Franklin County News

The N.C. Senate recently took an unsuccessful stab at modifying school paddling law in a way that might have created as many problems as it solved.

Two distinct narratives are at war in a controversy over whether North Carolina should cut as much as $100 million over two years from in-home care for older and disabled people.

RALEIGH State legislators intend to phase out a program that had become a symbol of waste and inefficiency in North Carolina's troubled system of mental health care.

Bennie Russell has made pyrotechnics his hobby. Amanda Codispoti Bennie Russell prepares fireworks.

The Great Depression might have delayed Rosa Mae Perry's education, but she didn't let hard times stop it.

Change has become a constant in our world these days. All over the eastern Wake County region the landscape is changing.

The North Carolina Senate has rejected a bill that would require school administrators to tell parents their child could be paddled at school and allow adults to opt out of corporal punishment.

Information technology a growing, essential part of countys functions Staff Photo by Charles Boothe: Sandie Terry, director of the county s information technology department, and assistant Tony Leete stand by the stacked equipment in the county s data center.

June 18, 2009 Teen moves up in the racing world We first introduced you to Michael McGuire from Vinton about a year ago.

Wright County Sanitarian Earl Kalkwarf would like the Board of Supervisors to consider combining the Planning and Zoning Director position with his Environmental Health office, and he presented just such a proposal to the Board at their regular Monday meeting.

PINETOPS A Pinetops resident was recently appointed to the N.C. State University Board of Trustees.

This editorial appeared in The Tri-City Herald. Dictionary.com defines "lead" as: "To go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort." In this aspect, we want to see our elected officials do some leading.

"Overwhelmed." That's how Gail Jones, owner of Applewood Assisted Living, has been feeling in the days after a fire Saturday night burned her business, displacing 42 residents and leaving several without possessions.

A former Millbury man charged with murder in North Carolina will not face the death penalty.

A cowardly lion, a heartless tin man, a brainless scarecrow and a girl named Dorothy that wants to return home to Kansas with her dog Toto will take the stage at SouthWest High School this weekend.

Real Estate Assessments..You need to ACT NOW Sure we read in the paper that Assessments WOULD NOT GO UP this year.

Tobacco farmers say they are unsure how a new indoor smoking ban will have an impact on the crop.

The Chapel Hill office of IES Engineers-Dewberry will perform energy audits of four military hospitals.

History has shown that dry-farmed wines are ultimately the best, as the vines must struggle to find water and sustenance in the mineral-laden soils.

Jason Michael Carroll has come a long way from his humble beginnings in Franklin County, but as evident from his most recent Top 20 hit "Where I'm From," Carroll still holds true to his rural roots.