The Roanoke Rapids Police Department will have officers patrolling shopping areas Friday as stores open early to offer special Christmas shopping deals.
The Roanoke Avenue Business Alliance hopes to put the tree issue behind it with a joint study on the matter with the city's Beautification Committee.
A Roanoke Rapids man is in custody this afternoon after he allegedly fired shots at another man around the parking lot of the Family Dollar Store in South Rosemary.
A 43-year-old Margaretsville woman died this morning in a single vehicle crash on Tower Road, according to the state Highway Patrol.
