Captain Henry Wright served the community both as a police officer and in helping those in need.
Halifax County Board of Commissioner Chairman Vernon Bryant was recognized by the state Association of County Commissioners for meeting the requirements for practitioner level in the Local Elected Leader Academy.
Halifax County commissioners will fight a lawsuit filed against the panel by the University of North Carolina Center for Civil Rights.
A 38-page lawsuit filed today on behalf of students in the Halifax County School System claims the maintenance of three separate systems “obstructs Halifax County's students from securing the opportunity to receive a sound, basic education.”
Halifax County Board of Commissioners Chairman Vernon Bryant says he expects to bring up a letter written to the county school system by the state at the board's September meeting.
Carlton “Shane” Lynch was appointed Halifax County's new tax assessor today.
Halifax County Commissioners today approved a project budget ordinance for the design fees associated with a new Manning Elementary School.
With the lease to the Joseph Montfort Amphitheater back with the county, commissioners today agreed to approach its rehabilitation through an internal committee aided by volunteers.
Equal funding of the Halifax County School system will be a complex matter, commissioners agreed today, opting to study the issue in detail at its December retreat.
The chairman of the Roanoke Rapids Graded School District Board of Education assured commissioners today the school system would stay within the $19.2 million cost range on a new Manning Elementary School and if possible would try to keep it under that figure.
