Laura Cobb Harris, 90, died peacefully on March 30, 2015.
Two phone scams have been reported in Halifax County over the last two days, according to Sheriff Wes Tripp.
Described in an FBI affidavit as the main heroin supplier for the reputed “Godfather” of the Imperial Gangsta Bloods, Ricky Weldon “Sosa” Love Jackson has family ties in Northampton County and recently relocated to Weldon.
Roanoke Rapids police Monday arrested a Uniondale, New York, man wanted in a Friday Emporia hospital bomb threat.
Roanoke Rapids police are investigating a stabbing that occurred around 3 a.m. today involving a man who said he was assaulted while he was walking.
Area coaches and players traveled to Durham this past weekend for the USBA "Spring Classic basketball tournament
The Lady Yellow Jackets softball team traveled to Brunswick Academy Monday afternoon
Jerry Carl Bissette, 53 of Roanoke Rapids, died Sunday March 29, 2015 at Vidant Inpatient Hospice Center in Greenville.
David Dobbins, 88, of Roanoke Rapids passed away on Sunday, March 29, 2015 at Wake Medical Center.
A preliminary report on a March 9 Amtrak collision in Halifax backs earlier statements given by the state Highway Patrol on how the crash happened.
