Thursday, January 26, 2012
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The mother of a South Carolina toddler missing since Thanksgiving is pregnant and mentally ill and should be released from jail because she needs medical care, the woman’s attorney argued in court papers filed this week.
- Navy SEALs rescue U.S., Danish hostages from Somali captors
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Held captive since last fall, an ailing American woman and a Danish man are safely on their way home after a bold, dark-of-night rescue by U.S. Navy SEALs.
- Obama issues call to renew American Dream
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
WASHINGTON — Declaring the American dream under siege, President Barack Obama delivered a populist challenge Tuesday night to shrink the gap between rich and poor, promising to tax the wealthy more and help jobless Americans get work and hang onto their homes.
- JFK library releases last of slain president’s final recordings
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
BOSTON — Final recordings President John F. Kennedy secretly made in the Oval Office include an eerie conversation about what would become the day of his funeral.
- Sun pelts Earth with strongest solar storm since 2005
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
WASHINGTON — The sun is bombarding Earth with radiation from the biggest solar storm in more than six years with more to come from the fast-moving eruption.
- Tornadoes carve path of destruction through Alabama
Monday, January 23, 2012
OAK GROVE, Ala. — Knowing this community’s history of tornadoes, Jhan Powers gets nervous anytime violent weather rolls in.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Three people were charged Tuesday in connection with an appliance theft from a 78-year-old landlord.
- Pistol-packing pizza delivery driver thwarts robbery
Thursday, January 26, 2012
A Domino’s Pizza delivery driver thwarted an attempted robbery Wednesday night after pulling a handgun on the suspect.
- Man charged with attempted robbery of acquaintance
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Police arrested a 20-year-old man Wednesday for allegedly attempting to rob an acquaintance.
- Tarboro police probe links between KFC holdup, other armed robberies
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Police are investigating whether a Tuesday night robbery of the KFC restaurant in Tarboro is related to a string of other armed robberies at Eastern North Carolina fast food restaurants.
- Man charged with assaulting girlfriend
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
A 28-year-old woman refused medical treatment Tuesday after her boyfriend allegedly strangled her.
- Woman wanted in Rocky Mount arrested in Connecticut
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
A woman wanted on merchandise counterfeiting charges in Rocky Mount was arrested Tuesday in Connecticut after her 5-year-old son called 911 to report that she had left him alone in a casino’s hotel room.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
BAILEY –There is no such thing as a waiver wire in high school athletics, but Southern Nash has improved its team with the closest thing to two free agents.
- Tar Heels beat Wolfpack in a blowout
Thursday, January 26, 2012
CHAPEL HILL – North Carolina forward Harrison Barnes sent the message loud and clear.
- Duke avoids losing streak against Maryland
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Mason Plumlee scored 23 points, and No. 8 Duke averted its first losing streak of the season by pulling away to a 74-61 victory against Maryland on Wednesday night.
- N.C. State looks to end 10-game losing streak to UNC
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
CHAPEL HILL – N.C. State senior C.J. Williams has spent his career trying to reverse the Wolfpack’s struggles, so he couldn’t resist the temptation to take a quick peek at the Atlantic Coast Conference standings earlier this week.
- Bulldogs capture Big East
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
To the unassuming bystander, there was nothing special or important about Wednesday night at the Harrison Family YMCA.It certainly wasn’t the Big East Conference championship, or at least that was the way Nash Central’s girls’ swim team made it seem.
- Rivalry Renewed: Gryphons sweep Knights to remain in first place
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
The banner that hangs on one side of the Rocky Mount High School gym and hightlights each of the Gryphons’ conference titles – the past four years and 10 different stitchings since 2000 – might be adding another accolade very soon.
Friday, January 27, 2012
As thousands of textile businesses migrated overseas from the United States in recent years, Rocky Mount Cord Co. has stayed put.
- Demand prompts business group to grow
Friday, January 27, 2012
Rocky Mount Business Builders, a structured business-to-business referral organization, recently added a third group.“We founded RMBB almost eight years ago,” said Clint Williams, its co-founder and group manager and the operations manager of LongStreet Wide-Format Printing. “The original group, Wednesdays, was so successful that it necessitated a Thursday group in 2009 and once again demand has led us to a third.”The new group will meet each Thursday at the Rocky Mount DoubleTree Hotel, and will be led by the its sales manager, Linda Davis.
- Chamber unveils plan to help boost community
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
The Rocky Mount Area Chamber of Commerce has adopted a work program for 2012 entitled “A New Beginning” that includes a plan of action to rebuild the community.
- Local companies aided by pilot program
Monday, January 23, 2012
A new job-creation initiative developed by a team from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill has yielded its first results by helping two local companies with work force training.
- Local retailer enjoys worldwide reach
Friday, January 20, 2012
Throughout the world, people are wearing shoes that have been marketed by The Jay Group Ltd. in Rocky Mount.
- More new shops open in Douglas Block
Friday, January 20, 2012
The Douglas Building in downtown Rocky Mount that is a centerpiece of a revitalization project is nearly full with new tenants.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Don’t be alarmed, but your hand probably is dirty.
- Seminary by day, heavy metal by night
Thursday, January 26, 2012
CLAYTON, Mo. – Concordia Seminary in suburban St.
- East End MBC recognizes student
Thursday, January 26, 2012
East End Missionary Baptist Church has presented an Edgecombe Community College freshman the second grant from the congregation’s scholarship foundation.
- Artist sees life through different lens
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Susan Lenz isn’t fascinated with death.
- Wesleyan exhibit features veteran teachers
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
John W. High finds painting water soothing.
- T-Pain brushes off his critics
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
CHULA VISTA, Calif. – T-Pain knows that whatever he does – including his latest CD, “rEVOLVEr,” which he calls the best record he’s ever done – there will be people who will just dismiss him as that Auto-Tune guy.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
A reception to inform the public about an organization offering support to local cancer patients in memory of an NFL star is scheduled for Super Bowl Sunday.
- South Edgecombe students particpiate in career fair
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
South Edgecombe Middle School students participated in a career fair held Jan. 13 in the school auditorium.
- Corinthian Lodge No. 230 installs new officers for 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Corinthian Lodge No. 230 of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons installed officers for 2012. An open installation was held at the Rocky Mount Masonic Center.
- Englewood Garden Club shares tips with children
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Members of the Englewood Garden Club are excited about beginning a new year with the addition of a Youth Club at Lakeside Baptist Church.
- High school students hold food drive
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Nash Central High School and Northern Nash High School students threw down the gauntlet to see which school could collect the most food for the needy during their holiday food drive.
- Writer, activist Rochelle Riley to speak at NCC
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Detroit Free Press columnist Rochelle Riley will present a Communications and Empowerment workshop for Nash Community College students from 9 to 11:30 a.m.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
RALEIGH — Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton is all in for succeeding fellow Democrat and Gov. Bev Perdue.
- Two killed in apparent store holdup in Orange County
Thursday, January 26, 2012
CEDAR GROVE — Authorities say two men have been killed in an apparent robbery at a thrift store in northwestern Orange County.
- Killer’s letter calls death row ‘overwhelming’
Thursday, January 26, 2012
RALEIGH – A North Carolina man on death row who wrote a taunting letter to a newspaper gives a different version of his life in communication with family members.
- Wake school board member will run for state post
Thursday, January 26, 2012
RALEIGH – A Wake County Board of Education member at the forefront of some of the district’s most contentious issues has announced his plans to run for the office of North Carolina superintendent of public instruction.
- U.S. Rep. Brad Miller won’t seek re-election
Thursday, January 26, 2012
RALEIGH – To avoid a damaging battle with a fellow Democratic incumbent, U.S. Rep. Brad Miller said Thursday he won’t seek a sixth term in Congress representing his north-central North Carolina district.
- Perdue announces she will not seek re-election
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue says she is not running for re-election this year.
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