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City school board extends superintendent search timeline
The search for a new school superintendent to lead the Roanoke Rapids Graded School District will continue for a few more months. The RRGSD Board Trustees approved an updated timeline Tuesday night...
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500 building officially named in Newbern's honor
Halifax Community College held its 48th annual Founders Day program Tuesday, an event which included naming the 500 building the Dr. Elton L. Newbern Jr. Educational Center Newbern was the second...
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Police seek clues in morning Presto robbery
Roanoke Rapids police continue to investigate a robbery that occurred around 4:30 this morning at Presto on Julian R. Allsbrook Highway. Chief Chuck Hasty said Officer Jamie Hardy and B-Squad officers...
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Unity basketball game changed to RRHS gym
The Unity in the Community basketball game has been changed to the Roanoke Rapids High School gym starting at 5 p.m. Saturday. Deputy Chief James Avens of the Weldon Police Department said construction...
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Muster Days to kick off 2016 independence celebrations
When North Carolina’s Fourth Provincial Congress met in Halifax in April 1776, they sounded the alarm the American colony should demand independence from England. Halifax Muster Days on September 26...
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This is only a test: Drill to assess responder readiness
Saturday morning there will be an array of things to go wrong in the Roanoke Valley — it's only a test, however. Multiple agencies will participate in a full-scale emergency response drill at seven...
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Task force seeks man on marijuana counts
The City County Drug Task Force is looking for a man on two marijuana-related counts following a raid this morning at Five Points Mobile Home Park. Harris Agent C. Dixon said in a statement Markell...
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Probation officer faces attempted rape, other counts
A Halifax County probation officer faces charges related to an attempted sex offense with a probationer, according to the state Bureau of Investigation. In a statement, the SBI said Maud Edwin Elliott...
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Photo gallery: Emergency
Emergency responders from across the Roanoke Valley participated in multiple mock disaster drills today. The photos represented in this gallery are from the Highway 561 industrial park drill as well as...
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Silver Alert issued for Roanoke Rapids woman
The North Carolina Center for Missing Persons has issued a Silver Alert for a missing endangered woman — Vicki Brewer Wright. Citizens are asked to be on the lookout for the 64-year-old woman who is...
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ACP operations center to be in Northampton County
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is planning to construct two office buildings in eastern North Carolina, including its operations center, to support the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Bruce McKay,...
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Photo gallery: 2015 Ducky Derby
Matt Whitehead of Scotland Neck had the winning, $2,000 duck, in today's Ducky Derby at River Falls Park in Weldon. He bought the winning duck at Bay Sire in Jackson. Allen Purser, president and CEO of...
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Concert with a message: Promoter, Kinleigh prepare for performances
A day before embarking to Nashville for rehearsals for the Every Child is Beautiful tour, the promoter of the show got a chance to view the venue where the Christian concert returns in November....
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Gas-buying spree leads to 100 false pretense counts
A man faces 100 counts of obtaining property by false pretense based on an investigation in which a stolen credit card was used to make fuel purchases in the Roanoke Rapids and Weldon areas. Detective...
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'Strong and steady' keywords in register's message to board
The state of the Halifax County Register of Deeds Office is strong and steady. That was the word from elected Register Judy Evans-Barbee to county commissioners this evening. In a year which saw state...
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Woman, boy shot; Hollister Man dies of self-inflicted gunshot
A Hollister man died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound following an early morning shooting in which a woman and 8-year-old boy were shot. Halifax County Sheriff Wes Tripp said the matter...
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Taylor in custody following arrest in Rocky Mount
Dexter Devon Taylor, wanted in the June 22 Enfield murder of Jarshamel Cambridge, is in custody in Halifax County after his arrest in Rocky Mount around midnight Saturday. Halifax County Sheriff Wes...
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Woman shot in domestic in stable condition
The condition of a woman who was shot in an apparent domestic dispute early this morning has been upgraded to stable condition, according to Halifax County Sheriff Wes Tripp. Tripp said investigators...
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RRPD blotter: September 18-21
The Roanoke Rapids Police Department reported the following, according to Chief Chuck Hasty: Friday September 18, 2015 At approximately 10 p.m., Master Officer Gerald Morris responded to a vehicle...
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Moody scheduled for November sentencing following plea deal
Sterling D. Moody has taken a plea and is scheduled for sentencing in the November 10 term of federal court in Greenville, records show. On August 10 the case against Moody, who was arrested last...
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