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

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.

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.”

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.

Interim City Manager Ed Wyatt presented a balanced, $14,272,016, budget for the upcoming fiscal year that includes no proposed tax increase and a 3 percent cost of living adjustment for city employees.

The message at Belmont Elementary School was clear Monday: Listen to the teachers and aim for college.

Wesley Barrientos doesn’t mind sitting out the last leg of a cross-country bike tour after a crash injured his shoulder because it doesn’t change the message he and Jeremy Staat are sharing.

A Weldon man has been charged in an early Sunday morning hit and run and chase which began in South Rosemary and ended when he crashed on Caroline Street in Weldon.