Development, not drinking, is goal driving initiatives to get Halifax County meals tax, mixed drinks

Halifax County supervisors made it clear Monday that they aren’t willing to pay for two police cruisers that Halifax County Sheriff Stanley Noblin ordered using insurance settlement funds that covered the cost of only one vehicle.

A special meeting of the three-member Finance Committee of the Halifax County Supervisors has been called for this afternoon beginning at 3:30 p.m. in the second floor conference room of the Mary Bethune Complex.

Fifth District Congressman Robert Hurt, a Republican from Chatham, voted Monday night in favor of the compromise debt deal. The vote was 269 to 161.

Halifax County Supervisors on Monday night unanimously approved a real estate tax exemption for four parcels of land that will be included in the 2.4 mile section of the Roanoke River Rails to Trails project. This section of the trail runs from the old Cotton Mill property to Berry Hill Estate. and is a part of the Tobacco Heritage Trail that runs through parts of Brunswick, Mecklenburg, Lunenburg, Charlotte, Greensville and Halifax counties.

Halifax County Sheriff’s deputies were called to 7236 Huell Matthews Highway, South Boston, around 5 a,m. Sunday morning where an altercation between a male and female caused another male to get involved, along with his hammer.

It’s World Breastfeeding Week. Internationally, advocates are trumpeting their cause. And Halifax County’s lactating women are doing what everyone else is doing — they’re flocking to Facebook.