefee-Dunn of Middlesex stopped at a Raleigh grocery store last Thursday and got more than she expected when the "Carolina Cash 5" ticket she had bought on the way out of the store turned out to be the top prize winner.

A Carroll County Grand Jury indicted Stephen Edwin Towe for aggravated involuntary manslaughter and four other charges Monday relating to the Oct.

An unidentified male was burned beyond recognition after his vehicle slid off a highway, slammed into a tree and burst into flames early Monday morning.

A driver was burned beyond recognition early Monday morning when the driver's car slid off U.S. 264 during a snow shower and burst into flames after hitting a tree.

REP. ETHERIDGE TALKS WITH SCHOOL OFFICIALS AT MIDDLESEX ELEMENTARY. By KEN MURCHISON The recently approved federal stimulus package could help ease overcrowding in area schools.

The Jefferson Board of Alderman unanimously approved a motion to create an urban hunting season in the town to help curb the booming deer population.

BAILEY Bailey commissioners have approved hiring a Cary-based firm that is helping a local park commission file grant applications for a park to be built between Bailey and Middlesex, said Town Clerk Becky ...

KENLY The Kenly Town Council Monday night discussed but took no action regarding a bad audit the town received for the 2007-08 fiscal year, said Town Manager Scott Shelton.

Duke Endowment grants $265,000 to support project Free Will Baptist Children's Home in Middlesex has received a $265,000 grant from the Duke Endowment to begin a new Family and Therapeutic Foster Care program.