Another person has been charged for allegedly stealing $74,000 worth of laptops and other computer equipment at two Weldon schools last year, Lt. James Avens of the Weldon Police Department said this morning.

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The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating the run away of a 16-year-old. Detective Doug Pilgreen said Jessica Kathleen Driver was last seen Monday at approximately 2:25 p.m. running away from the Halifax County Courthouse. Jessica is 5-feet, 6-inches to 5-feet, 7-inches tall and weighs between 112 to 115 pounds. She has brown eyes, a slim build and has long, brown hair below the shoulders. She was last seen wearing a purple shirt, blue shorts with “Duke” written on it and white tennis shoes. She has family in the Roanoke Rapids and Halifax area and in the Louisa, Va., area. Anyone with information on her whereabouts should contact the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office at 252-583-8521 or Halifax County Crimestoppers at 252-583-4444.

There will a mini tea party today before some 100 local people head to Washington Saturday for the National Tea Party, one of the local organizers said.

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Halifax County Manager Tony Brown says he will discuss a Roanoke Rapids proposal to build a transfer station with the county commissioners and with the board’s chairman.

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Today a new effort to spruce up the city begins, a program City Manager Paul Sabiston is calling Opportunity Clean Sweep.

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