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Hundreds of local leaders, family members and community supporters gathered Thursday to recognize deceased and living legends of Nash and Edgecombe counties.
Suspect charged with raping homeless woman
A Rocky Mount man was accused this week of twice raping a homeless woman. The 20-year-old victim told authorities Roosevelt Lonnell Horne, 32, raped her Wednesday in his home on the 300 block of Sunset Avenue.
Priority patients weigh choice, while others wait
A pile of syringes for administering the H1N1 flu vaccine rests on a table Saturday at the Edgecombe County Health Department office in Rocky Mount.
In North Carolina, where there's smoke, there's moonshine
When Agent C.T. Parker Jr. saw smoke rising from an old tin-walled barn in Nash County, N.C., last month, he knew he was about to close a case he'd been working on for nearly four years.
Remnants of Ida spur flood watch in area
The National Weather Service has issued flood watches for Nash and Edgecombe counties effective until late this evening.
IRS seeks Wilsonians for refunds
More than 30 Wilson County residents could get some extra cash for the holidays from the Internal Revenue Service.
Nash Co. couple arrested in 15 break-ins
A Middlesex couple was arrested Tuesday and charged with several residential burglaries in at least three counties.
Hot chocolate season is here. At least it is for me. Every year when fall rolls around, I stock up on hot chocolate ingredients and minimarshmallows for the cold nights ahead.
Energy mandate spawning new industry in N.C.
RALEIGH History is being made in North Carolina with the slow birth of a new industry the production of electricity from renewable resources.
No calls for recounts in two town electons
Two tight Twin Counties municipal races were close enough Tuesday for a recount, election officials said, but the losing candidates in each race have yet to call for a review of ballots.
By Rochelle Moore Times Staff Writer
An officer with 24 years of law enforcement experience now leads the Sharpsburg Police Department.
Nash case worker charged with assault on woman
A 50-year-old Whitakers woman says a Nash County Department of Social Services case worker sexually assaulted her in his office last week.
The brouhaha over the pending release of 27 North Carolina inmates with violent pasts is also shining a light on the state's prison work release program.
Challengers fared well Tuesday as voters trickled in and out of Twin Counties polling sites to choose new municipal leaders.
Driver shoots passenger in car
A Rocky Mount man is in jail for allegedly shooting a passenger in his car during an argument with the man early Sunday morning.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Court throws out DeKalb murder defendant's confession
The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday upheld a ruling to throw out a confession by a DeKalb County murder defendant who contended he was coerced by authorities.
North Carolina Group Sues for Equal Funding for Charters
School choice advocates have brought a lawsuit in North Carolina seeking funding equity in public education.
Deputies arrest two, hunt another for crimes in parking lot
Responding to a tip e-mailed to Rocky Mount police, Nash County deputies on Friday arrested two men accused of defrauding at least one woman in a parking lot.
Worthington awarded family history book honor
Elizabeth Sherrill, right, president of the N.C. Society of Historians, presents to Doris Worthington, a Rocky Mount native and editor of 'The Ties that Bind ... The John E. Todd and Rosa Lee Matthews Story,a an award for the family history book at a recent annual meeting of the society.
For more than a week, a local gun shop owner has been under scrutiny regarding certain advertisements outside his front door.
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