Nearly 30 years ago a small group of high school students from Northampton and Halifax counties, along with their teachers, shocked the world when they built a full-size electric race car and won regional and national competitions.
Two Roanoke Rapids teens and one man have been charged in a drive-by shooting which left three people with non-life threatening injuries and led to a chase in which a Weldon patrol car was rammed Wednesday evening.
In slightly more than a month authorities in Northampton County have made two significant drug arrests, according to Captain Patrick Jacobs of the sheriff’s office.
On August 20 and again today a man stole electronic items from a Premier Boulevard retailer, according to Roanoke Rapids police Chief Shane Guyant.
A Weldon man charged in three residential breaking and entering cases that occurred in May will have his first district court appearance later this month.
