Malinda Cooke Garner, 72, died Thursday, May 24, 2012 in Kindred Care of Scotland Neck.

The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday charged a man with failing to register as a sex offender.

An inmate at the county jail was physically assaulted when he refused to give up his food tray and other canteen items to two other inmates.

A trip to Simply Divine Cakes has become a daily affair for Kia Alston and her co-workers at Riven hair salon.

A Roanoke Rapids man wanted in a February residential break-in was arrested after he was found hiding in a pile of dirty laundry.

Two Hollister area men have been charged in three residential break-ins, according to the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office.

I have a saying I pilfered from the liner notes of R.E.M.’s Dead Letter Office album and that saying is, “A little bit of uh-huh and a whole lot of oh yeah.”

Mr. Ronald B. Simpson, 70, passed away Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at Gordon Hospice House in Statesville, NC. Ronnie was born in Roanoke Rapids, son of the late Verney W. and Lucille Finch Simpson. He attended Roanoke Rapids City Schools, and served in the U.S. Air Force.

A two-year project to improve Emry Park is coming to a close.

In delivery of the 2012/2013 proposed budget for the city, Interim Manager Ed Wyatt also outlined some of the things Roanoke Rapids leaders must focus on for the future.