A 23-year-old Scotland Neck woman was charged with misdemeanor child abuse Saturday after Halifax County Sheriff's Office deputies reportedly found her 5-year-year child had bruising about its body.
A 21-year-old Scotland Neck man has been charged with one count of disseminating obscenity to a 12-year-old girl after allegedly sending a photo of his genitals via text message.
The Halifax County Sheriff's Office is looking for a 410 handgun stolen in a Scotland Neck residential breaking and entering last month.
A Scotland Neck man was treated and released from a local hospital this morning after his girlfriend allegedly struck him in the head with a hammer.
A Scotland Neck man died Wednesday morning from injuries sustained in a crash after allegedly ducking a checking station in Scotland Neck Tuesday night.
Five arrests are expected from a compliance check of around 60 of Halifax County's 120 registered sex offenders that began late Tuesday night and ended this morning around 3.
A board of elections meeting planned today to allow James Mills to protest the results of the November 5 municipal election was postponed and will be held next Tuesday.
Two Edgecombe men have been arrested following an investigation into the theft of a trailer containing 150 bushels of soybeans.
The Halifax County Board of Elections will give James Mills, who lost to incumbent Leonard Bunting in the Scotland Neck mayoral race, a chance to formally prove his opponent violated buffer zones regulations.
James Mills, who was defeated in the November 5 Scotland Neck mayoral race by incumbent Leonard Bunting, is protesting the outcome of that race.
