A man charged federally in a September chase and shooting spree which ended in Emporia has requested through his counsel a hearing to determine his mental competency as well as psychiatric or psychological examination.
The focus of Roanoke Rapids City Manager Joseph Scherer for the upcoming fiscal year budget is to improve salaries and benefits, public safety, infrastructure repair and keep facilities open.
The two victims of a fatal shooting this morning in Weldon have been identified as a Weldon woman and Garysburg man.
Nine new positive cases of COVID-19 were added to the Halifax County Health Department’s data on the virus today.
Weldon police are investigating the fatal shootings of a man and a woman and, as of this report, the non-fatal shooting of a third victim.
