Since a May deluge, Roanoke Rapids City Council was forced to hold all its meetings in the first floor conference room of city hall.
The only thing missing was the mule, the dying mule, gasping for one final breath as his farmer owner pleaded to the Almighty for the faithful beast to plow one more row before a vicious and ominous storm set in.
Beginning in September, Roanoke Rapids City Council will hold two regular meetings a month rather than a work session and regular city council meeting.
City Manager Joseph Scherer received a $5,000 pay raise following a performance review conducted in a closed session before this evening's regular city council meeting.
A Four Oaks minister who made a pitch to city council to buy the Roanoke Rapids Theatre last year told the panel tonight God was punishing them for not taking the offer seriously.
The developer of a high-end apartment complex on Cross Creek Parkway has withdrawn his rezoning request from further consideration by the city, Roanoke Rapids Planning and Development Director Kelly Lasky told council at its work session this evening.
The city has enlisted the help of a brokerage company to solicit proposals to refinance its debt on the Royal Palace Theatre.
