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Chaloner football tryout date announced
Chaloner Middle school 2017 Football tryouts will begin August 21st from 7:00am-8:30am at Chaloner. Students entering 7th and 8th grades may tryout. Players must have an up to date physical to...
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2017 RRHS Athletic Hall of Fame inductees announced
The Roanoke Rapids High School Athletic Hall of Fame Foundation is honored to announce its Class of 2017. The purpose of the Roanoke Rapids High School Athletic Hall of Fame is to recognize, honor, and...
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RRHS women's tennis practice announced
Roanoke Rapids High Women's tennis begins on Tuesday August 1st at 6:00 pm at the T.J. Davis Rec. courts. All interested players please come to practice. Tennis is a no-cut sport. The coaching staff...
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Hornets youth football registration open
The Roanoke Rapids Hornets JV and Varsity Halifax/Northampton Youth Football League teams are officially getting their season kicked off in the next 2 weeks. Open Registration (for both JV and Varsity)...
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RRPD roundup: Shooting, domestic counts; traffic stop
The Roanoke Rapids Police Department reported the following, according to Chief Chuck Hasty: Police continue to investigate possible connections between a June domestic assault and two shooting calls...
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Roanoke Valley crime roundup: Beer theft arrest; Down East TF arrest
Roanoke Valley law enforcement reported the following: Halifax County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Scott Hall reported on Sunday around 11:30 pm, Deputy Brandon Council arrested a Roanoke Rapids...
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Aman returns to open Southern Smiles Orthodontics
Dr. Courtney Aman of Roanoke Rapids is excited to return to her hometown where she will be opening a new, full-time orthodontic practice named Southern Smiles Orthodontics. Courtney grew up in...
View ArticleMyra Hazelene Jones Medlin
Myra Hazelene Jones Medlin, 82, of Littleton, NC, passed away on Sunday July 30, 2017. A native of Duplin County she was the daughter of the late Isaac Edmond and Jabez Mobley Jones and was preceded in...
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Jackets kicks off 2017 season photo gallery
The Roanoke Rapids High School football team kicked off NCHSAA first day of official High School football practice Monday afternoon. Breaks and fluids were the order of the day from head coach Eric...
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Woman faces five counts of credit card fraud
A Roanoke Rapids woman Monday surrendered to the investigating Roanoke Rapids police detective on warrants alleging she deposited fraudulent checks and then withdrew funds from an ATM machine over a...
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David Louis Cieslinski
David Louis Cieslinski, 72, affectionately known as “Ski”, died peacefully in his home Monday, July 31, 2017, with his loving partner of 26 years, Ann C. Harris, by his side. Ski was born in...
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More problems uncovered with People's Theater
More problems are emerging at the former People’s Theater building, City Manager Joseph Scherer told council this evening. “We are beginning to have problems with how the old People’s Theater is...
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Scotland Neck man faces charges in Saturday murder
A Scotland Neck man faces murder and other charges in the Saturday morning shooting of his friend. Donald Franklin Smith, 24, surrendered to the Halifax County Sheriff's Office on unrelated probation...
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Stabbing victim sustains life-threatening injuries in Love St. disturbance
A male victim was flown to a trauma center this evening for treatment of life-threatening injuries following a stabbing on Love Street. Roanoke Rapids police Chief Chuck Hasty said in a statement a...
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Yellow Jackets Youth football registration open
The Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets Youth Football team is accepting registrations and you can register at their first practice which is on Monday Aug 7th at 5:30 PM at the TJ Davis field. Registration...
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2017 National Night Out photo gallery
Photos from Halifax County Sheriff, Roanoke Rapids and Weldon Police Departments 2017 National Night Out at the Center on Halifax Community College campus Tuesday night August 1st. Photos by Randy...
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Duke Energy gifts $10K to energy education center
The Duke Energy Foundation has awarded a gift of $10,000 to the Center for Energy Education, a non-profit organization committed to providing energy education and training in Northeastern North...
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RRPD roundup: Assault suspect; flee to elude
The Roanoke Rapids Police Department reported the following, according to Chief Chuck Hasty: Assault suspect surrenders On Tuesday at approximately 11 a.m., Taneshia Antoinette Burgess came to the...
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Clarence 'Mickey' Linwood Whitby
Clarence “Mickey” Linwood Whitby, age 81, of Roanoke Rapids, NC, died Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at his residence. Mr. Whitby was born in Halifax County, NC, the son of the late Charlie Linwood Whitby and...
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Open wide: Man with crack in mouth charged
A Halifax man was arrested on an outstanding warrant and crack cocaine was found in his mouth following a Tuesday night stop. Captain A.M. Harris of the City County Drug Task Force said in a statement...
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