From school system news release
Weldon City Schools Board of Education hosted a community forum Thursday to introduce a proposed policy that would mandate all students who participate in extracurricular activities maintain a passing grade in all classes.
An account has been set up at First Citizens Bank in Roanoke Rapids to help defray some of the costs of funeral services for Marquisa Moody, the five-year-old child who was shot to death Monday when a rifle was mistakenly discharged.
The child’s funeral was today at 11 a.m.
It’s not a rampant crime but there is probably more timber theft going than anyone realizes.
It is a crime, however, “You really need to be careful of when approached about selling timber,” says Robert Smith, a law enforcement agent with the state Division of Forest Resources.
Newspaper ads proclaim runaway slaves may have fled to Mush Island. There is documentation of one master watching his slave drift away across the river on his own barge.
These are the things that have earned the Roanoke River a National Park Service designation as a National Underground Railroad Network site.
From the Palm Beach Post
A 37-year old North Carolina man is charged with sexually assaulting a small boy and girl a decade ago when he lived in Palm Beach County, according to reports.
