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A homeowner fired a shot at an intruder late Tuesday night during a residential burglary in the 1100 block of Carolina Avenue, according to the Roanoke Rapids Police Department.
A homeowner fired a shot at an intruder late Tuesday night during a residential burglary in the 1100 block of Carolina Avenue, according to the Roanoke Rapids Police Department.
James Edward Powell will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole after taking a plea in which he will serve four consecutive life sentences for the August 2017 murders of James and Janice Harris and James and Peggy Whitley who were shot to death while playing a regular Sunday night game of cards at the Harris’s home in the Glenview community.
Because overnight temperatures are expected to drop into the 30s this weekend — endangering the lives of animals kept chained or penned outdoors — PETA will host straw giveaways in Jackson and Ahoskie on Saturday.
United States Congressman Don Davis lauded the North Carolina House Health Committee for passing House Bill 76 — proposed legislation that would expand Medicaid for nearly 100,000 people across eastern North Carolina — and, the congressman said, provide much needed funds for rural hospitals.
The Halifax County Sheriff’s Officer is investigating a report of a stolen trailer Monday.
