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'Santa-tation' Tuesday: City crew gets Christmas candy from little fans
It has become a Tuesday tradition — the children waiting for Lakeshia Jones to blow the horn on the city trash truck and wave at them. Today, however, the tradition took a holiday twist as Jennifer...
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State board approves Elam as next HCC president
The State Board of Community Colleges approved the selection of Michael Elam as the fifth president of Halifax Community College. Elam, the former president of Roanoke-Chowan Community College in...
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School employee charged with indecent liberties
A county school employee surrendered to law enforcement today to face a charge of indecent liberties between a school employee and student stemming from what is commonly called sexting. Halifax County...
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Man who caused school lockdown caught soon after fleeing
A Garysburg man who fled while being detained by law enforcement Tuesday was taken into custody a short time later.The matter caused Roanoke Rapids High School to be put on what was termed a soft...
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Vaughan man faces Halifax, Warren charges
A Vaughan man faces Halifax County charges for allegedly stealing a zero-turn mower from a storage building earlier this month. James Thomas Livingston, 22, was also scheduled to appear in Warren...
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RR man faces charges in Gaston Market break-in, larceny
A Roanoke Rapids man who already has court dates in Halifax County faces charges in Northampton County for the breaking and entering of Gaston Market earlier this month. Sergeant Thomas Staton of the...
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Outlet center plans will fill tenant space at old Walmart
A well-known bargain outlet center will bring to completion the development of the old Walmart on Julian R. Allsbrook Highway. Ollie’s Bargain Outlet submitted site plans to the Roanoke Rapids Planning...
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Open laptop led to school sexting charge, documents show
An open laptop in a school classroom led to an investigation and the ultimate arrest of a Halifax County school system employee, search warrants filed in the sexting case show. Carlton Junior...
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Hobgood's helping hands: Committee delivering toy drive contributions
By the time the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office deputy toy drive is completed, close to 150 children in Hobgood and Scotland Neck will have been helped. That’s the estimation of Rhonda Mayer, the vice...
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Two face kidnapping charges, one sought in armed robbery
Two people have been arrested and another is sought in a Wednesday night kidnapping in which a physically impaired person was forced to withdraw money from an account. {gallery}kidnapping{/gallery} The...
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Belfield remanded to U.S. Marshal custody
Michael Rakim Belfield was remanded to the custody of United States Marshals following his detention hearing in Raleigh today. Belfield was indicted last week on three federal counts stemming from his...
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RRPD blotter: December 20-21, 2016
The Roanoke Rapids Police Department reported the following, according to Chief Chuck Hasty: Tuesday December 20, 2016• Arkies Ty-Kill Sommerville, 19, of Roanoke Rapids, was arrested on outstanding...
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Virginia man dies in Whitehead Rd. crash
A Richmond, Virginia, man died Monday night in a single-vehicle crash on Whitehead Road in the Halifax area. The death of Clinton Lee Pitt, 52, occurred as he was driving northwest on Whitehead Road...
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City police investigate evening armed robbery
The Roanoke Rapids Police Department is investigating the armed robbery of an East Tenth Street convenience store Tuesday night. Police declined to specifically name the store.Captain Bobby Martin said...
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RRPD blotter: December 24-26, 2016
The Roanoke Rapids Police Department reported to following, according to Deputy Chief Andy Jackson: December 24, 2016At approximately 12:45 a.m., Master Officer Roy Ball charged O’neil Aguiiar Ramirez,...
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Crash claims life of driver on I-95
A motorist died this evening after the car he was driving struck the rear end of a tractor-trailer parked on the shoulder of the northbound lane of Interstate 95. The crash, according to Trooper J.D....
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Crash knocks house off foundation, DWI charge lodged
A West Fifth Street house was knocked about a foot off its foundation Tuesday night after a pickup crashed into it. The driver of the 2013 Ford, James Ryan Howell, was charged with careless and...
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Crash victim identified as retired USAF colonel
A man who died in a crash on Interstate 95 Wednesday was a retired United States Air Force colonel who lived in Manassas, Virginia. Trooper J.D. Warren of the state Highway Patrol said Melvyn Burns,...
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Kimball, Bozard honored by sheriff's office
The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office recently recognized its Detention Officer and Deputy Sheriff of the Year. The recognitions, which are based on job performance, were given to Teri Kimball, who was...
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Propane explosion destroys house in Halifax
No one was injured when an apparent heating system malfunction triggered a propane explosion this evening in Halifax. The explosion decimated the house on King Street to which firefighters...
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