A 20-year-old Scotland Neck man died in a two-vehicle collision on Highway 125 north of Scotland Neck this evening.
The Halifax County Sheriff's Office is offering the following shopping safety tips.
Another meeting between city officials and the Halifax County Chapter of the NAACP last Friday brought up continued discussions of diversity, both sides said in separate statements released throughout the week.
The Roanoke Rapids Police Department's detective division is trying to identify the person in the above photo as well as in a PDF flyer attached at the end of this story.
Thanksgiving came early today for six people and one family will receive help on the eve of the holiday.
In the wake of a state Court of Appeals ruling last week that upholds the convictions of two people in Edgecombe County for violating a state ban on video sweepstakes, law enforcement in Halifax County and Roanoke Rapids are waiting on word from new 6B District Attorney Valerie Mitchell Asbell, who won't be sworn in until January 1, on how to proceed.
Investigators with the Halifax County Sheriff's Office are assembling clues in a murder that occurred late Monday night in an area near P&J Mobile Home Park outside Roanoke Rapids off Highway 48.
Chuck Hasty, currently a captain with the Northampton County Sheriff's Office, has been named police chief of Roanoke Rapids.
Between Black Friday and Cyber Monday there will be another designated national shopping day this weekend — Small Business Saturday.
The fourth house fire in two weeks in Weldon caused significant damage to the rear of a dwelling in the 700 block of Maple Street this afternoon.
