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Items filtered by date: July 2016

Tuesday, 09 August 2016 17:27

RRPD blotter: August 5-7, 2016

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

Tuesday, 09 August 2016 17:14

Anthony Moody sentenced to 7-years fed time

His brother already sentenced to six years in June, Anthony Tyrone Moody today in Greenville received an 84-month federal sentence for conspiracy to distribute and possess at least 5 kilograms of cocaine.

Tuesday, 09 August 2016 14:51

Active shooter drill planned at RRHS

The Roanoke Rapids Graded School District along with the Roanoke Rapids Police Department, fire department, and public works will participate in a full-scale exercise simulating an armed intruder inside Roanoke Rapids High School.

Tuesday, 09 August 2016 13:32

Photo gallery: Bring on the band!

The Roanoke Rapids High School Marching Yellow Jackets are gearing up for football season.

Tuesday, 09 August 2016 13:04

Child injured following gun mishap

The Roanoke Rapids Police Department is investigating to determine a how a shotgun was knocked over and fired, striking a 7-year-old child late Monday night.

With the closing of the Enfield Safelite windshield manufacturing plant made official through a corporate news release as well as confirmed through a memo from the Halifax County Economic Development Commission, the county is working to help employees who will be displaced by its closing as well as begin an effort to find a new company to occupy the building.

Monday, 08 August 2016 16:44

Safelite closing Enfield plant


A trade publication covering the auto glass industry reports Safelite AutoGlass will close its plant in Enfield.

For the second time in two days, a Halifax County Sheriff’s Office sergeant made a traffic stop which led to the seizure of heroin in the Scotland Neck area.

Three more people have been arrested in an alleged conspiracy to bring a Halifax County Detention Center inmate drugs.

Monday, 08 August 2016 13:13

Boone caught after brief foot chase

A man who escaped police custody nearly two weeks ago was taken into custody today on Highway 48.