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Clyde Williams, 28, was being held with no bond at the Halifax County jail on Tuesday.

<b>ROANOKE RAPIDS, N.C.</b> — A Roanoke Rapids man has been charged with murder in a shooting Thursday at P & J Drive, according to the Halifax County sheriff’s office.

Clyde Williams, 28, was being held without bond at the Halifax County jail on Tuesday.

Authorities said Williams exchanged words with Christopher &quot;Re-run&quot; Ponton, 29, of Roanoke Rapids, before shooting him at close range in a parking area at Ponton’s residence.

Williams was also shot during the altercation.

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Employees discovered the bodies of the two victims when heading into work this morning. Police have not confirmed whether there are more victims.

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Around 11 p.m. on Wednesday a woman was shot at Zacks Grocery Mart on New Bern Ave.

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Ken Smith and his wife Amanda welcomed twin girls on Nov. 30, 2022! Leah Marie and Louisa Marion, named after their grandmothers, entered the world one minute apart. Amanda is doing great, and 1-year-old Frankie is going to make a great big brother. 

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The parents of a 25-year-old North Carolina college student are pushing for answers after their daughter was killed on a trip to Mexico with six of her friends. More than a month after the mysterious death, Mexican authorities have issued an arrest warrant for one of those friends.

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A 10-year-old boy in Wisconsin was charged as an adult in his mother's shooting death.


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During Wednesday's N.C. High School Athletic Association Board of Directors meeting, members of the board heard a presentation from Steve Schwartz, the chair of the ad hoc committee charged with studying the shortage of officials in North Carolina.

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