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LOUISBURG -- Search warrants reveal there was a cache of weapons inside a Franklinton home both times law enforcement responded to the residence -- the second time to make an arrest in a double homicide.
Christian David Webster was charged with discharging a weapon inside the city and two counts of first degree murder in the separate incidents and is slated to appear in court on July 3 and October 23, respectively.

LOUISBURG -- Court documents reveal that animal services officers received a complaint about a kennel operation days before a dog was found dead.
Anne Marie Green is alleged to have tormented and deprived of necessary sustenance more than 20 dogs at her Green Meadow Kennels -- which was apparently being operated out of her Tarboro Road home.
She had a court appearance scheduled for last week, but the matter was continued until July 3.

LOUISBURG -- On a day when Special Olympians were collecting glory on the track and field, one of its leaders continued to wrack up his own hardware.
Last year, Lorenzo Stancil was named the 2023 Special Olympics North Carolina Athlete of the Year.
Before the start of the Special Olympics of Franklin County's Spring Games on April 18, Stancil got one more honor -- the Laurel Wreath Award, given out by the Governor's office to those who have made outstanding contributions to sports or athletics.

FRANKLINTON -- Town officials agreed to rezone a 3.5-acre parcel on Green Hill Road, one of the first steps toward the fire department placing a substation at the site.
The decision to rezone 941 Green Hill Road from Agricultural Residential to Planned Development -- which allows town staff and officials a measure of developmental control -- did not come without question, though.

FRANKLINTON -- The prospect of a nearly 50-lot townhouse subdivision died after a nearby resident highlighted the dangers of such an intense development.
Franklinton-based Lilium Homes Inc. proposed building 48 townhomes at 15 and 17 Communication Drive and submitted a master development to the town, which was reviewed by the public and officials on April 16.

Nick Portanova, The Greatest