Children at the Lincoln Heights Community Center this afternoon received a cooling shower as employees of the Roanoke Rapids Sanitary District opened a hydrant to let them frolic, somersault and cannonball into the stream.
An armed robbery Monday at a Becker Drive pharmacy may be linked to organized crime and Roanoke Rapids police are coordinating investigative efforts with agencies across the state.
A missing Roanoke Rapids man has been located.
Roanoke Rapids police continue to seek the whereabouts of a man who late Wednesday was reported missing by the North Carolina Center for Missing Persons.
The North Carolina Center for Missing Persons has issued a silver alert for Edwin Collins, who is believed to be suffering from dementia or Alzheimer's.
