Hank Dewald | For rrspin.com
Shortly after national news agencies issued more dire economic projections, many Roanoke Valley officials and business people gathered for lunch at the Kirkwood Adams Community Center in Roanoke Rapids.
Valerie Mayo McGee knew more than $300,000 she allegedly embezzled was supposed to go to paying her late mother’s debt for cancer treatments, a letter from Halifax County Clerk of Court Becky Spragins says.
A man who made a 20-foot leap from a Roanoke Avenue rooftop in June is now wanted for an armed robbery of a business this afternoon in the 200 block.
Interstate 95 was a big discussion topic during this morning’s city council meeting with members of its legislative delegation.
Roanoke Rapids City Councilman Ed Liverman this morning asked state legislators about the possibility of a sales tax increase to help pay off the Roanoke Rapids Theatre debt.
