LOCAL NEWS HEADLINES

  • Ex-deputy dies during physical training

    Timothy Charles Barnes didn’t follow a traditional career path.

    Barnes, 38, graduated from N.C. Agricultural and Technical State University with a degree in agriculture and taught high school in Halifax County for two years before joining the Nash County Sheriff’s Department.

  • Sierra Club honors school officials

    Two Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools staff members received honorary memberships to the local Sierra Club for exemplary environmental stewardship.

    But the honorees said they were just doing their jobs.

  • Police see benefits of public access, support

    Rocky Mount police on Monday released the description of Eric Lavon Battle, who was reportedly missing — and within hours, the man had been located at Golden East Crossing mall.

    Capt. Laura Fahnestock said this is a perfect example of bringing a quick resolution to a case with the help of the public.

STATE HEADLINES FROM THE AP

  • Experts: Gulf oil unlikely to reach East Coast

    RALEIGH — Researchers who initially projected that oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill would threaten the East Coast now believe there’s little chance it will.

  • Director of N.C.'s top law agency moves to new job

    RALEIGH — As outside investigators continue looking into the State Bureau of Investigation’s crime lab, the SBI director has moved to a new job within state government, North Carolina’s attorney general said Thursday.

  • Circumstances of Tillman's death shouldn't detract from his service

    When Gen. McChrystal resigned his position recently, the stories I read about it all said that he was one of those involved in the Pat Tillman cover-up.

    The implication was that something sinister was at work in that matter. Was something sinister at work? No, not at all.