Halifax News

There was one question just about everybody in Kings Mountain wanted answered Sunday: Who bought the winning Powerball ticket worth $88.1 million? The N.C. Education Lottery announced the only winning ticket from Saturday's drawing was sold in Kings Mountain, a small town 30 miles west of Charlotte.

The Rural Economic Development Institute graduated 32 people this month, including several from Western North Carolina, after an intensive, three-month leadership training program.

VIR Operations, the businesses it attracts and visitor spending generate an economic impact of $77.5 million annually and support 1,542 jobs in the city of Danville and the counties of Pittsylvania and Halifax, according to an economic impact study released this afternoon.

Smart Start of Davidson County was honored with a Bronze Award for excellence at Smart Start's National Annual Conference last week.

Rep. Earl Jones has filed a bill that would legalize video poker and give the state a 20 percent cut of gaming profits.

One phone call by a Florida-based nonprofit helped find a Halifax County man who had been missing for four days.

State education officials will offer extensive oversight of Halifax County schools in an effort to improve student performance.

North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue announced Wednesday that the State Board of Education will intervene in Halifax County schools.

B. Mayo Boddie Sr., chairman of the NorthEastern Entrepreneur Roundtable, has announced the names of the four finalists for the 2009 NEER Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

Provides that residents of this state who are serving on full-time active military duty outside the state in the armed forces of the United States or a reserve component of the armed forces may hunt or fish while on leave in this state without obtaining a license.

A Tornado watch remains in effect until 3:00 p.m. for parts of the viewing area.

History will be made in a Wake County courtroom on April 29th. Unless something unexpected takes place between now and then, Superior Court Judge Howard Manning will order the state to take command of the Halifax County School system.

It could have been us. On March 16, Judge Howard E. Manning Jr. sent a notice of hearing and order to the Halifax County Public Schools accusing the school district of committing a oeacademic genocide.a The April 29 hearing will focus on who should be in charge of the Halifax County Public Schools.

State Employees Credit Union Foundation awarded $750,000 to Home Health and Hospice Care Inc.

Friday the 13th began on a deadly note in Halifax County. Deputies say they got a call about from a man saying he had shot someone.

Halifax County Sheriff's tell Eyewitness News that the five men approached the Oasis gas station at exit 168 on I-95, and attempted to rob the gas station and a Dunkin' Donuts shop, but did not get any money.

Snow is expected to begin falling overnight in some areas and continue through Wednesday, though some areas are expected to experience lulls between snowfalls.

More bad news on the job front as the latest county unemployment rates came out today.

The N.C. Center for Missing Persons has issued a Silver Alert for a missing endangered woman, Alexandrea Jacquelyn Copeland.

Hunter and Stephanie Taylor announce the birth of a daughter, Sophia Elizabeth , on Dec.