The Hockaday General Store and Museum will be hosting a book signing for former Roanoke Rapids resident and Northampton County native B. Lance Jenkins, author of A New Requiem Friday, from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Opening ceremonies for the Southeast Regional Babe Ruth Tournament were held this afternoon at Ledgerwood Field.
The state Department of Transportation’s tentative plan for the Roanoke Avenue resurfacing project, which begins today, is to do the work in three sections.
A Littleton man indicted last week on federal drug charges is expected to make a court appearance this morning in Raleigh.
Roanoke Rapids police are investigating an armed robbery which occurred around 9:30 p.m. at The Store Next Door on Fifth Street.
