Lafayette Gatling’s debt to the city is approaching the $500,000 mark as payments on the Roanoke Rapids Theatre continue to go unpaid and a confrontation in court looms.
The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office has notified the department of Social Services about the four-year-old who was killed Monday night when an improperly stored gun was accidentally discharged by another child.
A four-year-old girl who died this evening was accidentally shot by another child when the gun discharged while they were playing with the weapon. The gun, however, found by two family members Monday night, was improperly stored in a closet within easy reach, according to Major Bruce Temple of the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office.
Weldon town board members tonight approved North Carolin Small Town Economic Prosperity plan presented by Halifax County Economic Development Director Cathy Scott.
