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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.
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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.
She was missing for at least a year, but nobody seemed to notice. Even in February, after a prison work crew found the skeletal remains of a small-framed female in a thicket near U.S. 64, no one stepped forward to claim the body.
Business and home break-ins solved in Elm City
A man released from jail in August after serving time for a probation violation was arrested Sunday morning and charged with trying to break into businesses and residences in Elm City.
Nash County preps for town elections
Six Nash County towns will hold contested races for town boards in the Nov. 3 election.
Cause of Nash County explosion still unknown
Nash County fire authorities still aren't sure what caused a home explosion two months ago that left a woman with burns on more than half her body.
Early voting for November begins
Early voting is under way for a handful of contested municipal races throughout the Twin Counties.
Latino group working on more participation in Census
While efforts in Edgecombe County increased to expose the community to Hispanic culture over the last month, a teen group has been working since February to create awareness.
Body of Nash County native discovered after five years
Emily King has been praying for closure, she said, but her son's body at the bottom of a channel wasn't the closure she had hoped for.
Man Arrested And Charged With Drug Offenses
He's charged with trafficking methadone, lortab, muscle relaxers, oxycodone and percocet.
Body Of Missing Man From 2005 Possibly Found
Authorities believe they found Tuesday morning the body of a man missing for 4-1/2 years.
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