Chief Deputy Scott Hall of the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office reported the following:
Former Barton College basketball star and current Harlem Globetrotter Anthony “Ant” Atkinson spoke to J316 campers today, not only talking about life goals but demonstrating ball-handling techniques he has learned with the famous touring team.
The driver of a van, the first vehicle struck by a tractor-trailer in a crash on Interstate 95 Monday, died from the injuries he sustained.
Halifax Community College signed an agreement with East Carolina University for dual enrollment for students.
The Roanoke Rapids Police Department reported the following, according to Chief Chuck Hasty:
George Graves had nothing but rave reviews as Roanoke Rapids firefighters canvassed the 200 block of Madison Street to give out and install new smoke alarms for those who needed them.
Rodney D. Pierce, an eighth grade social studies teacher at William R. Davie Middle STEM Academy, has been chosen to attend the Carolina Oral History Teaching Fellows Program in Civil Rights from Monday through Thursday on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill.
Not only did the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office get a vehicle donated today, they got a tour of Dominion Energy’s remodeled headquarters on Vepco Street.
The Roanoke Rapids Police Department reported the following, according to Chief Chuck Hasty:
The Roanoke Rapids Planning Board will send city council a recommendation for approval of a conditional use permit which could be part of a process paving the way for an expansion of Crestview Cemetery.
