Former Roanoke Rapids police chief Bobby Martin has voluntarily dismissed with prejudice all claims against the City of Roanoke Rapids and City Manager Kelly Traynham in a lawsuit that alleged retaliation, obstruction of investigations and a biased internal probe that led to his termination …

Looking Back

This photo originally ran in October 2007 and was submitted by Stanley and Johnnie Ricks. The photo shows Magnolia Edwards and John Robert Ric…

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Alton Parker submitted this photo of himself taken in 1970 in Raleigh. This picture originally ran in March 2008. The Looking Back featured ph…

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This photo was originally submitted by Richard Woodruff Jr. and was published in October 2007. Pictured is Richard Woodroof Sr. and his grandc…

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This photo originally ran in the book “Images In History, Roanoke Valley 1860-1960,” produced by The Daily Herald. The photo is courtesy of th…

JACKSON — Brenda Parker Archer of Jackson passed away on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, …

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — John Ivey Deloatch, 71, of Brooklyn, New York, and a native of No…

GARYSBURG — James Lee Shearin Jr., 72, of Garysburg, died on Thursday, May 21, 202…

ENFIELD — Mrs. Dorothy S. Mitchell, 81, of Enfield, died on Friday, May 22, 2026.

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Sidiney Nogueira and Tiffanie Allen of Panama City, Florida, announce the birth of a daughte…

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Alexis Leann Pearcey and Aron Robert Crumb, both of Roanoke Rapids, exchanged wedding vows d…

RALEIGH — Policymakers can’t make any significant headway on housing affordability unless they make it easier for companies to add more invent…