A 22-year-old Virginia man died Saturday morning while operating his vehicle in the wrong lane of Interstate 95.
Trail Life USA and American Heritage Girls Troops NC-0100 are beginning their annual toy drive to put in Shoebox Gifts through the Operation Christmas Child project of Samaritan’s Purse.
The Roanoke Rapids Police Department reported the following, according to Chief Chuck Hasty:
Throughout the year, there are numerous fundraising efforts for Project Graduation, an evening for Roanoke Rapids High School seniors to celebrate commencement with an alcohol-free event.
Alphonso Ponton, one of the 14 Operation Rockfish defendants to take a plea, is now asking for an appeal and has also asked a federal judge to enter him into a drug treatment program.
Tony Ray Reams has entered a guilty plea in a federal heroin distribution conspiracy which led to his and Herbert Lamont Cherry’s indictment following a traffic stop in Roanoke Rapids in March.
A Hollister man charged in a traffic crash which claimed the life of a 17-year-old Virginia girl earlier this month will have his probation review in October.
The state plans to seek an indictment against a man who was charged with reportedly abducting an infant in July.
On separate days in June, Roanoke Rapids firefighters responded to Signature Health on calls residents had gone into possible cardiac arrest.
The Roanoke Rapids Graded School District has nominated Clara Hearne Pre-K teacher Jennifer Neathery as its 2017 Exceptional Children’s Educator of Excellence.
