Roanoke Rapids News

Deputies say a fight over a game system has led to one person being stabbed and another in jail.

Deer-season changes for next season won't be discussed this January, as state officials await legislative action on last year's recommendations.

When Robert Jones worked at Pasquotank Correctional Institution as a captain in the mid-1990s, he often wondered what it would be like to be the prison's administrator.

Daily Dispatch/ASHLEY STEVEN AYSCUE Salvation Army Major James McCurdy presents Henderson Mayor Pro-Tem Lonnie Davis with a bell so he can officially kick-off the Red Kettle Campaign Friday morning during a ceremony outside the Henderson Wal-Mart. The Salvation Armya s Red Kettle Campaign kicked off last week with a ceremony outside the Walmart in ...

A kidnapping suspect who eluded capture for 10 years was arrested Thanksgiving Day in the township after officers received a tip that he would be in the area.Stephen Kirk Murray, 51, had been sought by North Carolina and federal authorities in connection with the December 1999 kidnapping of his nieces, Abishiree "Abby" Tova Steyne and Christianna ...

Deputies say two people fought over a video game system and now a 17-year-old is charged with assault with intent to kill.

A Roanoke Rapids man has been charged with a murder that happened last week in Halifax County.

It's the end of the season, and the players are aiming for a championship out on the field.

Bev Perdue earlier this month. He will fill an at-large position dealing with government-related finance and accounting.

Deputies say the man who shot another man in a store parking lot last week is now behind bars.

Two Eastern Carolina men have been sentenced to Federal prison time for selling drugs.

The Halifax County Sheriffa s Office is investigating a shooting at the Green Store on Hwy 48 outside Roanoke Rapids.

Lawmen are looking for two men in connection with a shooting in Halifax County. The Sheriff's Office is searching for 29-year-old Charles Hockaday from Roanoke Rapids and 23-year-old Alston Parker from Roanoke Rapids.

Musical styles from around the globe were part of this year's "Battle of the Bands" competition.

Central North Carolina hospitals are putting new limits in place for visitors as a precaution to limit the spread of the H1N1 and seasonal flu viruses.

Hundreds of people came to Edenton Saturday to enjoy a full day of activities that made up the 34th annual Peanut Festival.

NEW YORK Ronnie E. Bell has been appointed publisher of the Harrison Daily Times, effective Nov.

A mother is under arrest, after deputies say she was leaving her children home alone.

"The saga of the real-life a oeNorma Raea came to an end September 18, when Crystal Lee Sutton, the woman on whom the classic 1979 movie was based, died in Burlington, North Carolina, of brain cancer, at the age of 68.