The National Weather Service this afternoon indicated a shift in the strongest possibilities of heavy rain associated with Hurricane Idalia.
The National Weather Service this afternoon indicated a shift in the strongest possibilities of heavy rain associated with Hurricane Idalia.
On September 11, Weldon police Chief Christopher Davis will present commendations to Lieutenant Lloyd Melton and Corporal Shawn McKimmey for pulling a Roanoke Rapids man away from a burning car.
A Roanoke Rapids man faces a misdemeanor charge of injuring fixtures and other property of gas companies after hot embers from a burn barrel were thrown into a hole near a natural gas line.
State and local law enforcement officers will be out in force over the next two weeks as part of the Labor Day Booze It & Lose It campaign.
While Tropical Storm Idalia has been upgraded to a category 1 hurricane, the National Weather Service reported this morning it is still expected to make landfall on the west coast of Florida and then move northeast over coastal Georgia and the coastal Carolinas Wednesday through Thursday night.