The Operation Rockfish police corruption sting contains a 54-count federal indictment that alleges 13 current and former law enforcement officers and two other individuals protected narcotics shipments and cash proceeds during transit along the East Coast for what they believed was a large-scale drug trafficking organization that was actually an undercover operation by the FBI.
A widespread investigation into police corruption in Northampton County was spearheaded by information received by the Halifax County Sheriff's Office which was then passed on to the FBI.
Roanoke Rapids City Manager Joseph Scherer announced today that Leigh Etheridge has been selected as the new finance director.
The Roanoke Rapids Graded School District Board of Trustees will begin an immediate search for a new district superintendent following the resignation of longtime superintendent Dennis Sawyer. Sawyer announced his plans today to take a position as administrative director of Arapahoe Charter School in Pamlico County, the Roanoke Rapids school system said in a statement.
The state Highway Patrol continues to investigate a two-vehicle wreck at the intersection of Macon Price Road and Highway 48 in the Gaston area.
An organized effort to stop the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline has been formed in Halifax County.
A Tuesday evening collision between tractor-trailers and two other vehicles shut down the right, northbound lane of Interstate 95 until well past midnight, the state Highway Patrol reported.
Another day of water searches on Roanoke Rapids Lake has thus far not produced any evidence in the case of an Enfield fisherman missing since early Saturday morning.
A scam purporting to be from Dominion Power was attempted on a local business, according to the Roanoke Rapids Police Department.
Roanoke Rapids police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred Monday night around 10:45.
