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updated: Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:32 am

Louisburg News

Local news for Louisburg, NC continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

5 hrs ago | Wilson Daily Times

Water on reserve

As a statewide drought bears down for the second year in a row, Wilson, Rocky Mount and Nash County are prepared to send or receive emergency water supplies.

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Related Topix: Silver Lake, NC, Nash County, NC, Elm City, NC

Mon Jul 07, 2008

News Observer

Red, white and everywhere

An American flag whips and swirls in an early morning wind on Capital Boulevard.

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Related Topix: Bunn, NC

Sat Jul 05, 2008

News Observer

Louisburg man dies in swimming pool

A Louisburg man died Friday afternoon while swimming in a pool at a private residence in Zebulon.

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Related Topix: Zebulon, NC, Wake County, NC, Raleigh Metro, Chapel Hill, NC

Thu Jul 03, 2008

Wral.com

Driver has had 10 DWI charges in 17 years

A Louisburg man charged earlier this week with DWI had been arrested nine other times for the same offense in the past 17 years, according to court records.

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Related Topix: Franklin County, NC, New Hanover County, NC

Spring Hope Enterprise

Kotke cruises to his second Late Model raceway win

By JOY PERRY Things were hot as a firecracker both with the weather and action on the race track Saturday night at County Line Raceway as 27 cautions slowed the evening's racing events.

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Related Topix: Stantonsburg, NC, Battleboro, NC, Lucama, NC, Zebulon, NC

Tue Jul 01, 2008

Rocky Mount Telegram

Officials remain cautious after rain

As drought conditions across North Carolina begin to intensify, Rocky Mount city officials are breathing a sigh of relief.

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Related Topix: Rocky Mount, NC, Rocky Mount Metro, Weather, Raleigh, NC

Fri Jun 27, 2008

Wral.com

Two killed in wreck on U.S. 401

Two people were killed Thursday when a pickup truck collided head-on with a Corvette on U.S. Highway 401 in Franklin County, authorities said.

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Related Topix: Franklin County, NC

Sun Jun 15, 2008

Fort Mill Times

Illinois Style: Taking whistling seriously

Fred Waidner didn't grow up whistling. The Northbrook resident found he had an appreciation for whistling at age 13 after listening to a synthesizer player perform music by Johann Sebastian Bach.

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Related Topix: Classical, Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach, Sierra Leone, World News, Africa

Thu Jun 12, 2008

The Japan Times

Lady virtuoso 'sings' like a bird

Her music is as lovely as a song sung by a pretty bird. Of course, birds don't actually "sing," and neither does Kimiko Wakiyama.

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Tue Jun 10, 2008

News Observer

Litany of lapses

A tragic case at the for-profit Franklin Regional Medical Center spotlights the importance and value of tough investigations It is too late to help William Bobbitt Paschall, who died in December at Franklin ...

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Related Topix: Youngsville, NC, Opinion

Sun Jun 08, 2008

News Observer

Catholics help thriving rural parishes keep up with growth

On a recent trip to celebrate Mass at a new Roman Catholic Church, the Rev. Omoviekovwa Nakireru set his car's GPS to Our Lady of the Rosary in Louisburg.

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Related Topix: Durham, NC, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Dudley, NC, Mount Olive, NC

Thu Jun 05, 2008

NBC17.com

Teen Accused Of Helping Hide Runaway

Police have arrested a 16-year-old boy for helping a missing 13-year-old girl run away from home.

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Tue Jun 03, 2008

News Observer

Disaster, meet tricked-out truck

WEDNESDAY: Betsy Johnson Regional Hospital in Dunn and Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford will conduct a drill like the one at WakeMed and Rex.

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Related Topix: Sanford, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Raleigh, NC, Raleigh Metro

Thu May 29, 2008

News Observer

Voters could decide on tax for traffic relief

Triangle mayors and legislators are lining up behind legislation to tackle urban traffic congestion, start building the state's first modern toll roads and find money for better bus service and a rail transit ...

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Related Topix: Cary, NC, Durham, NC, Chapel Hill, NC, Raleigh, NC

Tue May 20, 2008

Triangle Business Journal

Rex, HMA file appeal on Franklin hospital

Triangle Business Journal - by Jeff Drew Rex Healthcare and the owner of Franklin Regional Medical Center are appealing a state ruling denying their bid to build a new hospital in Franklin County just north of ...

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Related Topix: Franklin County, NC, Medicine, Health Management Associates, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Wake County, NC, Youngsville, NC

Sun May 18, 2008

Daily Dispatch

Home

Changing face of the NCSHP DAILY DISPATCH/ AL WHELESS Trooper Doug Bowens of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol keeps watch over our roads as the agency actively recruits a more diverse base of officers, ... via Daily Dispatch

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Related Topix: Warrenton, NC, Henderson, NC

Fri May 16, 2008

Wral.com

Relief in sight for state's drought-afflicted farmers

“This grant makes it possible for more than 1,000 farmers and farm operations to restore some of the damage from last summer's severe drought and to prepare, so the next long, hot and dry summer doesn't do as much damage”

The rains have come. The lakes are full again. But the drought is still alive and well at many North Carolina farms. via Wral.com

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science

Wed May 14, 2008

Wral.com

Tornado watches up; heavy rain falls across Triangle

“The first band of storms is expected to be out of the Triangle within the hour”

As severe storms move across the Triangle, a tornado watch remains in effect for most of central North Carolina. via Wral.com

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Related Topix: Moncure, NC, Franklinton, NC, North Carolina, Weather, Raleigh Metro

Mon May 12, 2008

The Smithfield Herald

Selma names interim manager

“When I got there, they were broke”

Unchecked spending leads to mounting debt, the threat of bankruptcy and the firings of numerous employees to help stave off a financial disaster. via The Smithfield Herald

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Related Topix: Lucama, NC

Sat May 10, 2008

News Observer

Nonprofit offers high-flying thrill

“I just never let it get that far”

Prices: Start at $225 donations, which the group calls tax deductible Reservations: Call 743-3311 More information: www.historyflight.com Video: Inside the cockpit of a AT-6 Texan Josh Shaffer LOUISBURG - At ... via News Observer

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Related Topix: Franklin County, NC

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