The total number of positive COVID-19 cases since March of last year has surpassed the 7,000 mark and four new deaths related to the virus were added today, bringing the total number of related deaths to 126, the Halifax County Health Department reported today.
Weekend events contributed by the Halifax County Convention and Visitors Bureau:
A protective order was approved last month in a case which tied a Halifax County Sheriff’s Office traffic stop to a reputed Rocky Mount gang leader.
With concerns about COVID-19 still prevalent, Northampton Schools Superintendent Pamela Chamblee presented a proposal to the county board of education that would give parents the choice to enroll their students in the district’s virtual school instead, the Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald of Ahoskie reported.
The Roanoke Rapids Police Department is investigating a crime in which a person went through a customer’s purse and took items.
