Taylor Beaver, a 15-year-old wakesurfer from Roanoke Rapids, earned a national title at the USA National Wakesurf Championship at Callaway Gardens, Georgia.
A Roanoke Rapids man is in Vidant hospital in Greenville following a single-vehicle crash on Roanoke Avenue at Fifth Street.
A trio of Roanoke Rapids residents, including two teens, are behind bars in the Hertford County Jail on breaking and entering, assault, and kidnapping charges, the Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald of Ahoskie reported.
Popeyes has scrapped plans for a retrofit of the old Kentucky Fried Chicken building and will instead build one from the ground up, according to site plans filed with the city.
The next step in the city's overhaul of its comprehensive land use and community health plan will be Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. when the citizen advisory committee meets to continue discussions.
There is no definitive construction timeline for a Sheetz in Roanoke Rapids, a company official said this morning.
Investigation by the Roanoke Rapids Police Department has determined five people were allegedly involved in a Saturday night shooting outside Bobby's Supermarket on Roanoke Avenue.
Sheetz, an Altoona, Pennsylvania convenience store chain, has confirmed to the city it plans to build at the location of the former Ryan's off Julian R. Allsbrook Highway.
A Roanoke Rapids man has been charged in the July 30 breaking and entering of three drink machines at businesses off Julian R. Allsbrook Highway.
The first suspect in a Saturday night shooting outside Bobby's Supermarket has turned himself in.
