4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (290+ words) A Roanoke Rapids man and an Adams, Massachusetts, man remain in the Halifax County Detention Center after they were charged Wednesday with stealing 2,000 feet of copper wire from solar panels belonging to a company off Airport Road. The theft represented…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1207+ words) Halifax commissioners today deadlocked on moving forward with proposed amendments to the economic development agreement the county struck with Quiet Data Centers Halifax. Commissioner Gary Redding, who proposed several additions to the agreement, said the board will now wait for…...

1+ week, 43+ min ago   (121+ words) A Vass man died Sunday morning while riding a motorcycle on I-95 in the Gaston area, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. A preliminary investigation by Trooper J.J. Lynch shows that Keith Marsh, 56, was traveling south on the interstate near…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (527+ words) The Roanoke Rapids Fire Department will begin placing no-go signs at abandoned commercial buildings to warn firefighters of unsafe structures, Fire Chief Richard Cook told the city council Tuesday. “We’ve been having more issues with vacant buildings inside the city,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (652+ words) The North Carolina Utilities Commission has scheduled a public hearing this month in Halifax County to take public testimony on Dominion Energy North Carolina’s proposed base rate increase. The hearing is set for September 28 at 7 p.m. in the Halifax County…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (401+ words) Comments made in direct testimony by Virginia Electric and Power Company President Edward H. Baine to the North Carolina Utilities Commission gave more details on the company’s proposed rate increase for its North Carolina customers. Baine’s testimony in the spring is…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (151+ words) Authorities are investigating a fatal shooting that claimed the life of a 50-year-old Hollister man outside a local convenience store late Sunday night. Major Anzell Harris of the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office said the victim was identified as Joel Lynch....

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (93+ words) RRSpin Login To Your Account Halifax County Board of Elections: Tuesday, September 1, 2026 The Halifax County Board of Elections will conduct its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday September 1, 2026 at 1 p.m. in the Board of Commissioners Meeting Room located on the second floor…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (199+ words) A fundraising effort is underway to cover funeral expenses for Demetrius Eugene Fleming, a 38-year-old man whose hanging death Friday remains under investigation by the Roanoke Rapids Police Department. Even through hardships, Brown wrote, “Demetrius wore a smile and kept…...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago   (254+ words) A crash involving three vehicles in the Murfreesboro area Friday resulted in the death of a 30-year-old Roanoke Rapids woman, the Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald of Ahoskie reported. Breiana Latrice Boyce lost her life in the crash, which occurred shortly before 5 p.m. on…...