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ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (WNCN) — Investigators are looking for help to identify a man they said stole from a tobacco shop, the Rocky Mount Police Department said Wednesday. At about 9:19 p.m. Tuesday, officers said a man entered Z’s Smoke House on the 1600 block of Northern Blvd. and was involved in a felony larceny.

Motorists using the controlled-access U.S. 64 approaching the interchange for North Old Carriage Road late at night through early in the morning are temporarily going to have to exit off the highway and use the interchange’s new roundabouts to get back onto the highway. Crews have been working to improve and widen North Old Carriage from the intersection of Eastern and Sunset avenues to Reges Store and Green Hills roads. The work has included constructing a new four-lane bridge for North Old Carriage over U.S....

Peaceful protesters united Wednesday and called on county officials to remove a nearly century-old monument from the courthouse square that displays an image of the American flag and Confederate battle flag.  “It has to come down,” said Michael Clanton, pastor of Antioch Outreach Church Ministries in Wilson. “It represents hate to me.”  A few dozen people gathered in front of […] The post ‘It has to come down’: Protesters call for monument’s removal from courthouse square first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

A Rocky Mount man remains in custody under a $400,000 secured bond in the Nash County Detention Center and faces at least 11 charges, mostly for drug-related offenses but also for resisting a public officer, according to N.C. District Court and jail records. Clarence Borum, 34, was stopped April 23 on suspicion of driving while his license was suspended, the Nash County Sheriff’s office said in a press release. A...

Charges against a Walstonburg man arrested in an April 15 shooting death on Third Street in west Greenville include murder and accessory after the fact, according to jail records. Zy’quan Malik Johnson, 21, 93 Jamal Sarsour St., was arrested in Rocky Mount the next night with the assistance of the Rocky Mount Police Department, the Greenville Police Department said. He was detained in the Edgecombe County Jail and later booked...

After further investigation, police received an anonymous tip that led them to the Days Inn where the suspect was located.

Rocky Mount police said the incident happened on Marigold Street.

A small group gathered Wednesday in front of the Wilson County Courthouse as part of a community effort to remove a Confederate monument. The monument is located outside the Wilson County Courthouse at 115 Nash St. The monument was commissioned by United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Daughters of...

Serving warrants can be incredibly dangerous. Eight law enforcement officers were shot Monday while trying to serve an arrest warrant in an east Charlotte neighborhood, including four who died. On June 9, 2011, Nash County deputy Warren Basco “Sneak” Lewis was shot three times in the chest while serving an...

Police are asking for the public’s help finding a suspect who robbed the Sheetz convenience store across from N.C. Wesleyan University early Saturday morning. Officers responded shortly before 4 a.m. to the scene, and a preliminary investigation found that the suspect had entered the store and had demanded property before fleeing in an unknown direction, police said. The store is in the 3700 block of North Wesleyan Boulevard on the far northern side of the city. In addition to being near a private university, it...

It happened Saturday morning at the intersection of US 64 Alternate West and US Highway 64.

Parents searching for pre-K options in the fall will have one more facility to consider. The Impact Academy Preschool, located at 821 Word Plaza in Rocky Mount, recently announced it will expand its early childhood education program to include pre-K. As an officially recognized North Carolina pre-K provider, the academy will offer classroom experiences designed to enhance school readiness for eligible four-year-old children. NC pre-K is a state-funded program providing academic foundation to children four years of age, who attend at no cost. ...

Staff at Nashville Zoo celebrated the birth of their first litter of red river hog piglets, footage released on April 30 shows. The zoo said the piglets were born on April 11 and have been named Fig, Peach, Persimmon and Clementine. “This is the first litter of red river hog piglets born at Nashville Zoo, […]

April has been a cruel month for both the varsity baseball teams from Fike and Hunt, but the Golden Demons are bounding into May and what’s left of the season with grins on their faces after a 12-6 win over the Warriors on Tuesday night at Gilbert Ferrell Field. The Demons climbed into sixth place in the 3-A Quad County […] The post Buchan, Demons hold off Warriors first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

An opening ceremony is set for 10 a.m. Friday at a new building that is going to serve as an annex to provide more space for Nash Community College’s Veterinary Medical Technician Program. NCC President Lew Hunnicutt, in a recent presentation to the Rocky Mount Rotary Club providing his yearly update about the community college, said that Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington is the only other community college in the eastern part of the state with such a program. ...

BIOGRAPHY: My name is Emmanuel Perkins and I am a senior at Rocky Mount High School this year. I have attended Rocky Mount High School since freshman year and have had the opportunity to join the various clubs and organizations such as National Honor Society, I am currently the President of Student Government Association, yearbook, band, choir, and I am the social media creator for the football and basketball teams but the list goes on. I play several instruments that I have taught myself with piano being number one and I was taught saxophone during my time in high school. I currently have a weighted GPA of 4.1 and look forward to graduation day. I take pride in my school and the part I play in it but it is almost time for the next chapter of my story. I plan to attend NC State University or UNC Charlotte to major in music education. I dedicate my eorts to pouring into the life of others so what better way to do that than to become a teacher. Lastly, I want to say thank you to my mother for everything she has done to keep her boy on the right path of excellence and preventing me from becoming another statistic. Some may say a black woman can’t raise a man but my mother is the exception and a walking example that it can be done if you stay prayed up. I don’t take anything for granted because I realize we can be here today and gone tomorrow so I thank God for everything he has done and everything he is going to do because of who I am connected to. Thank you for your time because you haven’t seen anything yet.