Rocky Mount was the site of one of the first cotton mills in North Carolina, Rocky Mountain Mills, which is where the city's name is derived from.

A 30-year-old Rocky Mount man could be sentenced to death row after a 1-year-old died in a home.

Residents in the Rocky Mount, Battleboro and Dortches areas of Eastern North Carolina began to clean up and repair damage from an EF-3 tornado.

A developer who has completed two residential projects downtown and who is working on a third residential project in the area has been named Rocky Mount’s 2025 Main Street Champion.

Al Pearce, who reported on NASCAR racing for more than a half-century, died Wednesday. He was 82. Pearce, a native of Rocky Mount, won every major auto-racing journalism award, including the ...

Tornado hits Rocky Mount, Battleboro, NC An EF3 tornado touched down in Rocky Mount and Battleboro, North Carolina, July 19, 2023, heavily damaging a Pfizer product facility and injuring more than ...

Metronet will fully fund the construction of a new high-speed broadband fiber optic internet network in Rocky Mount, the company announced this week.

The Lidl grocery store in Rocky Mount, NC is closing by the end of July.

NC tornado: Homes flattened after EF-3 tornado rips through Rocky Mount Many people who were in the path of this storm are working through the shock of seeing their homes and businesses destroyed.

Authorities said the two girls' last known location was Rocky Mount, North Carolina. According to officials, both girls were found safe. Officials did not say where the two girls were found.

The Rocky Mount Police Department is quickly realizing key benefits in incorporating the gunfire alert and analysis technology provided by SST, Inc., ...