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Mayor Walter Gardner has worn many hats as a volunteer in service for the town of Warrenton, the county of Warren and the state of North Carolina. I would like to publically thank Walter for his many years of service to the fire service as longtime chief of Warrenton Rural Volunteer Fire Department. Walter and many other members of our fire departments voluntarily respond to fire and accident scene emergency calls within their respective districts as well as to mutual aid calls at all hours of the day and night.

NASH COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - A convicted felon from Virginia is in an Eastern Carolina jail after a traffic stop on I-95 found drugs in his vehicle. Nash County deputies said around 9:15 p.m. Monday their Highway Interdiction Team stopped the vehicle for a traffic violation. A K-9 alerted to...

ROANOKE RAPIDS, N.C. (WNCN) — A woman remains in stable condition Tuesday after a Monday shooting. Roanoke Rapids police responded to the 200 block of Madison Street, which is about a block west of the Food Lion on Roanoke Avenue, in reference to a shooting. Upon arrival, they found...

Mecklenburg Tourism Coordinator Tina Morgan provided details of the upcoming fishing tournament. During the first week of May, Buggs Island Lake will host the 2023 Sant Croix Bassmaster Open for Division Three. They are expecting a full field of 240 teams at Occoneechee State Park May 3rd through 5th. The...

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ROANOKE RAPIDS, N.C. — On Wednesday we will find out why the Roanoke Rapids police chief and captain are on administrative leave. The announcement will be made at 4 p.m., and residents will finally get some answers. Thirty minutes into a city council meeting Tuesday night in Roanoke Rapids,...

Warren County Schools is working to secure a commercial appraisal of the former South Warren Elementary School property as the next step in the property disposal process. During its March 14 regular meeting, the board of education granted Superintendent Keith Sutton authorization to proceed. South Warren Elementary School, located on...

Free COVID-19 testing will be available this week through March 24 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Warren County Armory Civic Center, located at 501 US 158 Business East, Warrenton. This site also provides Antigen Rapid Flu Tests in addition to the COVID-19 tests. The NC Department of...

DINWIDDIE, Va. (WWBT) - Surveillance videos released Tuesday show the moments that lead up to Irvo Otieno’s death earlier this month at Central State Hospital. In the first video released Tuesday, Henrico sheriff’s deputies and other hospital employees can be seen on top of Otieno after he is led into a room in handcuffs and shackled at the ankles. The video also shows CPR being performed on Otieno.

OXFORD — During his campaign for the Granville County sheriff seat, then-Democratic hopeful Robert Fountain held a “Sunday Sit Down” at the end of each week. “I want to make sure now, since I am the guy,” said Fountain before the event, “that we continue the process of making sure the community knows what I’m doing, hold me accountable for what I do, and they’re letting me be transparent in what we’re trying to accomplish moving forward.”

"This is a stain on Nash County," said commissioner Glen Wilkins, who confirmed that a fired Nash DSS employee was involved in handling Christal Lane's case. "This is a stain on Nash County," said commissioner Glen Wilkins, who confirmed that a fired Nash DSS employee was involved in handling Christal Lane's case.

NASHVILLE, N.C. — Nash County leaders are responding to a critical state report into the Nash County Department of Social Services (DSS). That report, released Friday, found a long list of failures at Nash DSS, including in the case of 8-year-old Christal Lane, who was beaten to death in February.

ROANOKE RAPIDS, N.C. (WNCN) — Roanoke Rapids police are looking for two people who stole “various amounts” of meat. A male and a female made off with the meat from a business off Premier Boulevard and Fourth Avenue around 1:22 p.m. on Saturday, police said. The carne...

Roanoke Rapids police “have strong leads” in a shooting Monday which sent a victim who Acting Chief Gorton Williams described as an innocent bystander to the hospital for treatment. Williams said the shooting occurred in the 200 block of Madison Street. Members of C squad responded to the...

Most people in the area know the remarkable renovation underway in the Town of Littleton thanks to the Fitts Foundation. Another group making inroads in the town’s development is the Greater Littleton Development Partnership. The non-profit GLDP was established in 2018 by a core group of citizens who love...

HALIFAX, N.C. (WNCN) — The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office is looking for three people who robbed a sweepstakes parlor at gunpoint in early February. On Feb. 5, deputies responded to the Lucky Dollar Sweepstakes, at 17410 N.C. 481 in Enfield, in reference to an armed robbery. Witnesses told...

The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate an armed robbery which occurred last month at a sweepstakes cafe in the Enfield area off Highway 481. Lieutenant Shane Guyant said deputies on February 5 learned from witnesses at Lucky Dollar Sweepstakes that two men rushed through the front door and assaulted the security guard with a firearm while another man came in behind them with a handgun and stole money from the register.

Three people, including one allegedly linked to a homicide in the city, are facing drug-related charges after investigations by the Nash County Sheriff’s Office’s Narcotics Division. Nakesha Williams, 42, Christopher House, 32, and Julio Limon, 28, were arrested after the narcotics division the past several months investigated complaints about separate narcotics-related activity, Maj. Eddie Moore of the sheriff’s office said Friday night in a news release. According to Moore, detectives...

The Roanoke Rapids Police Department is investigating the larceny of meat from a local business on Premier Boulevard Saturday. Acting police Chief Gorton Williams said the larceny occurred shortly before 1:30 p.m. The suspects involved stole various amounts of meat from the meat department. The suspects fled on foot behind...

Mar. 17—HENDERSON — One person was charged with a myriad of drug-related crimes on March 16, Vance County Sheriff Curtis Brame said via a news release. On the day Vance County Sheriff's Office deputies and officers from the Wake Forest Police Department searched the home of Maurice Thomas, 531 Swain Drive in Henderson, officials noted three people occupied the home. Officers found and seized around 116 grams of cocaine along with an undefined amount of marijuana and a firearm.