Roanoke Rapids police are investigating the vandalism of at least six city vehicles parked at the T.J. Davis Recreation Center Friday and Saturday.
The kindness of a Roanoke Rapids police detective in dealing with a student being bullied for lack of clothes has sparked a winter coat drive for others in the position he was last week.
A Roanoke Rapids man was charged today in a 2012 breaking and entering in which a gun and a lockbox was stolen.
A Roanoke Rapids man allegedly wanting to score some Suboxone made a call to Halifax Central communications to set up a meeting that turned out to be with a city narcotics agent.
Discount Tire donated lights and will perform the installation on two Humvees the Roanoke Rapids Police Department received at no cost from the military.
A truck stolen from Bone's Toyota was recovered late Thursday afternoon and Roanoke Rapids police continue to investigate the matter.
A four-year crackdown on opiate prescriptions has opened up a thriving heroin trade in the city, police say.