Highway Patrol searches for hit-and-run driver

The North Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a hit and run involving a pedestrian that occurred on Tuesday just after 6:30 p.m.Troopers have identified the victim as 38-year-old Jason Allen Morgan of 726 Paul St. of Rocky Mount. He was...

Published: Aug 28, 2018 9:49 PM Full Story

Symposium focuses on PTSD

FREMONT -- Little-known fact: Former North Carolina Governor Charles B. Aycock's son, Lt. W.B. Aycock, committed suicide in 1938.A contributing factor was a form of post-traumatic stress disorder, before it was known by that name.Back then, the terminology was different....

Published: Aug 28, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story

Touch-A-Truck deemed a success

The second annual Touch-A-Truck event sponsored by the Partnership for Children of Wayne County could be deemed a "huge success" any way you look at it, organizers say.With more than 90 different vehicles lined up around the Wayne Regional Agricultural...

Published: Aug 28, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story

Ruby Tuesday closes

The Ruby Tuesday wait staff continued to take care of their customers Monday morning, even though they did not have a job.Instead of going from table to table to take orders, they went from vehicle to vehicle letting customers know...

Published: Aug 28, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story

'We become a family': Wayne County public schools open for first day of classes

Parents gathered in the entrance of Tommy's Road Elementary School starting as early as 7:30 a.m. Monday, anxiously waiting to drop their children off for the first day of school.With sparkling new backpacks, shoes that light up and fresh packs...

Published: Aug 28, 2018 5:50 AM Full Story