A man wanted for a double murder in Rowan County was apprehended by Roanoke Rapids police in the area of Creekside Court Tuesday.
Roanoke Rapids police reported two stabbings on Saturday morning.
Roanoke Rapids High School swim team coach Patrick Quast fretted there would be no season this year. So did members of his team as city council tried to find money to buy a new dehumidifier for the Aquatic Center.
After a series of meetings with judicial and court officials to discuss the judicial district merger as mandated by the legislature, Chief District Court Judges Brenda Branch and Rob Lewis have published a schedule of courts that will merge the 6-A, 6-B judicial districts.
The October 10 weekend a United States District Court Judge ruled North Carolina's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, Randall Martin and David Franks had already planned a celebration.
Tourism spending in Halifax County increased 1.34 percent over the previous year.
The three people wanted for allegedly stealing two iPads from the Roanoke Rapids Rent-A-Center have been identified, city police said today.
Two Halifax County men charged last week with reportedly poaching a black bear could face a $2,000 fine and loss of their hunting license if found guilty.
Three people are sought for allegedly stealing two iPad 3s from the Rent-A-Center on Premier Boulevard, Roanoke Rapids police said.
With Halloween only two weeks away, SafetyPup visited a local preschool today to talk about trick-or-treating safety and other common sense rules when meeting strangers.
