Franklin County News

Donna Wade , executive director of the Miracle League; and Tommy Piper , league board director, were presented $10,000 by the United Way of Franklin County during its regular board meeting Tuesday.

UPDATE: 8:15 p.m. - All tornado warnings have expired, but thunderstorm warnings remain in effect for several eastern North Carolina counties.

At 6:41 p.m., trained weather spotters reported a funnel cloud with a possible rain rapped tornado.

Mayor Rob Evans said Macon is a team player and supports interim executive director Diane Cox at the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments.

In an irony we see regularly with the technology age we are living, getting correct information remains tough.

Businesses from Warren, Vance, Granville and Franklin counties were presented with Small Business of the Year awards during a luncheon Wednesday afternoon.

The Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments was two votes away from getting full cooperation entering Tuesday night's town meeting in the Franklin County community of Bunn.

"It's amazing how much we have grown, and what we have become," said Tamara Daniela Chavarin Flores, class valedictorian.