It almost appeared there would be a deadlock on who would get to lead the Halifax County Board of Commissioners as chair for next year until Commissioner Rives Manning made an alternate nomination.
Weldon City Schools and the Roanoke Rapids Graded School School District will continue to wait for an answer on whether they can spend money on design fees after Halifax County commissioners today approved a watered down motion that was called a vote of confidence on plans the two districts have for school improvement.
With the holiday shopping season beginning in full force Friday, the Halifax County Sheriff's Office is offering safety tips for shoppers.
A woman who allegedly managed to steal a wallet from a courthouse employee and use the credit cards contained inside for a small shopping spree has been arrested and jailed on $10,000 bond.
Two brothers were charged today for allegedly selling scrap metal stolen in Northampton County to a Halifax County scrap metal plant.
A call about a possible impaired driver led the Halifax County Sheriff's Office today to seize a total of 59 bindles of heroin from a man and his girlfriend.
Copper theft has been on the rise in Halifax County over the last three months, the sheriff's office reports.
Linda Taylor received a fond farewell today as she prepares for retirement at the end of the month.
Halifax County Commissioners may have to look at several options, including negotiations with the lowest bidder, after all bids on the proposed sheriff's office and jail upgrade came in over the project budget of $9.7 million.
Halifax County commissioners today rejected an offer from recently chartered KIPP Halifax College Preparatory to buy the Littleton industrial building on Highway 158, currently being used by Allegro LSA, for a school.
