Local schools to start late on Wednesday

Local schools will operate on a delayed schedule on Wednesday.

Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools and administrative offices will operate on a two-hour delay. Edgecombe County Public Schools will operate on a three-hour delay for all students and staff.

Nash Community College and the Child Development Center will operate on a two-hour delay. Edgecombe Community College will close its campuses at 5 p.m. Tuesday and open at 11 a.m. on Wednesday.

All Nash County government offices also will delay opening until 10 a.m.

The move came after the National Weather Service in Raleigh issued a winter storm watch for parts of North Carolina for Tuesday night through Wednesday morning, including the Twin Counties. (Source:  Read more)