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Items filtered by date: July 2014

Wednesday, 20 August 2014 11:35

Bogus bills surface in Conway

The Northampton County Sheriff's Office is investigating two reports of counterfeit money being passed in the Conway area.

Roanoke Rapids City Council this evening scrubbed further discussion of vehicle financing until it meets in September.

Black community leaders and Roanoke Rapids city officials plan to meet Thursday to discuss issues arising from the use of a Taser on a 15-year-old boy in April.

Tuesday, 19 August 2014 09:24

Two sought in hotel heist

Roanoke Rapids police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred shortly before 11:45 Monday night at the Holiday Inn Express on Premier Boulevard.

City council may not immediately make a decision on whether to go with installment financing to make critical vehicle purchases after one of its members discussed the option of pulling the nearly $600,000 from the undesignated fund balance.

The Halifax County Sheriff's Office is looking for a dark colored compact car in connection with an Enfield area home invasion that left one victim dead and three others wounded.

A man wanted for allegedly stealing a Gator from Roanoke Rapids High School as well as two break-ins at an Internet cafe in Gaston turned himself in Friday.

An Enfield man was shot and killed and three others injured in a home invasion in Enfield Sunday night.

A morning wreck call today led to the discovery of 113 grams of cocaine and the seizure of more than $16,000 in currency.

Numerous reputed street-level cocaine dealers were arrested over the last week following a three-month investigation dubbed Southern Summer by the Halifax County Sheriff's Office.

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