Winton News

A coalition of regional African American organizations critical of black leadership in politics and churches announced plans Wednesday to change the culture of poverty and crime in the black community in northeastern North Carolina.

" New details have come to light, including the involvement of the Hertford County Chapter of the NAACP, into last week's criminal action against Hertford County Magistrate Leonard Mobley.

Volunteer firefighters in Winton, N.C. were honored Tuesday for bravery. The firefighters risked their lives going into a burning building to save two little boys trapped in the flames.

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for northeastern North Carolina that will expire at midnight and is warning of strong thunderstorms moving across southeastern Virginia.

COVINGTON - National leaders of a predominately African-American lodge organized here in the late 19th century will return to the group's birthplace on April 25 to honor their Covington founder.

The two boys who were injured in a house fire in Winton, N.C., on Saturday are still in serious to critical condition, according to the county's emergency management coordinator.

Two boys were critically injured in a house fire Saturday morning in Winton, N.C., an official said.

" Two young children are in a Norfolk, Va. hospital, critically injured during a three-alarm residential apartment fire here early Saturday morning.

" Two new construction projects for Hertford County Public Schools will move from the drawing board to reality.

" There are famous triangles known throughout the world. The one that bears the name Bermuda first comes to mind.

" It's a story that Marvin T. Jones is eager to share and what better time to do so than to help kick-off Hertford County's 250th birthday.

Eighty-one-year-old Lula Mae Perry and her daughter, 61-year-old Marion Chamblee, spend another winter afternoon at the Winton home of their friend, 64-year-old Hilma Flood.

A strong cold front, packing wind gusts in tropical storm force range, that blew through early Wednesday evening caused widespread damage across the Roanoke-Chowan area.

A bitter dispute has divided the state's smallest Indian tribe, creating an identity crisis that will have to be settled in court.

It was a year that witnessed the marriage of George Washington to Martha Custis, the incorporation of the first life insurance company on what would later become American soil and the birth of legendary poet ...

"Three, two, one and release," shouted Johnnie Farmer, Vice Chairman of the Hertford County Board of Commissioners.

The Winston-Salem Urban League Young Professionals invite members of the community to attend the 2008 Kwanzaa Celebration on Friday, December 26, 2008 at 6:00PM. Kwanzaa, which means "first fruits of the ...

WINTON a ' With steel giant Nucor situated near its backyard, the town of Winton sees its fair share of truck traffic each and every day.

In a unanimous vote here Monday night, the Hertford County Board of Commissioners approved a lease agreement between the county and the community based, non-profit Hobson R. Reynolds Elks National Shrine Inc.

WINTON a ' The man accused of killing two elderly Virginia women more than two years ago will perhaps face death himself if found guilty of the crime.