Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on May 20, 2012
Rocky Mount police have launched a new website for residents to stay up to date on police incidents and arrests throughout the city.
The Police-To-Citizen website allows residents to search for reports by entering in the who, what, when and where of incidents. The site also has a list of missing people, wanted fugitives and a daily bulletin of incidents. (More)
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on May 11, 2012
The parent company of the Merita Bread Bakery plant in Rocky Mount has filed notice with local and state officials indicating that it might shut down the plant and lay off its 286 employees in the next couple of months. (More)
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on May 1, 2012
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on April 30, 2012
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on April 28, 2012
N.C. Reps Angela Bryant, D-Nash, Jeff Collins, R-Nash, Joe Tolson, D-Edgecombe, and N.C. Sens Buck Newton, R-Wilson, Ed Jones, D-Halifax, and Clark Jenkins, D-Edgecombe, met Rocky Mount council members and city staff Thursday morning to discuss state issues’ impact on local residents. (More)
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on April 20, 2012
Ed West was inspired to speak out Thursday night during a Stop the Violence forum after he received a text message from his son, who was sitting across the room.
“You need to go up there and say something,” his 13-year-old son, Jamal, wrote.
That was all the impetus West needed. (More)
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Rocky Mount NC – NAACP Hosts Stop the Violence Forum Thursday April 19, 2012
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on April 18, 2012
MEDIA ADVISORY
Immediate Release
April 17, 2012
Contact: Rev. Andre’ D. Knight, President, (252) 544-2949
NAACP Hosts Stop the Violence Forum
Rocky Mount, NC – The Rocky Mount Branch of the NAACP, in conjunction with area ministers, will host a discussion with local community leaders. “Our community has been devastated by recent events of youth and gang violence. While we know that these brutal slayings do not solely define our community, we are all impacted by the loss of young men that will never have the chance to contribute to society” Andre’ Knight, President of the Rocky Mount Branch said. “Our community wants to do more than mourn. We want to reverse the trend and challenge the mindset that it is okay for anyone to gun down our citizens for any reason.”
The Stop the Violence Forum will be held in the OIC Auditorium located at 402 E. Virginia Street at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 19th. Joining President Knight will be guest panelists Rev. James Gailliard, Senior Pastor of Word Tabernacle Church; Bishop Sheldon Daniels, Senior Pastor of Greater Joy Baptist Church; Charlie Davis, noted local retired educator; Curtis Walker, aka “C Dub”, local media and entertainment professional and Trooper Clee Atkinson with the NC Highway Patrol. Host and moderator for the event, Reuben Blackwell, Education Chair for the Rocky Mount Branch added, “We want to have a frank and in-depth discussion about what is not working in our community, who we need to engage to move us forward and how to begin to support strategies that are working.” Area youth have also been invited to participate in the panel discussion.
Andre’ Knight commented, “This forum is for the person who wants to see the violence end and willing to do something about it. We need our young people to come and be willing to talk with us. We need the gang bangers to be there. We need parents and family members who have lost their children or who are afraid that they might lose their children to come. We need business and church leaders to come and be willing to do something we’ve never done before so we can rescue and redeem our future. We need everyone to be concerned and to attend. ”
The Forum is open to the public and there is no charge to attend.
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on April 11, 2012
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Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II was invited to Rocky Mount. You have to see what took place at this memorial.
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on April 7, 2012
Rocky Mount City Council members have full agendas for two meetings on Monday – a specially called Committee of the Whole meeting at 5 p.m. and the regular meeting at 7 p.m. (More)
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on April 3, 2012
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A man who worked for NASA on the Apollo moon program has chosen Rocky Mount to operate a business that produces field-feeding equipment for the military. (More)
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on April 3, 2012
Response: Now this is interesting and also I find it interesting that Keith Werner left town also. C. Dancy II – DCN Publisher
N.C. Superior Court Judge Quentin Sumner reversed a plea deal Monday between the state and a former city of Rocky Mount employee.
Gary Ronald Weeks, 53, was indicted in September following a fraud investigation into the city’s Water Resources Department where he served as the water treatment plant maintenance supervisor. (More)
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on March 29, 2012
LENOIR COUNTY,N.C.(WNCT)- People who refuse to be annexed into neighboring cities are not giving up their fight. On Monday a superior court judge ruled a recent state law allowing people to block annexation with a petition unconstitutional.
State representative Stephen LaRoque formed the group, The Good Neighbors of Kinston three years ago. He supported county residents by getting a law passed last year. It allowed them to block annexation by signing a petition. Now it’s been ruled unconstitutional and it’s back to square one for people who don’t want to live in the city limits. (More)
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on March 24, 2012
Area officials were kept busy Friday thanks to the furious pace of the rumor mill spreading stories of school shootings and gang retaliatory attacks.
Rocky Mount police Capt. Laura Fahnestock said officers talked to residents all day Friday who were concerned because they had seen on various social media websites that there was a shooting at Rocky Mount High School, but the rumor was false. (More)
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on February 27, 2012
A former Rocky Mount city employee pleaded guilty Thursday to embezzling from the city.
Gary Ronald Weeks, 53, was indicted in September following an investigation into fraud within the Water Resources Department. (More)
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Posted by Curmilus Dancy II (Butch) on February 27, 2012
Preliminary statistics for the Rocky Mount Police Department show an 18 percent decline in violent crime in 2011 compared to 2010.
Rocky Mount police Crime Analyst Bill Matthews said Rocky Mount police responded to 29.4 percent less robberies and 15.3 percent fewer aggravated assaults in 2011 compared to 2010. Police investigated one additional homicide and one additional rape in 2011 compared to 2010. (More)
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