Video surveillance footage from the P&A Pawn Shop heist Friday morning shows two attempts were made at breaking in at the back entrance before deciding to use a tow strap or chain hooked to a dually and pull the front security gate from the building in the 900 block of Roanoke Avenue.
The Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald reported tonight that the Northampton County Board of Education approved the merger of its two high schools.
The merger of Northampton high schools East and West is expected to begin in the 2012-2013 school year. The East campus will serve as the location for the new school.
Scotland Neck police say a man found dead off Grace Street and Air Boss Parkway is likely the victim of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Roanoke Rapids police are investigating a robbery attempt in the parking lot of the East Tenth Street BB&T which occurred shortly after 10:30 this morning.
A Friday night shooting victim has declined to press charges against the man who allegedly shot him, according to Roanoke Rapids Police.
