Despite a large turnout Tuesday night for a special use permit that would allow live music at Crickets on Roanoke Avenue, investigation by the city attorney, the city planner and city manager determined one was not needed due to its grandfathered status when the building was operated as the former Eagles Club.
A Roanoke Rapids couple await August 24 district court dates after they were charged last week with possession of 25 kilos of cocaine.
The Center for Energy Education’s Solarfest will be held this year on Thursday, October 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at its campus located at 460 Airport Road in Roanoke Rapids.
Countryboyz Hotrodz and H&R Farms will present the Down on the Farm Car Show on Saturday, September 9 with registration from 9 a.m. to noon and the free-to-the-public show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
A Roanoke Rapids man was arrested and charged in a domestic assault on a female as well as refusing to obey the orders of Roanoke Rapids police officers, according to Chief Shane Guyant.
