Edgecombe County News

An array of items are scheduled for discussion Monday during Nash and Edgecombe counties Board of Commissioners meetings.

Juray Tucker last saw her daughter Yolanda Lancaster five months ago at her home on Grand Avenue in Rocky Mount.

Winston Kemp is playing a waiting game. His stepdaughter, Joyce Renee Durham, has been missing for almost two years.

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.

The positive news didn't last long. The unemployment rate for the Twin Counties region shot up once again in May after dropping slightly in the month of April.

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.

The stepmother of a 13-year-old boy who died last year after being tied to a tree has pleaded guilty.

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

The decision was not an easy one for the Coleys. Lillie Coley did not want to go in a nursing home, but a stroke suffered in 2000 had left her unable to move her left side, said Deborah Coley, her daughter-in-law. She stayed with family members after her husband died in 2003, but she needed around-the-clock care.

Edgecombe County has executed a contract to purchase the two Embarq buildings on Saint James Street and four parking lots in downtown Tarboro for $787,000. The deal is scheduled to close within 30 days, County Manager Lorenzo Carmon said.

According to e-NC Authority's 100 County Report, at the end of 2006, 67 percent of the state's rural households had access to cable modem service versus 82 percent of the state's urban households.

The unemployment rate rose yet again in Wilson in May, surging to 13.6 percent of county's workforce last month.

As volunteer participation declines in Edgecombe County, local Red Cross executive Lynwood Roberson said Wednesday that volunteers make the difference in the organization's work.

An Edgecombe County resident who won $50,000 a year for the rest of his life said he has no plans to slow down his work any time soon.

Angela Jones, left, helps her daughter Victoria Coley, 17, register for the summer job program with Joblink Intake Specialist Frince Williams, far right, on Wednesday in the Thomas S. Fleming building at the Edgecombe Community College Tarboro campus.

The Golden K Kiwanis Club learned more about a topic that affects cemeteries and property in the communities they live and work in: historic preservation.

Several agencies within Edgecombe County have agreed to mutual protocols with The TEDI BEAR Center in Greenville when helping child sex-crime victims.

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 Edgecombe County Board of Commissioners adopted the $54.5 million budget for 2009-10 Monday but heard from constituents who protested the 86-cent property tax rate.

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