A Weldon man already facing charges by the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office from a Saturday morning shooting, now faces additional counts related to him reportedly firing shots at a vehicle with four occupants Friday night.
As North Carolina begins phase 2 of Governor Roy Cooper’s COVID-19 plan under Executive Order 141, the Roanoke Rapids Parks and Recreation Department announced the Chaloner Recreation Center splash pad will open Tuesday in a limited capacity.
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina Robert J. Higdon Jr. called a multimillion dollar Medicaid fraud case which originated in Roanoke Rapids one of the most brazen and egregious this federal judicial district ever has seen.
While students and their parents processed news the novel coronavirus would likely close schools for the remainder of the year, Roanoke Rapids Graded School District leaders found ways to meet the academic needs of students as well as those of a social and emotional nature.
A Roanoke Rapids man charged in a 2018 high-speed chase was sentenced in Raleigh to a 41-month federal sentence today.
