A former Scotland Neck police officer who is suing the town in a federal discrimination lawsuit filed to run for a town commissioner seat, according to filings reported by the Halifax County Board of Elections Wednesday evening.
After vowing a comeback last October, former Roanoke Rapids City Councilman Wayne Smith on Tuesday filed for his District 2 seat currently held by Andy Jackson after his appointment last September.
The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office reported the following, according to Major Anzell Harris:
Halifax County commissioners Monday tabled a request from the public health system to return what the department describes as its fund balance, a total of $6,013,570, that was allocated to the county’s general fund.
A reconciliation of 15 years of county audit books done by Halifax County Health Director Cheyanna A. James and Assistant Health Director Betty Reese identified a total of $6,013,570 of budget amendments that went from the health department back to the county’s general fund, James and Reese told commissioners Monday.
