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Hodges and McClafferty inducted into Chowan HOF
Two Roanoke Valley area residents inducted into the Chowan University Jim Garrison Sports Hall of Fame this past Saturday night in Murfreesboro. Gattis Hodges, who is the Voice of the "Hawks and Sean...
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Gertie Green Clements Crews
Gertie Green Clements Crews passed away after a long battle with cancer and went to be with her Lord on November 5,2016. Gertie was born August 17, 1944 in Halifax County, NC, the daughter of the late...
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2016 HNMFL All-star games closes season
The Halifax-Northampton Midget Football League held it's Junior Varsity and Varsity 2016 All-Star games this past Saturday at Northwest Halifax High with the Thunder Division (Halifax County teams)...
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Homeowners uninjured, pets perish in Rapids St. blaze
The cause of a fire in the 800 block of Rapids Street Sunday night has not been determined. Three pets, a dog and two ferrets, perished in the blaze, Lieutenant Bryan Hollowell of the Roanoke Rapids...
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Commissioners remember Hux with special ceremony
Commissioners Rives Manning and Marcelle Smith draped a black cloth over the chair of their departed colleague, Rachel Hux, and fellow board member Carolyn Johnson called for a moment of silence....
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I-95 Shutdown "2016" car show winners
The Famously Hated Car and Truck Club announce award winners from Saturday's big car show "I-95 Shutdown" annual event at the Roanoke Rapids Theatre parking lot. Over 270 vehicles registered and $1,000...
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Board approves DSS, Enfield middle refinancing
Halifax County commissioners today approved the refinancing of the department of social services building and Enfield Middle School, going with a bank proposal which offered a 2.35 percent interest...
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RRPD blotter: November 5, 2016
The Roanoke Rapids Police Department reported the following, according to Chief Chuck Hasty: Saturday November 5, 2016 • Archie Lee Daniels, 45, of Roanoke Rapids, was arrested around 9:15 a.m. on...
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Middle school Championship set
Monday afternoon and evening the RMSAA Football Championship game was narrowed down to two teams to battle Wednesday November 9th at Roanoke Rapids High with a 6 PM kick-off. Mondays first game was...
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RRPD begins outreach to Hispanic community
The Roanoke Rapids Police Department has begun an outreach with the area’s Hispanic community. The effort started Monday night with an initial meeting filling the fellowship hall of St. John the...
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Manhunt under way following Highway 48 chase
The state Highway Patrol and other law enforcement continues to look for a man involved in a high-speed chase in the Highway 48-561 area of Brinkleyville. As that search continued, Roanoke Rapids...
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Two charged in September larceny
A man was arrested last week and woman today in a September 9 larceny, according to the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office. Billy Ray Whitby Jr., 44, of Roanoke Rapids, was arrested November 4 and and...
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Herbert B. Reese, 90 of Hwy 48, Roanoke Rapids passed away Monday, November 7, 2016 at his home. Mr. Reese was born July 6, 1926 in Nash County to the late James Cornelius Reese and Magnolia Bryant...
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School tax passes in county
A supplemental tax for Halifax County Schools passed this evening, according to unofficial returns. Voters from 16 precincts throughout the county were eligible to vote for the issue, which passed by a...
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Vance County man apprehended, charged in 48 chase
A Vance County man who led troopers on a high-speed chase Tuesday on Highway 48 was caught this morning and was being booked on numerous charges. Trooper Scott Richardson of the state Highway Patrol...
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Charges lodged following chase in city
An afternoon chase in Roanoke Rapids ended with the arrest of a man following a crash in the area of Zoo Road Tuesday.Roanoke Rapids Police Department Deputy Chief Andy Jackson said Cequan O’Neill...
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Jacket's give 100% until the end
The Roanoke Rapids Men's soccer team traveled to battle the Clinton Dark Horses Tuesday night in the second round in the 2A NCHSAA State Championship play-offs. Roanoke Rapids came up short falling 3-0...
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RVGSL annual meeting tonight
A Reminder that the Roanoke Valley Girls Softball League's annual membership meeting is scheduled for tonight, Nov 9th, at 6 pm. The meeting will be held at the USW Union Hall located at 94 Roanoke Ave...
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Family members charged in Oct. tool larceny
Two family members have been arrested for the larceny of a toolbox and power tools from a residence off Sam Powell Dairy Road last month. Detective Matt Brown of the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office...
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Potato soup for the third party soul
I pondered the occurrences of Tuesday night at the bar at Logan’s Wednesday over a bowl of creamy potato soup, lots of pepper shaken onto it. I’ve never read the Chicken Soup for the Soul books, but...
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