Reprinted with permission from the Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald
Hard times call for hard decisions.
That was the lesson learned by the Northampton County Board of Commissioners on Monday as the realization of the fact that taxes will need to be raised any where from 8 to 10 cents in order to balance the upcoming budget.
A 57-year-old Roanoke Rapids man was charged and arrested Monday for indecent exposure to a child under 16.
Richard Demello, charged in the March 28 murder of Michael Wayne Davis, has been indicted by the Halifax County Grand Jury.
A Halifax man who refused to stop for a deputy today was arrested after a chase into the county seat from Weldon.
The Halifax County Convention and Visitors Bureau presented its annual report for the past year and honored the top employees in tourism related businesses.
