You can ask my mother. She’ll be glad to verify it. As a child I was a Monkees fan.

Prentis Markeith Crossen has been charged in the Interstate 95-Highway 46 armed robbery in Northampton County along with a store clerk and a relative who allegedly gave him a ride.

A Weldon family will begin rebuilding after fire destroyed their home on 208 Bush Court.

Already jailed for two armed robberies in Roanoke Rapids, Prentis Markeith Crossen has allegedly admitted to committing three armed robberies in Weldon.

May Belle Braswell Gurley, 93, of Henry Street in Roanoke Rapids died Monday, February  27, 2012, at her home.

The Roanoke Avenue Business Alliance has several new things in store, including plans for an extension of the Farmer’s Market in Centennial Park and a partnership with Key Fitness to bring a race similar to television’s Amazing Race to the avenue.

A Weldon man was arrested today and the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a Roanoke Rapids man for the theft of metal, including a scalding vat, which was allegedly sold for scrap.

Major Bruce Temple believes in the show America’s Most Wanted and is going to use it to help find  the last suspect wanted in the September murders of Thomas Tyrone “Tomcat” Davis and his girlfriend Jenlee A. Foster.

The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office today lodged more charges against 22-year-old Jacob Matthew Davis after he was charged in a series of break-ins two weeks ago.

At a crucial time when citizens are hurting financially, the Halifax County School Board recently requested a Supplemental School Tax be implemented for residents of the Halifax County School District.  The May 8^th Primary will include an item on the ballot asking the citizens to VOTE for or against the establishment of this tax.