Students and faculty are bringing new life and awareness to icons like Negro League Baseball player Buck Leonard, using AR to enhance typical displays into interactive, mini-museums. READ MORE >
2005 Inductee, Jim Thorpe has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm — nearly 110 years after being stripped of those gold medals for violations of strict amateurism rules of the time. […]
Milton Palmer Fields, 95, passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, August 8, 2021, surrounded by his family. He enjoyed a rich and meaningful life. He is survived by his loving wife of 71 years, Leatrice Hill Fields; children, […]
A former City of Rocky Mount assistant manager is serving as interim director of the municipality’s community and business development department. Peter Varney has since Feb. 15 been temporarily holding the position. That is based on a list of salaries […]
By JOHN H. WALKER Staff Writer, The Rocky Mount Telegram, Jan 31, 2021 James Edward “Ed” Bridgers, who served Princeville residents his entire adult life, died peacefully Friday morning at his home. He was 101. Bridgers was an active […]
Janice Gravely, who was inducted into the 2018 Twin County Hall of Fame, passed away December 15th, 2020. She was 99 years old. Read More> Learn More about her life and impact to her community and her books.
2018 Hall of Fame inductee Janice Bryant Howroyd, a native of Tarboro, NC, was recently named as a new member of NC Wesleyan College Board of Trustees. Read entire article here. Five New Members Join NC Wesleyan Board of […]
As a public health precaution, the Twin County Hall of Fame and the Twin County Community Pride, LLC are rescheduling the 2020 Hall of Fame Banquet. The banquet now will take place on November 4, 2021. “The health and safety […]
Danny Talbott, who is in the Twin County Hall of Fame and the NC Sports Hall of Fame, passed away January 19th, 2020. He was 75. He is survived by his wife and son. Talbott’s cause of death was from […]
He had a weekly radio show with an audience bigger than the Super Bowl’s. He received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He led the biggest-selling band of the 1940s. And he performed more shows for the troops […]
