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Monday, April 15, is the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, and the only post office in the nation named for a postal worker killed in the line of duty is in Roxboro, named for a postal worker aboard that fateful ship.
GKN Automotive released a statement this week saying it will be closing its plant in Roxboro as it consolidates its North American machining and assembly operations in Alamance County in a phased approach in 2024.
Around 9 p.m., police responded to a reported gunshot wound at Cash Store, which is located at 416 Chub Lake Street. When police arrived, they found the store clerk with a single gunshot wound to the arm. The clerk was taken to the hospital with a non-life-threatening injury.
WRAL staff
The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency approved $6.7 million in funding for the development of a rental community and non-congregate shelter development for North Carolinians with special housing needs.
Our Teacher of the Week said she was a terrible student - but that has made her a better teacher! WRAL's Brian Shrader pays a visit to Roxboro to honor a social studies teacher who loves her students.
Cristex Drum in Oxford and GHM Electronics in Roxboro are considered hazardous sites, and the EPA spent over $11 million to clean them up. WRAL climate change reporter Liz McLaughlin toured the sites on Monday to see what needs to happen.
Our Teacher of the Week is her school's teacher of the year! After teaching in Jamaica, Jodi-Ann Henry-Panther moved to North Carolina where she now teaches third grade at South Elementary School in Roxboro.
The 48th annual Railroad Days is this weekend in Selma, so with that in mind, Scott Mason tells a dramatic railroad story about a train explosion that happened years ago in Person County. Today, artifacts from that explosion are displayed in an old country store in Roxboro.
Police said it happened at 2:30 p.m. at Carter Bank and Trust at 823 North Main St.
WRAL Staff
A deadly car crash Saturday morning in Person County claimed two teenagers' lives and seriously injured three others.
A shooting in Roxboro on the 200 block of West Morehead Street Friday afternoon has led to two deaths and one other serious injury.
Jelia Hepner, WRAL multiplatform producer
Work on the crumbling building that we previously covered has finished, and Main St in Roxboro has reopened.
Monica Casey, WRAL Durham reporter
Like several other businesses getting new life, Green's Jewelers on Main Street in Roxboro is undergoing a significant renovation that will restore the building to its original look from the early 1900s.
Uptown Roxboro businesses will be open as normal on Saturday, but spectators are encouraged to arrive earlier this year for the annual Christmas parade.
Uptown Roxboro businesses will be open as normal on Saturday, but spectators are encouraged to arrive earlier this year to ensure time to find parking and walk to their preferred viewing area along the route.
A woman was shot and killed early Friday morning in Roxboro when her home was hit by gunfire. The police chief told WRAL News this is the city's first murder of the year.
A mother was shot and killed early Friday morning in Roxboro when her home was hit by gunfire. The police chief told WRAL News this is the city's first murder of the year.
Roxboro, the snow capital of central North Carolina, was one of the first areas to get hit by snow Thursday evening.
Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporter
Some Roxboro residents went a week without power last year during an ice storm. They spoke with WRAL's Bryan Mims about how to prepare in case it happens again this weekend.
With this weekend's ice storm, powerlines are sure to go down and the lights are expected to go out for many people.
Bryan Mims, WRAL reporter
Roxboro was seeing snow showers on Monday morning as heavy rain turned into snow.
Miss Mollie operated a guest house in Roxboro, primarily for single women. But she would often invite young gentlemen over for Sunday dinners. Miss Mollie became a matchmaker!
It's been a slow and steady race for Person County trying to get frontline workers and people 65-and-older vaccinated, but county health director Janet Clayton says things are starting to speed up.
Lora Lavigne, WRAL Durham reporter
