Two Washington County men — both with previous murder convictions — were booked into jail on felony drug counts over the weekend after two separate encounters.

Rashawn Maurice Cooper, 42, of Plymouth, was charged after fleeing from sheriff’s deputies in the Sandhill Road corridor Saturday. Avione Webb, 37, of Roper, was taken into custody Friday after an NC Highway Patrol stop, when troopers found Webb had no license and the vehicle he was driving bore fictitious tags...