The Roanoke Rapids Planning Board this evening sent a recommendation of approval to city council for the rezoning of the former Carolina Crossroads Amphitheater site on Wallace Fork Road.
Sterling Moody, who was arrested in a 2013 DEA sting, will face sentencing on February 9 in Greenville.
As a key court date in the lawsuit against the Halifax County Board of Commissioners nears, the Coalition for Education and Economic Security and the Halifax County Branch of the NAACP are encouraging the general public to attend a hearing on the matter.
Briefs filed Wednesday in Halifax County Civil Court show the county will argue five points in its attempts to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to unify its three school districts.
Incumbent Halifax County School Board member Carolyn Hawkins and incumbent Weldon City Schools Board member Barbara Balmer are the latest to file for the March 15 primary.
A Roanoke Rapids man arrested Tuesday faces multiple breaking and entering charges in different cases.
The former Carolina Crossroads outdoor amphitheater site could see a change in usage following consideration by the city's planning board and subsequent deliberation by city council.
Evidence of possible dog-fighting was found this morning during a City County Drug Task Force raid in Weldon.
One Operation Rockfish defendant claimed ties to the KGB and Russian mafia while another allegedly brought his young children to a meeting of a drug trafficking organization and one allegedly met with members of the organization while working off-duty at a local high school.
Roanoke Rapids City Council this evening recognized the retirement of one of its police officers, a milestone by one and the hiring of another.
