Ervin Hughes will spend 75 months in federal prison following sentencing by United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle in Raleigh today.
Herman and Ruth Moseley and volunteers from DIRT Ministries will be honored as grand marshals of the 2017 Roanoke Rapids Christmas Parade.
Halifax County commissioners today unanimously approved a resolution naming a portion of Highway 301 in honor of the late Edward Jones, a 30-year veteran of the state Highway Patrol and North Carolina state senator.
A third person has been charged in shootings which occurred on Carter Street and the Gordon Drive area on October 26.
Two major drug busts Thursday ended with trafficking arrests.
Alcohol use is suspected and powdered cocaine was found in a vehicle involved in a crash on Highway 46 in Gaston early this morning.