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U.S. Cellular has named Duane Sherrod sales manager for the Roanoke Rapids store on Premier Boulevard.

Evidence collected from Raleigh and Taylor streets was crucial in expanding an investigation into a breaking and entering in which the suspect was shot by the homeowner, Roanoke Rapids police Chief Chuck Hasty said today.

Roanoke Rapids City Council Tuesday erred when it turned down a rezoning request which could have possibly given the owner of Crestview Cemetery the opportunity to expand her business.

Published in Opinion
Tuesday, 10 July 2018 20:52

Council rejects Crestview rezoning request

The owner of Crestview Cemetery said she would have to figure out her next steps after Roanoke Rapids City Council struck down a motion which would have lead to the rezoning of land to possibly pave the way for an expansion.

The Roanoke Rapids Planning and Development Department has received some comments back from a site plan review on plans submitted for a proposed Dollar General at Roanoke Avenue and Eighth Street.

Glen Ryland will spend at least 17 years in prison after he pled guilty to second-degree murder today in a traffic crash which claimed the life of a 17-year-old Virginia girl last year.

Wade Carter III was assigned a July 18 probable cause hearing date in Halifax County District Court today for a series of crimes which include three sexual assaults.

A man who was shot by a victim of a break-in in May on Raleigh Street faces new counts, including charges reflecting three separate sexual assaults.

The Roanoke Rapids Police Department reported the following, according to Chief Chuck Hasty: