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Family Dollar plans Highway 48 store opening
Family Dollar Stores will open its Highway 48 store outside Roanoke Rapids next Thursday. “Family Dollar continues to grow and we’re thrilled to bring our wide assortment and great values to Roanoke...
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RRPD roundup: Memorial Day, weekend reports
The Roanoke Rapids Police Department reported the following, according to Chief Chuck Hasty: Monday reportsAt approximately 10:15 a.m., Officer H. Grimes arrested and charged Troy Antwan Herring, 24,...
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Sheriff's office offering summer junior deputy camp
The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office is reaching out to children in July by providing them a free Junior Deputy Camp. The camp will be July 11-13 at the Halifax County Agricultural Center on Ferrell...
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From a Trojan to a Knight
Southeast Halifax Trojan Senior Joshua Godwin recently signed his "Letter of Intent" to further his football skills to the college level. Godwin is graduating from the Southeast Halifax Trojans and...
View ArticleWalter 'Wallie' Jackson Wray III
Walter “Wallie” Jackson Wray,III, age 60, of Raleigh,NC and formerly of Roanoke Rapids, died Saturday, May 27, 2017, at Wake Medical Center. He was born in New London, Conn. Wallie was a graduate of...
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RVGSL Monday May 29th U8 results
Roanoke Valley Girls Softball League results reported to RRspin.com Sports. In Monday night Roanoke Valley Girls Softball u8 pitching machine action Enfield Cotton Gin defeated Piedmont Services 9-0 In...
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Police seek help in Walmart larcenies
The Roanoke Rapids Police Department is looking for a person who within the last two weeks this month reportedly committed two larcenies at Walmart.Anyone with information is encouraged to contact...
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RRGSD honors excellence at inaugural celebration
The Roanoke Rapids Graded School District Tuesday night honored educators and support staff at an inaugural event called Celebration of Excellence. The event was held at Kirkwood Adams.“We wanted a...
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Warriors finish weekend 2-2
The Roanoke Rapids based Roanoke Rapids Warriors travel basketball team traveled to Hampton VA this past weekend to participate in the Boo Williams Memorial Day Classic. After losing in the second...
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Hurricanes win 1st place
The Garysburg Hurricanes AAU travel basketball team traveled to Wilmington this past weekend for the "USBA Battle at the Beach. The Hurricanes went 3-0 to win 1st place.
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City manager recommends six months of theater operational costs
City Manager Joseph Scherer this afternoon recommended funding only six months of operational costs for the Roanoke Rapids Theatre. The recommendation came during discussions on the upcoming fiscal...
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City budget proposes 4 percent pay increase; no tax hike
Roanoke Rapids City Council will consider a budget for the next fiscal year which contains no tax increase and proposes to give employees a 4 percent cost of living increase. City Manager Joseph...
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Halifax crime roundup: Correctional officer arrested; SN drug bust
Law enforcement across Halifax County made the following reports: Halifax County Sheriff’s OfficeChief Deputy Scott Hall reported on Tuesday around 6:30 a.m., Deputy Steven Stansberry and Sergeant...
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Emily Odell Ellington
Emily Odell Ellington, 95, of Roanoke Rapids passed away Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at Village Green Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Fayetteville. Mrs. Ellington was born January 9, 1922 in...
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Kathryn Blake Carraway
Kathryn Blake Carraway was born on December 20, 1921 in Concord, Georgia to D.P. and Kate Blake and was one of ten children. She graduated with a teaching degree from Georgia State College for Women...
View ArticleRuth Gregory Proctor
Ruth Gregory Proctor of Halifax passed away on Monday May 29, 2017 at Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC. She was born on August 11, 1927 to the late Arthur Wynns and Ruth Shaw Gregory. She was preceded...
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Judge sets two days of sentencing for remaining Rockfish defendants
United States Senior Judge Malcolm J. Howard has set two days aside for the sentencing of the remaining 14 defendants in the Operation Rockfish police corruption case. Sentencing of Antonio Tillmon,...
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2016-17 Northeast Academy Athletic awards
Northeast Academy announce it's 2016-17 Athletic award winners. Junior Varsity Football: MVP: J.T. Simmons Most Improved Player: Hunter Francis LM: Michael Smith Varsity Football: MVP: Josh Byrd...
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RRPD roundup: Assault call; weapon counts
Roanoke Rapids police report two arrests from Wednesday. Assault call Around 7 a.m., Chief Chuck Hasty said officers responded to a call of a man assaulting a woman at the intersection of Highway 158...
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Opium trafficking counts lodged after probe
A Weldon man was arrested Wednesday night on opium trafficking counts following an investigation which was based on intelligence passed on by local law enforcement. City County Drug Task Force Captain...
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