So, you're contemplating moving to Roanoke Rapids, or perhaps you've already done so.
By now you have seen the wasteland from a city under attack in what seemed like ages ago, only to realize it all happened overnight*.
If it isn't enough that most everything we breathe, taste, touch, see or think harms something or someone, there's now the issue of Halloween candy, palm oil and the orangutan.
Sometimes the hook you need for a column just hits in you in the face.
A few weeks before his death, the last conversation I had with my grandfather was about baseball.
In the wake of damning news last week that Roanoke Rapids was reportedly ranked the third poorest city in the nation, Tuesday night's city council meeting showed officials are at work to make our economy better.
It couldn't have been a more perfectly worded letter and we believe it gets to the heart of the problems within the Halifax County School System.
Fortunately, with no help from city council Tuesday night, the organizers of a shelter for homeless women and children are moving forward with their plans.
In the end, it came down to taking the high road.
In a county where commissioners and the three school systems are about to meet and go over a crucial report, we are more concerned about bare hands on doughnuts.
