LOUISBURG -- Police are looking for two men they allege robbed a local sweepstakes cafe at gunpoint. Officers responded to the Spin City Internet Cafe in the 600 block of N. Bickett Boulevard before 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 30 after employees reported that two men entered the establishment, showed weapons and demanded cash. The two men left the business with an undisclosed amount of money without injuring any of the employees or any of the customers inside.
LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Hugh Arthur "Boot" Branch Sr., 67, who died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, will be held Saturday, Dec. 3, at 2 p.m. at Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Louisburg, with Pastor John A. Hopkins Sr. officiating. Burial will follow in the Shady Grove Church cemetery.