Install
Roanoke Rapids and Halifax County News from RRSpin
- 717articles · 365d
- 2+ day agolatest article
- Dec 29, 2025earliest in window
- 94%with images
- 234avg words
- Sensitive Subjects 222
- Crime & Law 176
- Human Interest 164
- Law & Government 163
- Crime, Law & Justice 147
- Politics2 134
- Social Life 134
- Politics 119
Please confirm you are human
This browser or connection looks automated. Press and continuously hold the control for 3 seconds to enable Google-hosted web results and, when separately allowed, AI-assisted answers.
A successful check enables 100 search requests. Interactive access does not authorize scraping, systematic collection, or reuse of search output.
News
Two remain jailed following solar panel wire theft
2+ day, 8+ 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…...
RRFD to begin placing no-go signs at abandoned commercial buildings
1+ week, 3+ 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,…...
Testimony of Dominion president sheds light on proposed rate increase
1+ week, 4+ 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…...
RRPD aware of unverified sources claiming knowledge of hanging death probe
2+ week, 4+ day ago (125+ words) Roanoke Rapids Police Chief Lawrence Wiggins said today the department is aware of “social media personalities” perpetuating the idea that they have inside information about the hanging death investigation of Demetrius Fleming. One such post was sent via text to…...
Murfreesboro crash claims life of Roanoke Rapids woman
2+ week, 5+ day 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…...
Love appointed interim public works director
3+ week, 2+ day ago (127+ words) RRSpin Assistant Public Works Director Doug Love has been appointed interim director, Roanoke Rapids City Manager Kelly Traynham said in a statement this evening Loveâs appointment that was effective today comes after the resignation of former Public Works Director…...
Employee charged with theft from store
3+ week, 3+ day ago (128+ words) A Roanoke Rapids woman was charged Friday in an employee theft that spanned from January to February and resulted in the loss of $2,388.50 to the store where she worked. Major Anzell Harris of the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office said Shauniyah…...
Despite calls for resignation, Doughtie remains resolute in not stepping down
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1858+ words) Despite pleas from a majority of speakers Tuesday for him to resign because of comments his wife made on social media, Roanoke Rapids Mayor Emery Doughtie was resolute in his decision to fill out his term. “It caused a lot…...
Mayor will not step down following controversial comments by his wife
3+ week, 4+ day ago (299+ words) Roanoke Rapids Mayor Emery Doughtie told the city council he would not step down after his wife, Yvonne, made comments last week regarding race, housing, and city schools in a Facebook thread. Doughtie read his statement this evening before a…...
Progress comes from unity — not division
4+ week, 1+ day ago (212+ words) It has been brought to my attention by respected friends and colleagues throughout the professional sports community that comments have been made by Yvonne Doughtie regarding my hometown and, more specifically, the African American community. It truly saddens me to…...