Ahoskie News

Company officials say Chad Simmons was seriously injured when he came in contact with a live wire around noon.

One additional free offer of land is on the table for the Hertford County Board of Commissioners to consider when they meet in a workshop this morning to discuss where to build the new courthouse.

The North Carolina Department of Transportation has announced the closure of SR 1108 effective Monday, Feb.

The Hertford County Board of Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 6, convening for the first time since the county was offered 25 acres of free land last week on which to build a new courthouse.

Along with about 60 colleagues, I recently toured eastern North Carolina. We weren't loading up for the Outer Banks.

Several school kids were shaken up on the way to school Thursday morning when their bus was involved in a crash.

HCPS Bus #151 was involved in a two-vehicle accident early Thursday morning on Jernigan Swamp Road south of Ahoskie.

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Page Walters, of Fairmont announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Page Walters to Walter Fletcher Pierce, the son of Mr.

Lt. Governor Walter Dalton is shown here serving as the keynote speaker at the Town of Murfreesboro's 225th anniversary celebration on Jan.

Proctor Kidwell, second from left, presents a check to Dr. Deborah Lamm, president of Edgecombe Community College, third from left, to support an H&R Block scholarship.

On Friday, the pendulum representing the issue of where to build the new Hertford County Courthouse swung back in Winton's favor as an offer for free land was made to county officials.

On the heels of the site selection of a new courthouse, the chatter heard now around Hertford County deals with the need for such a facility.

Back in January of 2011 the Town of Ahoskie, Hertford County and the Ahoskie Chamber of Commerce joined forces with the Buxton Group of Ft.