Each month, local historian Florine Bell will provide information about prominent local individuals. This month’s story is about Peter Hansborough Bell.
The Center Square, North Carolina
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- Congressman: 'Day of reckoning' nears for Medicare Advantage
- Foushee, Nickel among Democrats opposing change for veterans
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Looking Back
This photo was submitted by President/CEO Leanne Patrick of the Lake Gaston Regional Chamber of Commerce. Shown is the Lake Gaston dam being b…
This photo originally ran in July 2008, and was submitted by Curtis Cook. The photo shows his parents, Curtis Lee Cook and Tina Moore Cook, in…
This photo originally ran in the book “Images In History, Roanoke Valley 1860-1960,” produced by The Daily Herald. The photo was submitted by …
Editor Tia Beale submitted this photo of her husband, Henry, taken in the 1990s after he killed a deer with a bow and arrow. The Looking Back …
National News
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National Sports
AULANDER — Dashawn Malyk Boone, 28, of 1503 Hexlena Road in Aulander, died Wednesd…
ROANOKE RAPIDS — James William Leake Jr., aka Junebug, 91, of Roanoke Rapids, pass…
BALTIMORE — Tammie Marie Mitchell, 50, of 17 Sprigg Court, died on Monday, March 4…
GARYSBURG— Master Makhi Muller, 1, of Garysburg, died on Wednesday, March 13, 2024…
PFLUGERVILLE, Texas — Robert Dempsey Boone Jr. was born on Nov. 23, 1949, at Harle…
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Christopher Lamont Edwards, 48, of Newport News, Virginia, die…
Like pieces of a puzzle, and as different as we are, 125 family members and friends of the B…
Alexis Leann Pearcey and Aron Robert Crumb, both of Roanoke Rapids, exchanged wedding vows d…
Members of the Bell-Ransom Family were together again for the 44th annual family reunion aft…
Descendants of the late Briston Brown celebrated “Briston Brown Day” on Aug. 6 in Macon.
TRIPLET, Va. — The Chambliss Family held their reunion at noon on Sunday, June 26, 2022, at …
Vershenia Ballance Moody and Jasper Leonard Johnson were married on Sunday, May 15, 2022, at…
New sidewalks and facade improvements should be coming soon to Roanoke Avenue.
RALEIGH — Carolina Journal’s first post-primary survey is out. It shows our state’s 2024 general elections will be, as usual, quite competitive.
Some weeks are a struggle to get through, especially when worrying so much. Worry and stress are never some- thing anyone should do since it’s…
Editor’s note: This column is part of a series imparting the history of many of the key figures responsible for taking the steps toward indepe…
“Why do you Mecklenburgers always act so high and mighty?”
Roanoke Rapids Graded School District celebrated Read Across America Week with our elementary and pre-kindergarten students over the past week.
RALEIGH — Party nominations for North Carolina’s 2024 elections are, for the most part, decided. Just four races remain to be settled in runof…
TV icon Oprah Winfrey "starved herself" for months over abuse and body shaming.
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