The North Carolina and Virginia Railroad will receive $979,813 for rail replacement and improvements along its mainline corridor in Northampton County, according to the state Department of Transportation’s Rail Division.
Four Roanoke Rapids men face fentanyl trafficking and other drug counts following the execution of a search warrant on Thomas Jefferson Drive off Highway 48, according to the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office.
A Gaston police officer was charged Wednesday with one count of statutory rape.
The Roanoke Rapids Graded School District Board of Trustees has hired the North Carolina School Boards Association to help facilitate its search for the next superintendent of the school system.
A lottery player in Roanoke Rapids won Wednesday’s Powerball jackpot of $209.3 million.
