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NCSO, SBI conduct death investigation
The Northampton County Sheriff’s Office and North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation are conducting a death investigation after the body of a woman was found in a field near the roadway off Macon...
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Man wanted in vehicle B&E surrenders
A man wanted in an April 19 vehicle breaking and entering surrendered Monday morning to the Roanoke Rapids Police Department. Investigator G.L. Williams charged Gregory Alexander Carle, 21, of Roanoke...
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HCSO seeks assistance in cell phone theft
The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office is seeking assistance in identifying a man who allegedly stole a cell phone from Food Mart on Highway 48 outside Roanoke Rapids. Detective R.B. Biggerstaff said the...
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LGC backs city's theater debt restructuring plan
The North Carolina Local Government Commission today unanimously approved the city’s proposal to restructure the debt of the Roanoke Rapids Theatre. City Manager Joseph Scherer reported the news to...
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Chaloner pool to remained close as report recommends new facility
The Chaloner Recreation Center pool project is now one of replacement rather than repair. That is the consensus of Terracon Consultants, a national engineering company.Roanoke Rapids Parks and...
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Men face multiple charges following Monday shooting
The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office and the Enfield Police Department each filed charges in a shooting which occurred Monday outside Scotland Neck. {gallery}hcsoenfield{/gallery} The charges by the...
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Woman found in field was victim of multiple gunshots
A woman found in a field on the side of Macon Price Road Tuesday morning was shot multiple times, the Northampton County Sheriff’s Office said this morning. Sheriff Jack Smith declined comment on...
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RR man faces federal weapon counts
A Roanoke Rapids man currently serving a state prison sentence for possession of a weapon as a felon was indicted on three counts of federal weapon charges. Jermaine Lamont Hale, 30, is currently...
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From Ringwood Rd. to Church St., 11 people cited, charged
From Ringwood Road to Roanoke Rapids, City County Drug Task Force agents started the day early, arriving in the Enfield area around 7 a.m. and finishing up this afternoon on Church Street in the city....
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Team Inspire begins run to the beach
From the Hilton Garden Inn this morning, women coping with and affected by mental health issues began their run from awareness. As they run to Surf City the women of Team Inspire will be posting their...
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Historic site to move time forward for Regency Day
Historic Halifax will advance time a few years ahead to around 1815 for Regency Day Saturday. In American, the Regency Period was called the Federalist Period, Site Manager Robert Bemis said.The...
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Filling the hunger void: Letter carriers launch annual food drive
Last year the Bethlehem Food Pantry of First United Methodist Church in Roanoke Rapids gave out 2,490 bags of food. Angel’s Closet, also in Roanoke Rapids, gives 18 families two bags of food a day and...
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Vigil set Saturday for missing Scotland Neck woman
Friends, family and those searching for clues in the case of a woman missing since February of 2010 will honor her in Scotland Neck Saturday. The event will be held at the Scotland Neck Library at 2...
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Task force seeks two after cocaine transaction
City County Drug Task Force agents are looking for two men involved in a deal to sell cocaine in March. Captain A.M. Harris said one of the men, William Joshua Scott Thaxton, 22, may be in West...
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RRPD roundup: Abuse charge; traffic stops
The Roanoke Rapids Police Department reported the following, according to Chief Chuck Hasty: Suspect surrendersOn Wednesday at approximately 5:15 p.m., Shawna Dawn Mullins, 37, of Roanoke Rapids,...
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Pills, pot and crack seized in Enfield raid
Enfield police continue a drug probe of a South McDaniel Street house its detective called a “one-stop shop for everything.” Police Wednesday, with assistance from the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office,...
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Photo gallery: Regency Day
Regency Day gave visitors to the state historic site in Halifax today a chance to fast forward to the Regency Period as it was known in Great Britain or the Federalist Period as it was known in the...
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Myrick School of Dance 2017 Tapping Toes photo gallery
Photos by Randy Wrenn of Myrick's School of Dance recital Tapping Toes 2017. {gallery}msd20171{/gallery} {gallery}msd20172{/gallery}
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Rich Square man dies in Saturday morning crash
A Rich Square man died Saturday morning in a single-vehicle crash. William Robbins, 20, was about 200 yards from his home on Pinners Church Road when the crash occurred shortly before 1:30 a.m.,...
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Iconic restaurant partners with RRHS exceptional students
In the lunchtime rush, orders are taken, refills are requested and runners are asked to serve the meals customers have requested. It would appear to be just another day at 2nd Street Lunch. It was,...
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