Scotland Neck News

A Scotland Neck man shot and killed his 34-year-old wife before turning the gun on himself early Saturday, according to the Halifax County Sheriff's Office.

The way Ronnie Waters tells it, he pointed at a map, bought a bus ticket and left Tarboro with his guitar and $40 in his pocket.

Just as the doors opened on May 7 at Braswell Memorial Library, the whiff of popcorn greeted the first of more than 200 senior citizens who attended the library's Senior Fair Day.

Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park in Scotland Neck hatched its first lesser flamingo chick on May 3, and the long-legged pink parents are very proud.

" It's a place where one eastern North Carolina tradition meets another. - Carolina-style barbecue and beach music will join forces on Saturday, May 23 as the St.

They came from all over - Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey - and even though they were just passing through, they all took a little bit of North Carolina with them.

The new church at 214 2nd St. in Pinetops will hold services on the second and third Sundays of each month at 11 a.m. Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Star Missionary Baptist Mother's Day will be observed at 11 a.m. on May 10.

More than 325 parents, early childhood educators, and other community representatives participated in the 2009 Child Care Resource and Referral Early Care and Education Conference April 25 at Edgecombe Community College in Tarboro.

The second development phase at Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park broke ground Friday, and when done it should "double" the size of the world's largest waterfowl reserve.

Gov. Beverly Perdue is looking for money to balance the state budget. RALEIGH Some 192 water and sewer projects, many of them already under construction, have been halted across the state in the wake of Gov.

Hey, read the rules! Lawmen have issued a Silver Alert for an elderly woman who's disappeared wearing her nightgown.

Concern about the spiraling cost of electricity overshadowed almost three hours worth of reports, presentations and financial updates by ElectriCities staff Wednesday.

Two new swans are calling Duke Gardens home. Paul D. Jones, the curator of Duke, brought the pair of Whooper swans to the Gardens on Thursday evening.

DOWN EAST ANIMAL Refuge in Scotland Neck hosts a seafood/barbecue beef plate fundraiser at 5 p.m. Jan.

Hey, read the rules! Two buildings are completely destroyed and another two damaged after a fire blazed through them early Saturday morning in Scotland Neck.

ROANOKE RAPIDS The Halifax-Northampton Habitat for Humanity group was getting a little nervous as the delivery date of their new "panelized home" approached.

Photos by SCOTT WALLACE/Cherokee Scout Cherokee County sheriffa s Deputy Mitch Boudrot trains his K-9 partner, Max, in both verbal and visual commands during a training exercise at the Cherokee County ...

The County Board of Commissioners met for the first time in 2009 Monday morning and approved several items for the phase IX-A water system upgrade.

Hear an interview with the owner of Sylvan Heights! SCOTLAND NECK, N.C. - Coming out of the education center at the Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park & Eco-Center, visitors immediately enter the "International Pen" ...

Coming out of the education center at the Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park & Eco-Center, visitors immediately enter the "International Pen" and find birds from around the world flapping their wings.