Battleboro News

Poppies International, Inc, Belgium manufacturer of frozen pastry located in Battleboro, NC, currently has an opening for a Maintenance Mechanic Position: Maintenance Mechanic Job Description: Perform general mechanic maintenance & minor electrical repairs of the equipment.

A 69-year-old Whitakers man died Sunday afternoon after a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Seven Bridges Road and Battleboro-Leggett Road in Edgecombe County.

Owner Ray Pridgen, left, and Tony Wilkins work the grill during the lunch rush on Thursday at Ray's Diner in the Battleboro community.

A call about shoplifting from a convenience store led a Rocky Mount police officer to take a suspected drunked driver off the road.

A 26-year-old Battleboro man charged in the August death of a man will spend the next 14 months behind bars.