A New York man died Tuesday night after darting into traffic on Interstate 95.

National Night Out events were held in Weldon and Littleton this evening as well as Garysburg.

Martha Robinson, 84 of Roanoke Rapids, passed away on Monday, August 6, 2018.

Roanoke Rapids will draft a resolution in opposition to the current configuration of the proposed widening of Highway 125.

Claude Luther Celestine proclaimed his innocence as he was escorted to the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office for processing in a murder last month on Grant Drive.

Toni Darden was chosen as Distinguished Young Woman of Roanoke Valley for 2019.

The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office reported the following:

Phillip Ray Rook, 77, of Roanoke Rapids, NC, passed away on Saturday, August 4, 2018.

The Garysburg Police Department, along with the departments of Gaston, Jackson, Rich Square and Woodland as well the Northampton County Sheriff’s Office, will participate in National Night Out Tuesday.

Halifax County will draft a resolution opposing the current configuration of the proposed Highway 125 widening project by the state Department of Transportation.