City and county officials conducted checks today at Carolina Inn as a deadline for coming into compliance with a court order looms.
The Halifax Resolves Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution presented awards to Roanoke Rapids firefighters and police officers during Tuesday’s city council meeting.
Construction crews have arrived to repair a natural gas line which ruptured when an excavator struck it this morning.
Strong winds early this morning may have contributed to a fire in the 100 block of Monroe Street, according to the Roanoke Rapids Fire Department.
The Roanoke Rapids Fire Department recognized its newly hired firefighters and two who received promotions to roving engineers.
Fire caused significant damage to a kitchen at a residence in the 1100 block of Park Avenue this afternoon.
Roanoke Rapids firefighters and members of Roanoke Valley Rescue Squad used a mobile unit at the former Manning Elementary School site this afternoon to practice vertical ventilation on its roof.
Fires reported within about 30 minutes of another destroyed houses on Church and Harris streets this morning.
Roanoke Rapids firefighters saved a house from possible total loss today after responding to a kitchen fire in the 500 block of Washington Street.
Felisha Sexton has already expressed her appreciation to the Roanoke Rapids Fire Department.
