City leaders hear departments’ perspectives

Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:55 PM EDT

ROANOKE RAPIDS — City leaders set priorities for the upcoming year at their retreat Wednesday at the Halifax County Convention and Visitors’ Bureau in Roanoke Rapids.

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Jackets gets blanked by Rocky Mount, 19-0

Thursday, March 18, 2010 5:32 PM EDT

ROANOKE RAPIDS — The Roanoke Rapids High School varsity baseball team ran into a brick wall when they were shut out in a contest against Rocky Mount on Wednesday, 19-0.

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Our view: The cold hard facts of little cash

Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:55 PM EDT

During the next couple of weeks, The Daily Herald will be featuring numerous stories reflecting the first trial balloons of budget crafting for nearly every commission, board and council in the Roanoke Valley.

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Melessa Brown takes life’s challenges and looks for more

Friday, March 12, 2010 3:45 PM EST

WELDON — Melessa Brown spun into the living room full of confidence and poise. It was her birthday and she was ready for anything the day wanted to throw at her.

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US authorities break huge counterfeit goods ring

Friday, March 19, 2010 1:26 PM EDT

BALTIMORE (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Maryland announced the indictments Friday of nine people on charges of smuggling 120,000 pairs of counterfeit Nike shoes and half a million counterfeit Coach handbags through the Port of Baltimore.

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Ex-NC Gov. Easley’s aide charged with tax evasion

Friday, March 19, 2010 1:26 PM EDT

RALEIGH (AP) — A federal grand jury added six tax evasion and racketeering-related counts Thursday to an indictment already accusing an ex-aide to former North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley of 51 corruption charges involving trips and profits on coastal developments.

Top Stories

  • Council uneasy over missed payments

    Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:55 PM EDT

    ROANOKE RAPIDS — The specter of The Roanoke Rapids Theatre debt hung over the City Council as it debate various challenges and opportunities facing the community at its retreat Wednesday at the Halifax County Convention and Visitors’ Bureau.

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  • Halifax County Boys and Girls Club facing uncertain future

    Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:55 PM EDT
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    ROANOKE RAPIDS — The Halifax Boys & Girls Club serves more than 230 members and their families with after school programs, summer programs, educational tutoring, recreation, social skills training and friendship.

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  • Board lowers price tag for new DSS building

    Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:55 PM EDT

    JACKSON — The Northampton County Board of Commissioners lowered the amount it will spend on a new Department of Social Services Building to meet the money it has in grants and loans to pay for the project — $7.7 million.

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  • Roanoke Rapids schools seeks $989,000 in capital funds

    Thursday, March 18, 2010 3:32 AM EDT

    ROANOKE RAPIDS — Asking for three times its normal allocation, the Roanoke Rapids Graded School District Board of Education will seek $989,000 from the Halifax County Board of Commissioners to meet the district’s capital outlay needs in the 2010-2011 budget year.

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