The Jackson Police Department and State Bureau of Investigation arson specialists are investigating a house fire that occurred early this morning.
Overall, 75 percent of the schools in the in the Roanoke Rapids Graded School District met or exceeded academic growth for 2013-14 and all schools exhibited improvement.
The composite test score for Halifax County Schools rose nine percentage points for the 2013-14 school year – from 17.1 percent last year to 26.3 percent this year of students meeting or exceeding grade-level proficiency.
Halifax JV season opener.