Poortown

Fast-food operator McDonald's says variations in the price of a burger in different parts of the country, are down to individual franchisers, and not the demographics of an area. It's emerged the price of meal deals can vary by almost a dollar and it's ...

The self-identified democratic socialist sponsored a bill that would move tons of radioactive waste from the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant to Sierra Blanca, Texas. At the time, Sierra Blanca was a poor, mostly-Hispanic town where the median income was ...

As the town council meeting let out, Albert Tardy milled around the front steps of the town hall. He wore a baseball cap and a hooded sweatshirt with the sleeves cut off, unfazed by the brisk November air. “This town is set in its ways,” he said. “In ...

School District in Poor Town Fights Closure. By CAMERON LANGFORD. ShareThis. GALVESTON, Texas (CN) - An East Texas school district sued the commissioner of education Tuesday, claiming it lost its accreditation and will be shuttered next year ...

Dawna Moore says her Rothesay home was flooded in late September by runoff water from nearby retail developments and the town is doing little to correct the problem. Moore and her husband bought their Dobbin Street home in 1976. There had never ...

AHOSKIE – An armed robbery at a business in the Poortown community south of Ahoskie on Monday afternoon resulted in the quick arrest of two suspects while warrants have been drawn on another involved in the crime. Emanuel Cherry. Emanuel Cherry ...