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.
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.
A man with Weldon and Burlington addresses crashed into a utility pole and caused minor damage to a building this morning after fleeing from an officer while traveling the wrong way on a one-way street.