Princeville News

Twelve new candidates have filed for mayoral, town council and commissioner positions throughout the Twin Counties.

Four more municipal incumbents filed for re-election at the Edgecombe County Board of Elections Tuesday in Tarboro.

Each of the four Rocky Mount council members with open seats in the fall have filed to run for re-election. City Council members W.B. Bullock, Ward 6, and Reuben Blackwell, Ward 2, filed papers with the board of elections Tuesday, a day after council members Chris Miller, Ward 7, and Lamont Wiggins, Ward 3, filed for re-election. Only Bullock's ...

The Princeville Volunteer Fire Department recently received an $89,000 grant from the federal government.

Edgecombe County will receive more than $650,000 in grant money from the N.C. Rural Center for the county's water and sewer districts projects.

Every time a Princeville resident complains about their utility bill, Mayor Delia Perkins points across the river to Tarboro.

After no debate, town officials agreed to involuntarily annex Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse, garnering $28,500 in local property taxes.

Three people were taken to Heritage Hospital in Tarboro with injuries after two separate traffic accidents occurred on Sunday in Edgecombe County.

Tarboro Police are still looking for one of the suspected gunmen who shot a Tarboro teenager on June 4. Tarboro Lt.

Time and time again, the school Summer Feeding Program has provided an avenue for parents to save a few dollars during lunch time.

Two Princeville teenagers were shot at Riverside Private Club on N.C. 33 north of Tarboro early Sunday morning, and so far authorities have no suspects.

The Tar River Boys stencil is a reminder of what Tarboro residents will never forget, the 1999 flood.

Several residents were evacuated late last month in Princeville, due to what is thought to have been a gasoline spill at Bridgers Food Store on Main Street.

Police wrote 790 citations in Edgecombe County during their latest Click It or Ticket campaign over the Memorial Day holidays.

More than 75 area nonprofit leaders, educators, parents and health care providers filled an auditorium at Edgecombe Community College in Rocky Mount this week, making a request state lawmakers probably aren't used to hearing.

With more man power than the NC Big Sweep in October, the Great American Cleanup on Saturday gathered 1,900 pounds of trash.

A new summer program will open in Princeville on June 22 for students who made need the extra push to stay out of trouble, and focused on their academics.

Edgecombe County Sheriff James Knight reported six drug-related arrests Tuesday, which took place after a three month investigation called "Operation Preseason." Darrel Lamont Porter, 22, of East Burnett Street in Pinetops was charged with selling and delivering cocaine, possession cocaine and intending to sell and deliver it, felony possession of ...

The same schools that Mary Williams attended, were the same schools she worked in during her 34 plus years with Edgecombe County Public Schools.

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