Two defendants are scheduled for arraignment in June and another is scheduled for sentencing the same month in a case where four men were federally charged with a series of armed robberies in the Garysburg area in 2018.
As the Halifax County Public Health System said Tuesday now is not the time to reopen businesses or back off directives, one Roanoke Rapids city council member expressed concerns about the impact the novel coronavirus is having on small business in the city.
Roanoke Rapids City Manager Joseph Scherer and Finance Director Leigh Etheridge expect the novel coronavirus to have negative impacts which will be reflected in planning for the upcoming fiscal year budget.
There are now 39 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Halifax County after three more positive tests were reported today.
Roanoke Electric Cooperative is resuming its Roanoke Connect broadband internet deployment, with the goal of providing a faster and more robust fiber-to-the-premises communications network throughout the region.
