Whitakers News

Edgecombe County Sheriff James Knight said the human remains found on Seven Bridges Road near Rocky Mount on June 29 have been identified.

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.

Their sacrifice will not be forgotten. Work will begin soon on a mural to honor the men and women of Edgecombe County who served in the military during every conflict from the Revolutionary War to now.

As Edgecombe County authorities continue their investigation into the unsolved murders of five women over the past four years, the mother of one of the victims is coming forward.

Authorities in Edgecombe County are trying to connect the dots after the discovery Monday of skeletal remains in a wooded area off Seven Bridges Road.

More than 30 years ago, the Whitakers built a farm around those big green and gold leaves that have dotted the North Carolina landscape for decades.

Leggett Chapel Church will have vacation bible school June 22-26 at 7 p.m. nightly.

Months ago, the town of Whitakers sought high school students from the area to create a banner that would represent the town's growth through the NC STEP program.

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

As construction wraps up on the final phase of Edgecombe County's Water District 5 this summer, so too will the last section of the countywide water system begin.

Robert Masters has been on the proverbial hot seat lately. The town administrator of Sharpsburg is fielding numerous calls from residents upset about proposed increases in fees, including those the city is having to raise for water and sewer.

The boat was in Robert Woody's head for years before he built it. He had no boat building experience.

The Nash County Business Development Authority sponsored a ceremony May 12 to dedicate a monument at the Whitakers Business and Industry Center to honor the late Jimmie D. Smith Jr.

They came to the 38th annual Happening on the Common early and stayed until the threatening rain finally began to fall about 3:30 p.m. The bleachers in front of the entertainment stage were nearly full all day.

Deed Transfers recently recorded at the Edgecombe County Register of deeds Office.

The crop Beth Taylor grows on her farm in Whitakers only makes up two out of 3,000 acres.

Edgecombe County Emergency Services leaders informed the Tarboro Kiwanis Club Tuesday night of the progress the county's paramedic and emergency services have made in the past year.

Testimony continued Tuesday in the second-degree murder trial of Derrick McCoy of Rocky Mount, who allegedly caused the death of a Whitakers teen last year in an automobile accident on U.S. 64 Alternate.

Derrick McCoy was convicted of second-degree murder Wednesday in Edgecombe County Superior Court for the May 2008 motor vehicle death of a Whitakers teenager.

A Rocky Mount man's trial for murder in connection with the death of a 19-year-old Whitakers woman in a traffic accident on U.S. 64 Alternate in May began Monday in Edgecombe County Superior Court.