Longtime Roanoke Rapids Graded School District Public Information Officer and former television/radio news personality Les Atkins is leaving the area to take a new role as PIO for the Alamance-Burlington School District in Burlington, the state’s 15th largest school district.
The Roanoke Rapids Police Department is seeking information on a hit and run collision which occurred in April.
Earl Lamont Vaughan, 45, of Murfreesboro, was sentenced Monday to 70 months in prison for possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute and for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Vaughan pleaded guilty to the charges on March 9.
A longtime volunteer at Historic Halifax was honored posthumously Sunday.
Roanoke Rapids City Council Monday backed spending recommendations by the city manager for funds received through the American Rescue Plan Act and added two items to that list — funds for a salary study and those for demolition of dilapidated structures.
