Gates County News

" What began as peace-keeping mission by Rich Square Police officers on Nov. 4 ended with the arrest of a teen on drug charges.

" A recent concern by the North Carolina Department of Labor has led Gates County officials to launch a process that will rid several county-owned buildings of lead-based paint and small amounts of asbestos.

" With historic Merchants Millpond, bathe in the rich colors of fall foliage, providing a scenic backdrop, hundreds of individuals made their way to Gates County on Saturday to celebrate the formal opening of the millpond's new Visitor Center.

Elaine Barco talks to customers as she weaves a seagrass footstool on a frame built by her husband Greg at the 50th annual Albemarle Craftsmana s Fair at the Knobbs Creek Recreation Center, Oct.

" Gates County's Merchants Millpond is steeped in history. So why not add to that history by constructing a unique facility that adds to the natural beauty of this state park.

We are gathering details on a fatal accident that claimed the life of a Gates County man.

A 75-year-old Gates County man died Tuesday after his car ran off the road and overturned in a water-filled ditch in northern Pasquotank County, according to the N.C. Highway Patrol.

A Gates County man died Tuesday after the car he was driving veered off U.S. 158 in Pasquotank County and crashed into a canal.

" An estranged husband and wife are dead in what local law enforcement are calling a murder-suicide. Gates County Sheriff Ed Webb said 55-year-old Cecil Vann Parker and his 48-year-old wife, Brenda Delphine Parker, were found dead in their home Friday night.

A Gates County, North Carolina husband and wife are dead and the sheriff says it was a murder-suicide. 55-year-old Cecil Parker and his 48-year-old wife, Brenda, were found dead in their home off Highway 158 Friday evening.

Northeast Academy has run their varsity tennis record to 8-4 overall after having success in a host of recent matches.

A North Carolina woman has been arrested and charged with a knife-wielding rampage targeting three people in a car on a Suffolk street.

Unemployment rates in August generally decreased in the Albemarle and across most of the state.

Havelock women on a business summit to Washington, D.C. last week used the opportunity to bend the ear of a Navy admiral to voice support for the OLF.

The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers says research conducted by the U.S. Navy may be insufficient to qualify two North Carolina sites selected as a location for a proposed practice landing field.

At the end of the month, the last prisoner at Gates Correctional Center will move to another facility as the center that's housed low-level offenders for more than 70 years closes due to budget cuts.

" Gov. Bev Perdue has announced she is fully restoring funds to the lottery capital fund for public schools.

Shawn F. Engle, 32, pled guilty today in Norfolk federal court to three counts of a superseding indictment charging him with sexual exploitation of a Pennsylvania minor, enticing a South Carolina minor to engage in sexual activity, and witness tampering.

U.S. Navy officials announced Friday they are delaying the release of an environmental impact study that would determine the most suitable site to build an outlying landing field in either Northeastern North Carolina or Virginia.

Elizabeth City's Albemarle Hospital Authority will receive an $80,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, US Sen.