The Halifax County Sheriff's Office has been awarded a North Carolina Governor's Crime Commission Gang Task Force grant that will mean the addition of a gang task force officer.
Halifax County commissioners today OK'd the appropriation of $1.2 million that will lay the groundwork for possible construction of a new Manning Elementary School.
One man is in custody and the victim stable following an early morning shooting in Garysburg Sunday.
Gerald Whitaker and Luther Allen “Worm” Terry were both remanded to remain in federal custody until their detention hearings set for Wednesday at 10 a.m. in Greenville.
The Halifax Regional Foundation received a donation of $3,000 from The Ladies of the Lake today.
The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an attempted breaking and entering of a building located at the Parks and Recreation basketball courts at 630 East Railroad Street in Enfield.
An ongoing family dispute led to a shooting in which a 72-year-old man was charged.
Further charges are possible in an embezzlement case involving a Roanoke Rapids woman, according to the Halifax County Sheriff's Office.
The Roanoke Rapids Police Department reported the following, according to Chief Chuck Hasty:
The continued Operation Bullseye street-level drug dealer campaign across Halifax County resulted arrests in Weldon and Roanoke Rapids this week.
