Franklinton News

Marilyn Allen's car sits in her father's driveway after being involved in a four-vehicle collision on Raleigh Road Tuesday night.

Arrests a Joseph Edward Benfante Jr., 18, of 2020 Landmark Drive, Franklinton, was booked Dec.

Arrests a Michelle Leigh Harris, 29, of Gholson Place was served with an order for arrest on Dec.

Tall sound barriers will help drown the roar of engines at a proposed racetrack at the Cooper Stadium site, according to a study the developer commissioned.

Franklin County Public Utilities experienced three wastewater spills in the surrounding area on December 2, 2009.

Central North Carolina accident investigators were kept busy on the roads on Thanksgiving Day.

A mother and her two small children were killed in a car crash Wednesday night in Granville County.

A Louisburg mother and her two children were killed in a car accident in Franklinton Wednesday night.

Arrests a Sheree Lee Bekhet, 43, of 309 Ridge Road, Butner, was booked Oct. 28. Simple assault.

Arrests Bennie Hartman III, 32, of 2186-A Smith Road, Oxford, was booked Nov. 5. Felony possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana.

Three wastewater spills occurred Wednesday in Franklin County as a result of the recent heavy rainfall.

Entries in Autumn Arts 2009, the 34th annual juried art show sponsored by Vance-Granville Community College and the Kerr Lake Art Society, have been judged and are on display at Vance-Granville. The public is invited to view the artwork, which is on display on the second floor of Building 7 on the college's main campus in Vance County through Nov.

Even though the occasion is sad, there is something oddly bracing in setting out to write about a man who called himself "Soupy." We need more Soupys in this self-important, don't-you-dare-throw-that-pie world - and now there is one less, Soupy Sales having died Thursday at the age of 83.

Four 17-year-old boys are out on bond after being arrested for allegedly vandalizing Granville Central High School on Sunday morning, Granville County Sheriff Brin Wilkins said.

Arrests a Nannie C. Stovall, 46, of 505 Henderson St., Oxford, was booked Oct. 15. Two counts of failure to appear.

Soupy Sales, the rubber-faced comedian who made an art form out of taking a pie in the face and delighted a generation of Detroiters with his loopy TV show on Channel 7 in the 1950s, died Thursday night in New York.

Before issuing his sentence, Judge Rafael Diaz acknowledged many of the letters written to the court from gay rights groups and Hunter's family asking Diaz to sentence Hannah to the maximum 180 days.

Prosecutors have reached plea agreements with two more players in a complex, multi-million dollar over-the-counter drug ring, which has an epicenter in the Triangle and spans the East Coast.

Johnston Health's Clayton campus is poised for growth. CLAYTON Johnston County hospital leaders are putting the finishing touches on a plan that would deliver a $60 million, full-service hospital to the growing community of Clayton.

Years ago, Bob and Ginger Sykes' Turtle Mist Farm near Franklinton was home to an amusement park called Arkland.