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Locals capture regional track championships
Four relay teams and one individual from Twin Counties high schools became regional champions in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Class 2A Mideast and Class 3A Mideast Regional Track and Field Championships held Friday and Saturday at UNC-Pembroke. In the 2A Mideast Regional, the Nash Central girls 1600-meter relay team and the NC boys 3,200-meter relay team finished first in their respective events. In the 3A Mideast Regional,...
Families, local residents see Blooming Festival as a long, fond tradition
NASHVILLE — Jerry Bryant brought his children to the Blooming Festival every year, and they’d always watch the parade from the same place. “We lived on Cedar Street, and we’d walk over to the same exact spot every year,” said Bryant’s daughter, Arnesha Kirtz. “This was his favorite spot to watch. “He died four years ago, and we’re still coming here, celebrating.” ...
North Pitt’s Jones leads ENC athletes playing in East-West basketball games
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — North Pitt High School senior and future N.C. State player Zamareya Jones leads a talented crew of basketball seniors who will take part in the East-West All-Star Games in Greensboro. Jones is on a girls’ team that also features Jasmine Felton of Northeastern. It is coached by April Rose of Pamlico […]
LS Tractor USA dedicates building for parts warehouse
LS Tractor USA’s new parts warehouse in northeastern Nash County on Friday morning was dedicated at a ceremony featuring the leader of its parent South Korean-based company. “Let’s continue to make our future together,” Chai Ho Shin, president and CEO of LS Mtron, told a gathering of area and local officials, residents and employees under a large tent-like structure. Not long afterward and near the entrance to the warehouse, Shin,...
Man arrested after Halifax County armed robbery, sheriff says
ROANOKE RAPIDS, N.C. (WNCN) — A suspect was arrested hours after an armed robbery happened on Friday, according to the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office. On Friday, the sheriff’s office said they were notified of an armed robbery that happened at a convenience store in Roanoke Rapids. Deputies arrived at the store, checked on the victims and secured the scene.
Library taps longtime staffer as temporary director; Corso has 20 years' experience
A temporary day-to-day leader is at the helm at Braswell Memorial Library. Melissa Corso, who is the school services/youth services librarian, was offered the position of interim director of library services after a unanimous vote by the library’s Board of Trustees. The members took the vote Monday in open session after a closed session earlier in the day — the third closed session meeting to discuss personnel that the board conducted this month. ...
Pitt County woman arrested after illegal drugs found in search of home
PITT COUNTY — A Bethel woman was arrested after an investigation into the smuggling of illegal drugs into prisons. Law enforcement arrested Angela Wall Medlin, 44, was taken into custody after warrants were served after a search of the home at 164 Unit B on Nelson Street in Bethel.
1 shot after road rage incident in Nash County, deputies say
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (WNCN) – The Nash County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a person who deputies said shot another driver in a road rage incident on Thursday night. The sheriff’s office said the shooting happened near the area of W. Tarboro Road and Flowers Lane in Rocky Mount.
New principal selected for Early College High School
An Edgecombe County principal has been chosen to lead Pitt County Schools Early College High School. Leshaun Jenkins, principal of Patillo Middle School in Tarboro, will become principal of the Early College High School beginning in July, Deputy Superintendent Steve Lassiter announced Tuesday. He will succeed Bill Frazier, who has served as interim principal since founding Principal Wynn Whittington resigned earlier this spring to accept an assistant superintendent position in...
Elm City commissioners approve long-lost meeting minutes
More than a year late, the Elm City Board of Commissioners has approved minutes from a March 2023 special meeting where commissioners agreed to spend federal tax dollars on projects that included repaving a sitting commissioner’s sidewalk and driveway. On Jan. 31, The Wilson Times filed a public records request for minutes from the March 23, 2023, special meeting. City […] The post Elm City commissioners approve long-lost meeting minutes first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
LS Tractor USA opens new assembly plant in Nash County
LS Tractor USA, whose North America headquarters is in the Whitaker Business & Industry Center near Gold Rock, is going to be celebrating having purchased a building directly across the street to serve as its newest assembly plant. According to Nash County deeds records, the $6.5 million purchase was finalized late last year. LS Tractor had been paying rent on a building off Gelo Road off North Church Street in...
Eastern NC native to join executive team at NCC; Brown named VP of student services
An eastern North Carolina native and an experienced educator who has been working in a high-level position for Connecticut State Community College is returning to the region to serve as the new vice president of student services at Nash Community College. “I’m a very mission-driven, connect-to-the-vision type of leader and individual,” Dr. Levy Brown said in a phone interview Thursday. Brown emphasized that he is coming in to support NCC...
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