Rocky Mount

The Battling Bishops reminisce on the championship-winning season that led them to play in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2011.

Anna Riegel said she focused her speech on voting rights. She and others — including former Congressman G.K. Butterfield — will speak at an event in Rocky Mount on Monday.

Rocky Mount’s downtown is undergoing changes to encourage its residents to live there and build its local economy with business opportunities.

About 75% of the QVC facility was destroyed in the Dec. 18 blaze that killed a 21-year-old worker.

The company that runs QVC is shutting down a North Carolina distribution center heavily damaged by a fire, according to a filing with state officials.

The Edgecombe County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post that 21-year-old Kevon Ricks has been identified as the worker who died. More than 300 employees were working at the 1.2 million-square-foot facility when the fire broke out early Saturday.

The pandemic has put the childcare industry in crisis. Leaders at the Rocky Mount Area Chamber of Commerce say local manufacturers are keenly aware of the need.

The relocation of the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles headquarters from Raleigh to Rocky Mount is almost complete.DMV Commissioner Torre Jessup…

Rocky Mount has approved the removal of a Confederate statue that has stood for more than a century.CBS 17 reports that the Rocky Mount City Council…

The Rocky Mount City Council has voted to remove a Confederate monument from a city park.The 6-1 vote during Tuesday night's budget meeting was prompted…