Roanoke Rapids News

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 New program seeks to improve learning environment, students' success HANK DEWALD /HERALD STAFF WRITER ROANOKE RAPIDS - Roanoke Rapids Graded Schools District Superintendent Dennis ...

Investigators say a North Carolina mental patient died after nurses at a state mental hospital left him in a chair for 22 hours and failed to feed him or help him to the bathroom, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

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Friday, August 15, 2008 Friday gala includes a detour, new alcohol rules Herald Staff Report ROANOKE RAPIDS - The Uptown Friday Nights gala returns to Roanoke Avenue Friday with the community celebration ...

' Weakside defensive ends have been traditionally known as the smallish speed rusher on the edge, but North Carolina's Darrius Massenburg doesn't fit that image.

Friday, August 15, 2008 PD explores laws on juvenile loitering Lance Martin/Herald Senior Staff Writer ROANOKE RAPIDS - The city Police Department is looking at how other towns in the state handle unsupervised ...

Thursday, August 14, 2008 TODD WETHERINGTON DAILY HERALD Roanoke Rapids resident Evelyn Doughtie sits with guest Agnese Tilinde Wednesday.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 Middleton focused on improving district's test scores Editor's note: This is the first in a series of stories examining what districts are doing to improve their students' ...

Nothing matches a good playoff run to get momentum going. "Things are going extremely well right now," Chapel Hill High School football coach Issac Marsh said after opening preseason practices at CHHS.

Monday, August 11, 2008 City given OK for Uptown Friday Nights HANK DEWALD/HERALD STAFF WRITER ROANOKE RAPIDS - City Manager Phyllis Lee has received confirmation from the Department of Transportation that ...

Saturday, August 09, 2008 Lance Martin Daily Herald Charter Communications Government Relations Manager James Ray listens to complaints about the company during a meeting Wednesday afternoon.

Army National Guard Spec. Brandi N. Mckinney has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition ...

Thursday, August 07, 2008 White sentenced to 24 months in prison Herald Staff Report RALEIGH - Former Valley businessman, Ronald Duane White was sentence to 24 months in a federal prison after pleading guilty ...

A New York psychic has purchased the Durham home where one of the area's most notorious murders occurred.

Gov. Mike Easley met with state school board members and superintendents from across the state Wednesday to tout the state's Learn and Earn program.

A former owner of a Lake Gaston marina has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to bank fraud.

Daily Herald Agent Roy Ball of the Roanoke Rapids Police Department labels a blood sample taken from a tractor-trailer Monday afternoon while Trooper T.D. "Bo' Forsht takes a photograph.

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 Mayor to meet with cable TV officials Editor's note; If you have concerns about Charter Communications, you may submit your thoughts to the Daily Herald and we will pass them on to the ...

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 Perry admits to extortion try, gets probation Lance Martin/Herald Senior Staff Writer ROANOKE RAPIDS - A man who arranged the secret taping of Randy Parton's daughter purportedly ...