Mayor Julia Meacham and Weldon board member Earl Smith don’t believe Bill Blackwell has lived up to his contract with the town, failing to bring what Meacham calls a viable business to his grist mill overlooking the Roanoke River.
A Roanoke Rapids man is wanted for allegedly shooting his friend in the leg Friday, police Chief Jeff Hinton said today.
Richard Demello will be assigned an attorney through Indigent Defense Services in Durham, according to court records.
A former Roanoke Rapids pharmacist pled guilty to three counts of unlawfully distributing a controlled substance by a practitioner.
A home invasion victim was tied and two men stole laptop computers and guns Sunday night in the 9000 block of Justice Branch Road.
