A tractor-trailer driver was trying to turn onto the northbound lane of Highway 301 today when the electrical building he was hauling was struck by an oncoming Amtrak train.
The Roanoke Rapids Police Department reported the following, according to Chief Chuck Hasty:
Roanoke Rapids police confirmed a woman was thrown from a vehicle Friday night and continue to investigate to determine whether she was also run over.
An Amtrak locomotive and one of its cars derailed and another car partially derailed in Halifax today after striking the trailer carrying payload of an 18-wheel transfer truck.
Already charged in the February armed robbery of a Roanoke Rapids store, Robert Duane Harris Jr. now faces charges for the theft of jewelry from a victim he was familiar with.
The decision by Roanoke Rapids City Council last month to turn down a conditional use permit for an apartment complex in the Villages at Cross Creek community was made without substantial evidence and constitutes an abuse of discretion vested in the panel by ordinance and statute, says a writ filed Friday in Halifax County Civil Court.
An Enfield man was arrested today after a search warrant was executed at a Freedom Street apartment.
Roanoke Rapids police, who have been investigating a string of vehicle break-ins, are looking for a man who may be involved in stealing two of the vehicles broken into.
A 2012 East Carolina University graduate and Weldon native is serving on one of the world’s largest warships, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush.
Here are the known delays for Friday:
