A ceremonial ribbon-cutting here on Wednesday, Aug. 7, marked the addition of two new cell tower sites — one near Warrenton and the other near Lake Gaston — and the arrival in Warren County of FirstNet, a nationwide wireless broadband network designed solely for first responders.
Warren County is on the cutting edge of truffle research and production, thanks to the vision of Dr. Ed Powell, owner of Burwell Farms, which hosted the summer meeting of the North American Truffle Growers Association here on Saturday.
High school students who participated in what was deemed the county’s most successful summer intern program yet were recognized during Monday night’s meeting of the Warren County commissioners.
Deborah Ferruccio, one of nine plaintiffs who filed suit against an ATV racetrack in the Afton-Elberon community and the facility’s owner last fall over noise generated at the track and other … Read more
The Department of Justice has announced that it reached a settlement agreement with the Warren County Board of Education that resolves a federal lawsuit brought under the Uniformed Services Em… Read more
Parents would agree that raising a child involves making daily sacrifices to ensure that their son or daughter is healthy and happy, but how many would be willing to breastfeed their child for… Read more
Summer vacation will conclude later this month for students at Vaughan Elementary School and Warren New Tech High School, which follow a traditional public school calendar. Read more
Grady Edward “Ed” Tunstall, 68, of Warrenton, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 7, at Maria Parham Health in Henderson after a short illness. The Rev. John Hiller will conduct a memorial service at … Read more
Norlina Police Chief Greg Hughes remains on administrative leave, Mayor Dwight Pearce told the newspaper after Monday night’s Norlina Town Board meeting. Read more
The Warren County-based NC Raptors travel basketball team brought home a championship in its first season by winning the National Exposure Tournament earlier this summer in Rocky Mount.
Hercules Power Team hosted the IBP Northeastern Carolina Raw Push Pull at the Norlina Fire Department on Saturday, June 22. Five lifters from Hercules won in their events. They were:
Tickets are now on sale for Louisburg College’s 62nd Allen de Hart Concert Series, which will feature a wide variety of performances ranging from timeless R&B tunes and classic rock hits to a bluegrass superstar and a political comedy show.
On Saturday, Aug. 10, at 9 a.m., The Crossing will kick off its 15th annual event. Online registrations for $30 per participant will be open until 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9. Registrations on the day of the event are $35 and will be taken from 7:30-9 a.m. on Saturday at the start.
The Littleton-Lake Gaston Festival on Friday, Aug. 30, and Saturday, Aug. 31, located in Littleton at the intersection of Highways 158 and 903 at the stoplight, will be packed with activities for the whole family.
Editor’s note: The following is reprinted from April 2016.
In the last Letters to the Editor, two addressed dangerous actions being recommended by the Democratic Party: gun control and government controlled healthcare. Consider the following:
Your silence will not protect you. Do you think those 81-plus people, now lying dead and severely injured, in Ohio and Texas had voiced their dissatisfaction with the lack of gun control, with Trump’s incessant vitriolic hate speech against immigrants, against urban Americans, against anythi…
Some things are not expected. They may bring you great joy or great pain, or both. On July 25, a small group of family members who are descendants of Sallie Bullock toured the remnants of a slave cemetery at the old Clearview Plantation near the Virginia line in Warren County.
Gladys Rose Evans Jones, 86, of Norlina, went to her heavenly …
Mrs. Mildred L. Simes, 67, of Warren County, departed this lif…
Cynthia Elizabeth Haithcock, 76, of Henderson, died at her res…
Jershawn “Bam Bam” Richardson, 21, of Hollister, died on Satur…
Eugene Clifford, 64, of Warrenton, died on Friday, Aug, 2, at …
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