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Items filtered by date: June 2015

The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying a person who stole a water hose from an elderly victim in the South Weldon area.

Friday, 17 July 2015 13:29

Virginia fugitive caught in Gaston

The Northampton County Sheriff's Office Thursday arrested a Gaston man wanted by the Greensville County Sheriff's Office in a Sunday home invasion.

Friday, 17 July 2015 11:59

Another served in Enfield murder

Arrests in the June 22 murder of Jarshamel Cambridge continued with the service of a warrant Thursday to Taphil Jerome Yancey.

There will be a Hot Dog bag lunch sale today Friday July 17th from 11 AM - 2PM at Pro-Build on 10th street to help new scorekeeper tables at Newsome's fields in Roanoke Rapids in the honor of  the late coach Mike Newsome.

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The Roanoke Rapids Youth Baseball Association (RRYBA) U14 & U15 All-stars open play this weekend in the "Babe Ruth North Carolina State Tournament.

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Friday, 17 July 2015 06:49

Joyce Stafford Ross

Joyce Stafford Ross, 70, of Weldon, passed away on Wednesday, July 15, 2015.

Published in Askew Funeral Service

Concerns about what happens in the future in the event a solar farm on American Legion Road is abandoned led the Roanoke Rapids Planning Board this evening to attach further stipulations on its conditional use permit.

Thursday, 16 July 2015 20:54

Planning board OKs Crestview expansion

The Roanoke Rapids Planning Board will send a recommendation of approval for the expansion of Crestview Cemetery to city council.

Thursday, 16 July 2015 20:40

USSSA Roanoke Valley League set on go

The USSSA Roanoke Valley League meeting took place at the T J Davis Recreation Center Thursday for adult Church, Industrial & Woman's softball league in Roanoke Rapids.

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LUCAMA, NC – Southern National Motorsports Park has thrilled fans all season long with breathtaking racing and spectacular finishes but, on August 15th, a different type of thrill is coming to “The Drama in Lucama” with an invasion of Monster Trucks.

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