Rocky Mount News

By MARY BAINES North Carolina Extension Service is currently offering 4-H Youth Development programs for Nash County residents.

Seven students will represent Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools as they embark on a unique summer exploration of various subjects during the 2013 Governor's School Session.

Jodi Arias addresses the jury on Tuesday during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix.

Rocky Mount police announced Tuesday that two suspects arrested in a May 15 homicide have been released and two others have been jailed.

NEER Advisory Board Chairman Mayo Boddie, second from the left, stands with 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year finalists, from left, Bruce Smith, Bill Pruden, Garry Ward and Richard Anderson.

One of several tornadoes that touched down Sunday in Oklahoma turned homes in a trailer park near Oklahoma City into splinters and rubble and sent frightened residents along a 100-mile corridor scurrying for shelter.

It appears that Senate Bill 720 likely won't receive serious consideration this legislative session after it failed to pass out of the N.C. Senate before Thursday's crossover deadline.

The Edgecombe-Nash Retired School Personnel held a meeting March 12. Pictured are, front row from left: the Rev.

Authorities say two men have been charged with murder in the killing of a man outside of a Rocky Mount convenience store.

COMMUNITY MANAGER Needed for apartment community in the Rocky Mount area. This is an exciting yet challenging PT position.

The Rocky Mount and Nash-Rocky Mount Rotary Clubs met on April 22 for a presentation by the Group Study Exchange program team from Japan.

Rocky Mount Police Officer M.C. Smith hands an internet and gaming computer to Rocky Mount Police Officer C.R. Robinson on Friday while seizing items from EZ Access Internet at 435 S. Wesleyan Blvd.

Speaker of the House Thom Tillis, right, talks to his Communications Director Jordan Shaw during a short recess in the House of Representatives on Thursday, May 16, 2013, at the N.C. General Assembly.

The second annual God Belongs In My City Prayer Walk will step off at 1 p.m. Saturday at the train station in downtown Rocky Mount.

May brings out calculators and spreadsheets in meeting rooms all over North Carolina.

Shawn Scott, center, who with his younger brother Akien is accused of the Mother's Day Parade shooting that injured 20 people, is taken from the 5th District Police Station to Orleans Parish Prison on Thursday in New Orleans.

If North Carolina ever puts toll booths on an existing interstate, the House still wants to give motorists the option to drive the route for free.

A 22-year-old man was shot and killed Wednesday night on the 800 block of Cokey Road, according to Rocky Mount police.

Battleboro community resident Connie Grant said she might take a vacation with the $100,000 top prize she won playing the Mega Bucks game.

By KEN RIPLEY Nash County commissioners got their first look at the county's next fiscal year budget last week and Monday began to review its contents in earnest.