Franklinton News

Richard "Dickie" Schock, who last year coached Orange High to its first football conference championship in 24 years, is returning to Rocky Mount as its football coach.

Parents of late Granville County girls to appeal suit dismissal BY WILLIAM F. WEST : The [Henderson] Daily Dispatch Jun 12, 2009 OXFORD -- A Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the parents of two Granville County girls killed Dec.

Alamance County sheriff investigators have arrested a man they say was soliciting a child by computer.

The second annual Got To Be N.C. Festival, held May 29-31 at the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, gave two area bluegrass bands reasons to celebrate.

Liberty Christian School has named Jeremy Cowin to be the school's next superintendent.

Pete Sullivan tends his one-acre lawn in North Raleigh with a riding mower. Back in his garage, there are four more machines, but none could cut a blade of grass.

"It's the original paint, what's left of it," Moss said. "When I got the car in 1990, it had bullet holes in the hood and the passenger door.

The onset of warm weather means bat problems for some residents. This time of year, which is mating season for the flying animals, bats are looking for dimly lit areas to hide, experts say.

Members of a Columbus neighborhood group called it "parade of eyesores." The group on Monday staged a tour of the worst fire-damaged and graffiti-painted homes in the city's Hilltop and Franklinton neighborhoods.

Lauren Brittany Heath of Deep Run and Brian Alston Roberts of Winterville were united in marriage at 3 p.m. April 18, 2009, at First Baptist Church in Kinston.

The case of a 12-year-old arson suspect who was on the run for more than three weeks after escaping from a treatment center has prompted a change in the way Franklin County officials handle potentially dangerous runaways.

A teenager involved in a fatal shooting will serve probation for a delinquency count of involuntary manslaughter, a Franklin County judge ruled yesterday.

In his bracket naming the greatest act in pop music history, Andrea Sneed of Franklinton nailed the consensus final four: Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, U2 and the Beatles.

The world leader in bioinnovation, a company called Novozymes, has their largest manufacturing plant in the North Carolina city of Franklinton - " just 45 minutes north of Raleigh.

These Mount St. Marya s students participated in an alternative spring break. From far left, up the steps are: Cassie Mizzoni, Amanda Boddicker, Beth Neumann, Laura Marinelli, Christina Da Agostino, Dani da Epagnier, Isabel Sacasa, Becky da Epagnier, Elisabeth Wagner, Erica George, Allie George, Slav Tsimura and Kevin Abdo ; lower steps: Jackie ...

Property investors are hibernating, hoping to ride out the recession. The seller of a Benson warehouse is hoping to rouse at least one who might consider riding it out on a tricked-out motorcycle.

Chris Lee - head coach, Louisburg ....... asst. to Holt at Rocky Mount Brent David - head coach, Winston-Salem Carver ...... asst.

A band of showers with gusty winds moved west to east through the Triangle Wednesday afternoon.

A Wake County school teacher was charged by Nash County authorities after she allegedly kidnapped and shot an N.C. Wesleyan College student.

Detectives say two men in a white pickup truck have been knocking on doors soliciting home repair work.