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Plump, ripe and red, strawberries beckoned visitors to the Roanoke Valley Farmers Market today, the opening day of the market on Highway 158.
Plump, ripe and red, strawberries beckoned visitors to the Roanoke Valley Farmers Market today, the opening day of the market on Highway 158.
With the only remaining improvement at Doyle Field being erecting the scoreboard, the Roanoke Rapids Parks and Recreation Department will be making improvements to Ledgerwood Field.
A North Carolina woman was sentenced to receive the death penalty today for murdering an Orange County fortune teller and her daughter with the intention of robbing the victim, including stealing her expensive jewelry. Tanya Jaime Nelson, 46, Roanoke Rapids, NC, was found guilty by a jury Feb. 16. 2010, of two felony counts of special circumstances murder. The special circumstances include murder of multiple victims, murder during the commission of robbery, and murder by lying in wait. A jury recommended the death penalty for Nelson March 2, 2010.
Monday’s special city council meeting will be about the Roanoke Rapids Theatre, Mayor Emery Doughtie confirmed.
The meeting is set for 4 p.m. in the first floor conference of city hall and, according to the notice, calls for council to go int
Pothole and parking lot improvements at the Roanoke Rapids Post Office could begin in the next two to three weeks, Planning and Development Director Amanda Jarratt said today.
