Franklin County News

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

While most folks were braving their way through the hustle and bustle of the post Thanksgiving Day Christmas sales, a good number of people found all the deals they wanted at the Iredell County Fairgrounds.

WILTON a ' A 26-year-old Franklin County woman and her two children are dead as a result of a Wednesday evening one-vehicle wreck at the southeastern edge of Granville County, the N.C. Highway Patrol said.

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Larry D. Green is fed through a tube and passes his days and nights limp in a nursing home bed.

This Thanksgiving holiday weekend has already proved to be a deadly one in North Carolina.

A North Carolina man who was accidentally declared dead, placed in a body bag, and refrigerated in Franklin County, N.C., has sued the medical examiner who allegedly ignored the suggestions of many paramedics that the man was still alive.

A logger is dead after he was hit by a falling tree while trimming another tree's branches in the Hardy area of Franklin County.

The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Wednesday heard arguments as to whether the family of a Franklin County man mistakenly declared dead has grounds to sue the county's medical examiner.

A quick look at new Senate Majority Leader Martin Nesbitt, D-Buncombe: Name: Martin L. Nesbitt Jr.

Family and friends describe Oghazi McJohn Woherem as a charismatic family man with a bundle of energy and a million-dollar smile.

Mayor Pete Oa Geary at the start of Monday eveninga s City Council meeting read a prepared statement saying that he felt compelled to respond to remarks that the city is not working fairly with Vance County for the sale of water for the proposed countywide water system.

Deputies arrested two Nash County residents this week believed to be responsible for between 15 and 20 burglaries in a five-county area.

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

Henderson Mayor Pete O'Geary opened Monday's meeting of the Henderson City Council by responding to accusations of bad faith negotiations made in The Daily Dispatch and what the mayor characterized as "conversations around town". Here is the text of O'Geary's response: " There have been many comments made in the local media, via letters to the ...

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Alcohol is a $720 million a year business in North Carolina, and state law allows North Carolina government to have a monopoly on sales.

People are already lining up to replace Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand one day after he announced he was leaving the Legislature for North Carolina's parole commission.

Arrests a Daniel Martinez, 31, of 492 Merriam St. was served with an order for arrest on Nov.

An Israeli foam manufacturing company is investing more than $7 million to open a North Carolina facility and add 72 jobs.