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Elizabeth Branham will resign as the operator of the Roanoke Rapids Theatre effective August 15, Interim City Manager Ed Wyatt said during council's work session this evening.
Elizabeth Branham will resign as the operator of the Roanoke Rapids Theatre effective August 15, Interim City Manager Ed Wyatt said during council's work session this evening.
United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today Senior United State District Judge James C. Fox sentenced James Lee Hunter, 41, of Enfield, to 90 months’ imprisonment followed by five years’ supervised release.
Halifax County Board of Commissioners Chairman James Pierce made no secret today he believes the three school systems should be merged and Commissioner Rives Manning asked for protocol when the matter is discussed at the board's September 6 meeting.
The first suggestion to enact a quarter cent sales approved by voters in February ended up with no action taken on the matter.
Facing continued pressure from the state to ease overcrowding at the Halifax County Jail, commissioners today pledged $107,350 from the county's fund balance to begin global positioning monitoring of inmates ordered into the program by a judge.