A 20-foot pontoon boat with 12 persons on board struck the steel floodgate structure of the Lake Gaston Dam at approximately 1:30 a.m., July 4. The pontoon boat was moving fast enough to force its way up onto the floodgate. It became wedged between the top of the floodgate and the steel structure supporting it.
Halifax County Board of Commissioners Chairman James Pierce says he believes it is a bad idea to reopen two schools.
The Halifax County Corn Maze is now open in a new location, next to Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park.
The Weldon Police Department Tuesday night arrested a sex offender who failed to report an address change to the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office.
The third wave of Operation Summer Heat netted five arrests this morning — four for drugs and one for disorderly conduct.
