Charges stemming from a 2011 murder in Halifax County against Lester Kearney were dismissed in 2013 and the man took a plea to obstruction of justice in the case, court records show.
The Halifax County Public Library Quiz Bowl will be held on Wednesday at 5 p.m. in the Halifax County Agricultural Center Auditorium in Halifax.
With a lawsuit against the board of commissioners on school funding set to be argued in the state Supreme Court next month, county officials say its legal fees are expected to double.
Becker Village Mall is being sold to a Virginia developer and Flambeau has accepted an offer to purchase its former Weldon manufacturing plant.
The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office has received several reports of campaign sign theft.
The suspects charged with placing a skimmer and pinhole camera in a Weldon ATM, also reportedly placed devices in machines in Enfield, Fayetteville and Laurinburg, a search warrant in the case shows.
The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation last week filed charges of communicating threats and assault and battery against a former Halifax County Sheriff’s Office deputy, records filed in clerk’s office show.
The History Worth Repeating program, an effort to market three historic towns in the region, is gaining traction.
Four challengers will square off against three incumbent Halifax County commissioners in the May 8 Democratic Primary.
A Henrico Republican will challenge the winner of the state House District 27 May 8 primary and a Roanoke Rapids GOP member will seek to take a seat away from one of the three winners of the Halifax County Board of Commissioners race.
