United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina Robert J. Higdon Jr. called a multimillion dollar Medicaid fraud case which originated in Roanoke Rapids one of the most brazen and egregious this federal judicial district ever has seen.
While students and their parents processed news the novel coronavirus would likely close schools for the remainder of the year, Roanoke Rapids Graded School District leaders found ways to meet the academic needs of students as well as those of a social and emotional nature.
A Roanoke Rapids man charged in a 2018 high-speed chase was sentenced in Raleigh to a 41-month federal sentence today.
The trend line for Halifax County positive novel coronavirus cases has taken a sharp downward turn, health system Director Bruce Robistow said in his afternoon update.
A Weldon man was charged in a Saturday morning shooting and faces counts of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury.
