Raymond Watson collected 51 percent of the votes today to become Scotland Neck’s new mayor, according to unofficial results. The votes will be canvassed next Tuesday.

Watson got 448 votes to incumbent James Mills’ 434.

Watson swept Mills in Precinct 2 voting by an 89 percent margin while the incumbent won in Precinct 1, collecting 86 percent of the votes.

Fifty-one percent of the town’s voters came out for the special election.

A new election was ordered after irregularities were found in the November mayoral election.

Weldon Mayor Julia Meacham pulled up in her car at town hall and was pleased.

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A 16-year-old Roanoke Rapids girl has been charged in a cutting which injured a student and faculty member at Roanoke Rapids High School today.

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Police continue to investigate a crime at Roanoke Rapids High School where three people were injured.

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A man who sustained a self inflicted gunshot wound is recovering at Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville, according to the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office.

The shooting occurred on the Lonnie B. Greene Road early Monday morning.

Lieutenant Bobby Martin said the victim was in critical condition.