One of the victims wounded in a shooting that led to the August 4 murder of 15-year-old Keyuon Garner has been charged with possession of a stolen firearm.
Three of the four schools in Weldon City Schools met academic growth standards for the 2013-2014 school year under Accountability Results recently released by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
Of the people still wanted in the recent Southern Summer undercover drug campaign in Halifax County, one of them is Teddy Keith Anderson Jr. who is also wanted in the South Weldon murder of 15-year-old Keyuon Garner.
On August 27 Bill Blackwell received word via mail that his stolen service truck was found.
In anticipation of the Labor Day holiday weekend, the Weldon Police Department hosted a checking station.
A Garysburg man was arrested Wednesday night on crack cocaine charges and also served warrants issued by the Northampton County Sheriff's Office.
A third person has been arrested in the murder of 15-year-old Keyuon Garner, Halifax County Sheriff Wes Tripp said today.
A Roanoke Rapids man who reportedly pushed away from deputies today faces a crack cocaine charge as well a resisting officers charge.
Two more people were arrested today in Operation Southern Summer, an effort that targets reputed drug dealers across Halifax County.
The murder of 2-year-old Dy'Uanna Anderson and the shooting of her grandmother was in retaliation to the earlier murder of 15-year-old Keyuon Garner and the shooting of two friends who were with him, Weldon Police Chief Mark Macon said this afternoon.
