City council tonight gave the OK to appropriate $85,000 to begin work to solve drainage issues on Smoot Drive.
City Manager Joseph Scherer presented to council tonight a proposed $14,787,339 fiscal plan for the upcoming budget year that calls for no tax increase and keeps services and personnel at current levels.
A 40-year-old Roanoke Rapids woman is the second person to be arrested on marijuana charges in a case that is part of a larger dogfighting probe by the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office.
The Roanoke Rapids Fire Department this morning identified the victim of a morning house fire as John Babb.
